Vijay Prashad

Indian historian and journalist (born 1967)

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Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[11]
Date of birth: August 14, 1967
Place of birth: Kolkata
Country of citizenship: India^[6]
Occupation: writer, historian, journalist
Employer: Trinity College^[7]
Educated at: University of Chicago^[8]
Award received: Asian American Literary Awards^[10]
Doctoral advisor: Bernard Cohn^[9]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[15]
Family name: Prashad^[12]
Given name: Vijay^[13]
Has written for: Blätter für deutsche und internationale Politik^[17]
Name in native language: বিজয় প্রসাদ^[16]
Participant in: Construïm el nou cicle^[14]
Social media followers: 133k (43k–133k, n=4)^[18]^[19]^[20]^[21]

🏷️ Also known as

en Vijay Prashad ar فيجاي براشاد fa پراشاد، ویجی، ۱۹۶۷- م. he ויג'יי פרשאד ja ヴィジャイ・プラシャド uk Віджай Прашад zh 维杰·普拉沙德

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VIAF cluster ID: 85298477
Library of Congress Authorities ID: n99832874
GND ID: 1119454867
Image (Wikimedia Commons): UNCTAD Public Symposium 2013 - Plenary II (9200112948) (cropped).jpg ↗
BAnQ authority ID: 0000889256
BIBSYS ID: 2077807
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 16177950b
Blätter author ID: vijay-prashad
BookBrainz author ID: 303b6ac8-a336-413d-a50e-7cbf135cac9d
CANTIC ID: 981058515742206706
CONOR.SI ID: 124603747

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CiNii Research ID: 1140845216649947520
DDB person (GND) ID: 1119454867
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 1119454867
EGAXA ID: Balis251559518
FAST ID: 1551667
Facebook username: vijay.prashad.5
Freebase ID: /m/03c6zn0
IdRef ID: 073242756
InfluenceWatch ID: person/vijay-prashad
J9U entity ID: 987007299661805171
Last.fm ID: Vijay+Prashad
MusicBrainz artist ID: 7aca084c-419f-4fbf-a076-157a2592d65d
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NDL Authority ID: 001134809
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NLAI ID: 1480157
NSK (VIAF) ID: 000567217
NSK ID: 981005695528409366
NUKAT ID: n2012072126
National Library of Brazil ID: 001540016
National Library of Korea ID: KAC201520023
National Virtual Library of India ID: 316060
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 240765052
Obálky knih ID: vse2008445743
Open Library ID: OL31197A
RERO ID (legacy): A009032588
SBN author ID: MILV252978
SHARE Catalogue author ID: 519978
SNAC ARK ID: w6kd6fct
University of Barcelona authority ID: 981058515742206706
University of Barcelona authority ID (former scheme): a1285746
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJhxmWJB3YK6cxmkGcFqcP
X (Twitter) username: vijayprashad
Yale LUX ID: person/a82f4147-71d2-4252-87c9-1183fd73c430

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Occupation 2

writer, historian

Country of citizenship 1

India

Doctoral advisor 1

Bernard Cohn

Educated at 1

University of Chicago

Employer 1

Trinity College

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Place of birth 1

Kolkata

Sex or gender 1

male

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Summary

Vijay Prashad was born on August 14, 1967^[1], in Kolkata^[2]. He has worked as a writer^[3], historian^[4], and journalist^[5].

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Type: Person^[22]
Country: IN^[23]
Began / founded: 1967-08-14^[24]
MusicBrainz ID: 7aca084c-419f-4fbf-a076-157a2592d65d^[25]

FAQs

Where was Vijay Prashad born?

Vijay Prashad's place of birth was Kolkata^[2].

What did Vijay Prashad do for work?

Vijay Prashad worked as a writer^[3], historian^[4], and journalist^[5].

Where did Vijay Prashad go to school?

Vijay Prashad was educated at University of Chicago^[8].

What awards did Vijay Prashad receive?

Honors received include Asian American Literary Awards^[10].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Vijay Prashad — place of birth (P19): Kolkata. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-11-07. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Vijay Prashad — sex or gender (P21): male. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-07-21. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Vijay Prashad — country of citizenship (P27): India. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Vijay Prashad — educated at (P69): University of Chicago. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Vijay Prashad — occupation (P106): writer. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Vijay Prashad — occupation (P106): historian. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Vijay Prashad — occupation (P106): journalist. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Vijay Prashad — employer (P108): Trinity College. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Vijay Prashad — award received (P166): Asian American Literary Awards. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Vijay Prashad — doctoral advisor (P184): Bernard Cohn. Retrieved 2022-01-27. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Vijay Prashad — date of birth (P569): August 14, 1967. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Vijay Prashad — family name (P734): Prashad. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Vijay Prashad — given name (P735): Vijay. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Vijay Prashad — participant in (P1344): Construïm el nou cicle. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Vijay Prashad — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. IdRef. Retrieved 2020-03-07. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Vijay Prashad — name in native language (P1559): বিজয় প্রসাদ. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Vijay Prashad — has written for (P6872): Blätter für deutsche und internationale Politik. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Vijay Prashad — social media followers (P8687): 63,360. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Vijay Prashad — social media followers (P8687): 42,982. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Vijay Prashad — social media followers (P8687): 99,734. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Vijay Prashad — social media followers (P8687): 132,919. wikidata.org.

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[22] ↑ Vijay Prashad — Type: Person. MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
[23] ↑ Vijay Prashad — Country: IN. MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
[24] ↑ Vijay Prashad — Began / founded: 1967-08-14. MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
[25] ↑ Vijay Prashad — MusicBrainz ID: 7aca084c-419f-4fbf-a076-157a2592d65d. MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

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