Atin Bandyopadhyay

Atin Bandyopadhyay (Bangla: অতীন বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়; anglicised spelling of surname: Banerjee) is a noted writer of Bengali literature. He was born in 1934 in Rainadi, Dhaka.

He spent his childhood in a joint family set-up in the then East Bengal of undivided India and studied in Sonar Gaon Panam School. After the Partition, migrated to India. He earned his undergraduate degree in commerce in 1956 and subsequently earned a teacher's training degree, all from the University of Calcutta. He took various jobs as a sailor, truck-cleaner, primary school teacher. Also became headmaster of a senior basic school. Settled permanently in Kolkata in 1963. Here also he took on various jobs like factory manager, publication advisor and lastly journalist.

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