| Amartya Sen  Born: 3-Nov-1933
Birthplace: Santiniketan, India
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: Asian/Indian
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Economist Nationality: India
Executive summary: Poverty and Famines Father: Ashutosh Sen (chemistry professor)
Mother: Amita
Wife: Nabaneeta Dev (div. 1971, two daughters)
Daughter: Antara Dev Sen
Daughter: Nandana
Wife: Eva Colorni (m. 1973, d. 1985 stomach cancer, one daughter, one son)
Daughter: Indrani
Son: Kabir
Wife: Emma Rothschild
University: Presidency College, Calcutta, India (1951-53)
University: BA, Trinity College, Cambridge University (1955)
University: MA, Trinity College, Cambridge University (1959)
University: PhD, Trinity College, Cambridge University (1959)
Professor: University of Jadavpur (1956-58)
Professor: University of Delhi (1963-71)
Professor: London School of Economics
Professor: University of London (1971-77)
Professor: Oxford University (1977-88)
Professor: Harvard University (1988-98)
Nobel Prize for Economics 1998
Accademia dei Lincei
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
American Philosophical Society
Center for Global Development Honorary Member
Econometric Society
Economists for Peace and Security Trustee
Nuclear Threat Initiative Board Member
Author of books:
Collective Choice and Social Welfare (1970, economics)
Poverty and Famines: An Essay on Entitlement and Deprivation (1981)
Commodities and Capabilities (1985, economics)
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