Kaushik Roy
Kaushik Roy is Reader in History at Jadavpur University, India and Global Fellow of the Peace Research Institute Oslo, Norway. He is the author of many articles and books, including Military Manpower, Armies and Warfare in South Asia (2013), The Army in British India (2012) and The Oxford Companion to Modern Warfare in India (2009). He is also the co-author of Armed Forces and Insurgents in Modern Asia (2016; with Sourish Saha) and the co-editor, along with Scott Gates, of War and State-Building in Afghanistan (2015).
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Rupak Saha Started his journalistic career as a freelance journalist in “AnandaBazar Patrika”, before shifting to the sports section. He later became the sports editor for” Ananda Bazar Patrika”. After serving as a sports editor for twelve years he was transferred to their films oriented magazine called “Anandalok”. In 2004 he became the editor of “Anandalok”. Here his tenure was for few years. At present he is the sports Editor of the newspaper “Sakalbela”
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As a sports editor he had to cover World Cup Football, World Cup Cricket, Olympic Games and Asian Games for which he had widely traveled abroad. He is also seen as an authority on football and cricket in the panel of experts he was associated with various news channel.
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Keigo Higashino
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* Keigo Higashino
* 東野 圭吾 (Japanese)
* 東野圭吾 (Traditional Chinese)
* ฮิงาชิโนะ เคโงะ (Thai)
Keigo Higashino (東野 圭吾) is one of the most popular and biggest selling fiction authors in Japan—as well known as James Patterson, Dean Koontz or Tom Clancy are in the USA.
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Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie also wrote romance novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott, and was occasionally published under the name Agatha Christie Mallowan.
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Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, DBE (née Miller) was an English writer known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. She also wrote the world's longest-running play, the murder mystery The Mousetrap, which has been performed in the West End of London since 1952. A writer during the "Golden Age of Detective Fiction", Christie has been called the "Queen of Crime". She also wrote six novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott. In 1971, she was made a Dame (DBE) by Queen -
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Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay (Bengali: শরদিন্দু বন্দোপাধ্যায়; 30 March 1899 – 22 September 1970) was a well-known literary figure of Bengal. He was also actively involved with Bengali cinema as well as Bollywood. His most famous creation is the fictional detective Byomkesh Bakshi.
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He wrote different forms of prose: novels, short stories, plays and screenplays. However, his forte was short stories and novels. He wrote historical fiction like Kaler Mandira, GourMollar (initially named as Mouri Nodir Teere), Tumi Sandhyar Megh, Tungabhadrar Teere (all novels), Chuya-Chandan, Maru O Sangha (later made into a Hindi film named Trishangni) and stories of the unnatural with the recurring character Baroda. Besides, he wrote many songs and poems.
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Claire Keegan
Claire Keegan was raised on a farm in Wicklow. She completed her undergraduate studies at Loyola University, New Orleans, Louisiana and subsequently earned an MA at The University of Wales and an M.Phil at Trinity College, Dublin.
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Her first collection of stories, Antarctica, was a Los Angeles Times Book of the Year. Her second, Walk the Blue Fields, was Richard Ford’s book of the year. Her works have won several awards including The Hugh Leonard Bursary, The Macaulay Fellowship, The Rooney Prize for Irish Literature, The Martin Healy Prize, The Olive Cook Award, The Kilkenny Prize, The Tom Gallon Award and The William Trevor Prize, judged by William Trevor. Twice was Keegan the recipient of the Francis MacManus Award. She was also a Wingate -
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Buddhadeva Bose (also spelt Buddhadeb Bosu) (Bengali: বুদ্ধদেব বসু ) was a major Bengali writer of the 20th century. Frequently referred to as a poet, he was a versatile writer who wrote novels, short stories, plays and essays in addition to poetry. He was an influential critic and editor of his time. He is recognized as one of the five poets who moved to introduce modernity into Bengali poetry. It has been said that since Tagore, perhaps, there has been no greater talent in Bengali literature. His wife Protiva Bose was also a writer.
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Buddhadeva Bose received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1967 for his verse play Tapaswi O Tarangini, received the Rabindra Puraskar in 1974 for Swagato Biday(poetry) and was honoured with a Padma Bhushan in 19 -
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Narayan Sanyal (bn: নারায়ণ সান্যাল) was a well-known & versatile writer of modern Bengali literature. He received several awards for literature including Rabindra Puraskar for Aporupa Ajanta (Bangla: অপরূপা অজন্তা) in 1969, Bankim Puraskar for Rupmonjori (Bangla: রূপমঞ্জরী) in 2000, and Narasingha Dutta Award. Many of his books were filmed and he won the Best Film Story Writer Award for Shotyokam (Bangla: সত্যকাম) by Bengal Film Journalists.
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Sanyal wrote numerous books that dealt with many topics, such as children, science, art and architecture, travels, psychiatry, technology, refugee problems, history, biographical pieces, encyclopedia of animals, social novel and Devadasi-related. He also wrote a series of detective fiction called the Ka -
Sunil Gangopadhyay
Sunil Gangopadhyay (Bengali: সুনীল গঙ্গোপাধ্যায়) was a famous Indian poet and novelist. Born in Faridpur, Bangladesh, Gangopadhyay obtained his Master's degree in Bengali from the University of Calcutta, In 1953 he started a Bengali poetry magazine Krittibas. Later he wrote for many different publications.
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Ganguly created the Bengali fictional character Kakababu and wrote a series of novels on this character which became significant in Indian children's literature. He received Sahitya Academy award in 1985 for his novel Those Days (সেই সময়). Gangopadhyay used the pen names Nil Lohit, Sanatan Pathak, and Nil Upadhyay.
