Amitabh Mitra

Biography

Amitabh Mitra is an Indian-born South African poet and physician. He is the author of several books, including A Slow Train to Gwalior, Leaping the Lilac Sun, and Stranger than a Sun. He studied medicine and orthopedic surgery at the Gajara Raja Medical College in Jiwaji University, in Gwalior, India. He specialized in aerospace medicine and family medicine at the University of Pretoria in South Africa. His work examines Gwalior, where he grew up, and the Black township of Mdantsane, where he works at the Cecilia Makiwane Hospital.

Place of Birth

Country of Nationality

South Africa

Jiwaji University, Gajara Raja Medical College, University of Pretoria

Sources

“Amitabh Mitra.” African Writer Magazine, https://www.africanwriter.com/author/amitabh-mitra/. Accessed 10 August 2022.

“Amitabh Mitra.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 4 November 2024, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amitabh_Mitra. Accessed 16 November 2024.

“Amitabh Mitra: Author Page.” Cyberwit, https://www.cyberwit.net/authors/amitabh-mitra. Accessed 26 June 2023.

Mitra, Amitabh. “About.” Amitabh Mitra Official Website, https://www.amitabhmitra.com/about/. Accessed 10 August 2022.