Publication date 1964 ISBN 978-0-19-562314-7 LC Class DS430 .E52 1964 Country India | Media type Print Dewey Decimal 923.654 Originally published 1964 OCLC 1576037 | |
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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. Natwar Singh lists the book as one of his five favourite autobiographies and appreciates Elwin's perceptive writing. The autobiography also inspired Ramachandra Guha to switch fields from economics to sociology.
The book won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1965.
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