Samanth Subramanian

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Samanth Subramanian is an Indian writer and journalist based in London.[1][2] He studied journalism at Penn State University and international relations at Columbia University. In 2018-19, he was a Leon Levy Fellow at the City University of New York. He is also a regular contributor to The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Guardian and WIRED.

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His second book This Divided Island: Stories from the Sri Lankan Civil War (2015, Atlantic Books, ISBN 978-0857895950) was nominated for the Samuel Johnson Prize and the Royal Society of Literature's Ondaatje Prize.[3] He became only the second Indian writer after Suketu Mehta to be nominated for this prestigious award for literary non-fiction.[1][4] William Dalrymple, writing in The Guardian, considered it a remarkable and moving portrayal of the agonies of the conflict that "will stand as a fine literary monument against the government’s attempt at imposed forgetfulness".[2]

His A Dominant Character: The Radical Science and Restless Politics of J. B. S. Haldane (2019) is a biography of J. B. S. Haldane.[5]

The book has been selected as one of the 100 Notable Books of 2020 by The New York Times.[6]

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  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Samanth Subramanian Becomes The Second Indian To Be Longlisted For The Samuel Johnson Prize". HuffPost. September 22, 2015. Retrieved May 6, 2016.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Dalrymple, William (March 9, 2015). "This Divided Island: Stories from the Sri Lankan War review – a moving portrayal of the agonies of the conflict". The Guardian. Retrieved May 6, 2016.
  3. ^ "Samanth Subramanian | Authors | Macmillan". US Macmillan. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
  4. ^ "Sri Lanka: A 'divided island' forever? – DW speaks to Samanth Subramanian | DW | 13.02.2020". DW.COM. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
  5. ^ "Samanth Subramanian: 'You Don't Need To Be Apolitical To Be Scientifically Objective'". HuffPost India. 2020-02-02. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
  6. ^ "100 Notable Books of 2020". The New York Times. 12 December 2020. Retrieved December 16, 2020.

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