The Tribal World of Verrier Elwin

The Tribal World of Verrier Elwin

First edition
Author	Verrier Elwin
Country	India
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Publication date	1964
Media type	Print
ISBN	978-0-19-562314-7
OCLC	1576037
Dewey Decimal	923.654
LC Class	DS430 .E52 1964

The Tribal World of Verrier Elwin is the autobiography of Verrier Elwin first published by Oxford University Press. The book was published posthumously in May 1964, three months after the death of Elwin.^[1] Natwar Singh lists the book as one of his five favourite autobiographies and appreciates Elwin's perceptive writing.^[2] The autobiography also inspired Ramachandra Guha to switch fields from economics to sociology.^[3]

The book won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1965.^[4]

References

1. Guha 2006, p. 166–7.
2. Singh, Natwar (2003). Heart to Heart. Rupa Publications. ISBN 9788129100504.
3. Guha, Ramachandra (2014). Savaging the Civilized: Verrier Elwin, His Tribals, and India. Penguin UK. ISBN 9788184757569.
4. Mohan 2004, p. 85–6.

Bibliography

• Guha, Ramachandra (2006). An Illustrated History of Indian Literature in English. Verrier Elwin. Arvind Krishna Mehrotra: Orient Blackswan. ISBN 978-81-7824-151-7. OCLC 903368027.
• Mohan, Ramesh; Narayan, Shyamala (2004). "Awards (India)". In Eugene Benson. Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-203-48432-6. OCLC 874157271.