Aravind Adiga is an Indian writer who won the Man Booker Prize in 2008 for his novel, The White Tiger. He was educated in English literature at Columbia and Oxford Universities. Adiga is a former correspondent for TIME Magazine and has contributed writing to The Financial Times, The Independent, and The Sunday Times. He published The White Tiger in 2008.
Aravind Adiga Biography & Wiki
| Aravind Adiga Real Name | Aravind Adiga |
| Profession | Author, Journalist |
| Physical Stat | |
| Eye Color | Black |
| Hair Color | Black |
| Personal Life | |
| Date Of Birth | 23 October 1974 |
| Aravind Adiga Age (2021) | 47 Years |
| Birthplace | Madras, Tamil Nadu, india |
| Zodiac Sign/Sun Sign | Scorpio |
| Nationality | India |
| Home town | Mangalore |
| School | Canara High School, Mangalore St. Aloysius College, Mangalore James Ruse Agricultural High School. |
| College/University | Columbia College of Columbia University, US Magdalen College, Oxford, US |
| Religion/Cast | Hinduism |
| Family member | |
| Marital Status | Unmarried |
| Affairs/Girlfriend | Not Known |
| Parents | Father- Dr. K. Madhava Adiga Mother- Usha Adiga |
| Sibling | Brother- Anand Adiga |
| Income | |
| Aravind Adiga Net Worth (2022) | 5 Million USD (Approx) |
Family, Early Life and Education
Aravind Adiga was born in Madras (now Chennai) on 23 October 1974 to Dr. K. Madhava Adiga and Usha Adiga from Mangalore. His paternal grandfather was K. Suryanarayana Adiga, former chairman of Karnataka Bank, and a maternal great-grandfather, U. Rama Rao, a popular medical practitioner and Congress politician from Madras.
Adiga grew up in Mangalore and studied at Canara High School and later at St. Aloysius College, Mangaluru, where he completed his SSLC in 1990.
After emigrating to Sydney with his family, Aravind studied at James Ruse Agricultural High School. He later studied English literature at Columbia College of Columbia University, in New York City. He also studied at Magdalen College, Oxford, where one of his tutors was Hermione Lee
Aravind Adiga Career
Aravind Adiga began his career as a financial journalist, interning at the Financial Times. With pieces published in the Financial Times and Money, he covered the stock market and investment. As a Times correspondent he interviewed US President Donald Trump. His review of previous Booker Prize winner Peter Carey’s 1988 book, Oscar and Lucinda, appeared in The Second Circle, an online literary review.
Adiga’s debut novel, The White Tiger, won the 2008 Booker Prize and has been adapted into a Netflix original movie The White Tiger.
Adiga’s second book, Between the Assassinations, was released in India in November 2008 and in the US and UK in mid-2009.
His third book, Last Man in Tower, was published in the UK in 2011.
His next novel, Selection Day, was published on 8 September 2016. Amnesty published in 2020 speaks of the pathetic condition of immigrants. It was shortlisted for the 2021 Miles Franklin Award.
Aravind Adiga Novels:
The White Tiger 2008
Between the Assassinations. 2008
Last Man in Tower 2011
Selection Day 2016
Amnesty 2020
Aravind Adiga Short Stories
“The Sultan’s Battery” (The Guardian, 18 October 2008)
“Smack” (The Sunday Times, 16 November 2008)
“Last Christmas in Bandra” (The Times, 19 December 2008)
“The Elephant” (The New Yorker, 26 January 2009)
Awards and Honors
2009- British Book Awards Author of the Year
2009- Commonwealth Writers Prize (South East Asia and South Pacific Region, Best Book)
2009- Commonwealth Writers Prize (South East Asia and South Pacific Region, Best First Book)
2009- John Llewellyn-Rhys Memorial Prize
2009- Trubidy Show Listerners’ Choice Book of the Year
2008- Man Booker Prize for Fiction