Santanu Das is an Indian born academic and author, best known for his work on the literature of the First World War. Since 2019, he has been Professor of Modern Literature and Culture at

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and a Senior Fellow at

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Education

Das was educated at

Calcutta University The University of Calcutta, informally known as Calcutta University (), is a Public university, public State university (India), state university located in Kolkata, Calcutta (Kolkata), West Bengal, India. It has 151 affiliated undergraduate c ...

and the

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. In 2003 he completed a PhD entitled '''The sense of touch in First World War literature'''.

Career

Das was a member of the academic staff of

Queen Mary University of London Queen Mary University of London (QMUL, or informally QM, and formerly Queen Mary and Westfield College) is a public university, public research university in Mile End, East London, England. It is a member institution of the federal University ...

(2008–11) and

. and a lecturer at

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(2012–18). His 2005 monograph ''Touch and Intimacy in First World War Literature'' received the ''Choice'' Outstanding Academic Book Award in 2007. His 2018 book ''India, Empire and First World War Culture'': ''Writings, Images, and Songs'' won the Hindu Non-Fiction Prize, and the Anand Kentish Coomaraswamy Book Prize, awarded by the Association of Asian Studies. In 2013 Das received a

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mid-career fellowship. Das is a member of the International Network for the Study of the Great War in Africa, and the leader of a million-Euro project on the "Cultural exchange in a time of global conflict: Colonials, Neutrals and Belligerents during the First World War (CEGC)", financed by the Humanities in European Research Area (HERA). Das has written for ''

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'' and ''

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.''

Works

* ''Touch and Intimacy in First World War Literature'' (Cambridge, 2006; winner of a Philip Leverhulme Prize) *''India, Empire and First World War Culture: Writings, Images and Songs'' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018)

Awards

*2019

The Hindu Literary Prize ''The Hindu'' Literary Prize or ''The Hindu'' Best Fiction Award, established in 2010, is an Indian literary award sponsored by ''The Hindu Literary Review'' which is part of the newspaper ''The Hindu''. It recognizes Indian works in English and ...

for ''India, Empire and First World War Culture: Writings, Images and Songs''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Das, Santanu Indian academics Academics of the University of Oxford Fellows of All Souls College, Oxford Alumni of the University of Cambridge University of Calcutta alumni Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Fellows of St John's College, Cambridge Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge