About the Author | Chinmoy Guha is Professor of English at the University of Calcutta and a distinguished French scholar. The French Government has honoured him with the titles of Chevalier des Palmes académiques and Chevalier des Arts and des Lettres. The French President has recently conferred on him the prestigious title of Chevalier de l'Ordre national du mérite. Guha has served as Vice-Chancellor, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata, and Director of Publications, Embassy of France, New Delhi. He has lectured at the universities of Paris, Edinburgh, Oxford, and the Institute of European Studies, Belgrade. |