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I’m a writer who draws. I make art with words and books with pictures. Author of Steal Like An Artist and other bestsellers. Visit my website: http://austinkleon.com/
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Mohammad Nazim Uddin
MOHAMMAD NAZIM UDDIN (Bengali: মোহাম্মদ নাজিম উদ্দিন) is a writer and Translator of more than 26 novels..His original works are NEMESIS, CONTRACT, NEXUS, CONFESSION,JAAL, 1952: nichok kono number noy, KARACHI, RABINDRANATH EKHANE KOKHONO KHETE ASENNI and KEU KEU KATHA RAKHE. These six Thriller novels are highly acclaimed by the readers.
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Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay
This author has secondary bangla profile-বিভূতিভূষণ বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়.
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Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay (Bangla: বিভূতিভূষণ বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়) was an Indian Bangali author and one of the leading writers of modern Bangla literature. His best known work is the autobiographical novel, Pather Panchali: Song of the Road which was later adapted (along with Aparajito, the sequel) into the Apu Trilogy films, directed by Satyajit Ray.
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Smaranjit Chakraborty
স্মরণজিৎ চক্রবর্তীর জন্ম ১৯ জুন ১৯৭৬, কলকাতায়। বর্তমানে দক্ষিণ কলকাতার বাসিন্দা। পৈতৃক ব্যবসায় যুক্ত। প্রথম ছোটগল্প উনিশ কুড়ি-র প্রথম সংখ্যায় প্রকাশিত। প্রথম ধারাবাহিক দেশ পত্রিকায় প্রকাশিত।
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Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury
Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury (Bangla: উপেন্দ্রকিশোর রায়চৌধুরী), also known as Upendrokishore Ray (উপেন্দ্রকিশোর রায়) was a famous writer, painter, violin player and composer, technologist and entrepreneur.
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He was the father of the famous writer Sukumar Ray and grandfather of the renowned film-maker Satyajit Ray. Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury was a product and leading member of the Brahmo Movement that spearheaded the cultural rejuvenation of Bengal. As a writer he is best known for his collection of folklore; as a printer he pioneered in India in the art of engraving and was the first to attempt color printing at the time when engraving and color printing were also being pioneered in the West.
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Soumitra Biswas
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Kaushik Majumdar
জন্ম ১০ এপ্রিল, ১৯৮১, কলকাতা। স্নাতক, স্নাতকোত্তর এবং পি. এইচ. ডি. তে সেরা ছাত্রের স্বর্ণপদক প্রাপ্ত। নতুন প্রজাতির ব্যাকটেরিয়া Bacillus sp. KM5 এর আবিষ্কারক। বর্তমানে ধান্য গবেষণা কেন্দ্র, চুঁচুড়ায় বৈজ্ঞানিক পদে কর্মরত এবং হাবড়া মৃত্তিকা পরীক্ষাগারের ভারপ্রাপ্ত আধিকারিক।
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জার্মানী থেকে প্রকাশিত হয়েছে তাঁর লেখা গবেষণাগ্রন্থ Discovering Friendly Bacteria: A Quest (২০১২)। তাঁর কমিকস ইতিবৃত্ত (২০১৫), হোমসনামা' (২০১৮),মগজাস্ত্র (২০১৮), জেমস বন্ড জমজমাট (২০১৯), তোপসের নোটবুক (২০১৯), কুড়িয়ে বাড়িয়ে (২০১৯),নোলা (২০২০), সূর্যতামসী (২০২০), আঁধার আখ্যান (২০২০) ও নীবারসপ্তক (২০২১) এই সব দিনরাত্রি (২০২২), ধন্য কলকেতা সহর (২০২২), আবার আঁধার (২০২২), অগ্নিনিরয় (২০২২), হারানো দিনের গল্প (২০২৪), সিংহদমন (২০২৪), ডিটেকটিভ তারিণীচরণ (২০২৪), আরও একটি প্রবন্ধ সংকল -
Sakyajit Bhattacharya
শাক্যজিৎ ভট্টাচার্যের জন্ম ১৯৮২ সালে। পেশায় রাশিবিজ্ঞানী। বিশ্বসাহিত্যের নিষ্ণাত পাঠক শাক্যজিৎ বিচিত্র বিষয়ে নিরীক্ষামূলক গল্প, উপন্যাস লিখছেন সাম্প্রতিক সময়ে।
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Avik Sarkar
অভীক সরকারের জন্ম পয়লা জুন, উনিশশো উনআশি সালে। বেড়ে ওঠা প্রাচীন শহর হাওড়ার অলিগলিতে। বাবা ক্ষুদ্র ব্যবসায়ী ছিলেন, মা স্কুল শিক্ষিকা। রয়েছে স্নাতক ও স্নাতকোত্তর ডিগ্রি। পেশায় সেলসম্যান, কর্মসূত্রে ঘুরেছেন পূর্ব-ভারতের প্রায় সব শহর ও গ্রাম। জীবনের বিভিন্ন পর্যায়ে বাসা বেঁধেছেন হায়দ্রাবাদ, পাটনা, মুম্বাই ইত্যাদি বিভিন্ন শহরে। শখের বই ব্যবসায়ী ও প্রকাশক। লেখালেখির শুরু আন্তর্জালে ও বিভিন্ন ব্লগে। প্রকাশিত বইগুলো হল মার্কেট ভিজিট, তিতিরপাখি ও প্রিন্সেস (সহলেখক অনুষ্টুপ শেঠ), এবং ইনকুইজিশন, খোঁড়া ভৈরবীর মাঠ, চক্রসম্বরের পুঁথি, ইত্যাদি। বিবাহিত। কন্যা সন্তানের পিতা। ভালোবাসেন ইলিশ, ইস্টবেঙ্গল, ইয়ারবন্ধু এবং ইতিহাস।
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