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  Shakti Chattopadhyay

  শক্তি চট্টোপাধ্যায়-এর জন্ম ২৫ নভেম্বর ১৯৩৩, বহড়ু, চব্বিশ পরগনা। শৈশবে পিতৃহীন। বহড়ুতে মাতামহের কাছে ও বাগবাজারে মাতুলালয়ে বড় হন। পড়াশোনা: বহড়ু হাইস্কুল, মহারাজা কাশিমবাজার স্কুল, প্রেসিডেন্সি কলেজ; যাদবপুর বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ে তুলনামূলক সাহিত্যে অধ্যয়ন অসমাপ্ত। বুদ্ধদেব বসু সম্পাদিত ‘কবিতা’ পত্রিকায় ‘যম’ কবিতা লিখে (১৯৫৬) সাহিত্যজগতে প্রবেশ। যুক্ত ছিলেন কৃত্তিবাস পত্রিকার সঙ্গে। ‘কবিতা সাপ্তাহিকী’ পত্রিকা প্রকাশ করে আলোড়ন তুলেছিলেন কবিতাজগতে৷ প্রণীত, অনূদিত-সম্পাদিত কবিতা ও গদ্যগ্রন্থের সংখ্যা শতাধিক, তা ছাড়া অজস্র অগ্রন্থিত রচনা ছড়িয়ে আছে পত্রপত্রিকায়। পেয়েছেন আনন্দ পুরস্কার, সাহিত্য অকাদেমি পুরস্কার, সম্বলপুর বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের গঙ্গাধর মেহের পুরস্কার, মরণোত্তর রবীন্দ্র পুরস্কার। জীবিকাক্ষেত্রে সাংবাদিক হিসেবে যুক্ত ছিলেন আনন্দবাজা

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  Naheed Dhrubo

  নাহিদ ধ্রুব’র জন্ম ১৯৯১ সালে, বরিশালে। পড়াশোনা সাংবাদিকতায়। কবিতা, গল্প ও উপন্যাস মিলিয়ে এ পর্যন্ত প্রকাশিত গ্রন্থের সংখ্যা পাঁচ।

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  Premendra Mitra

  Premendra Mitra (Bangla: প্রেমেন্দ্র মিত্র) was a renowned Bengali poet, novelist, short story writer and film director. He was also an author of Bengali science fiction and thrillers.
  
  His short stories were well-structured and innovative, and encompassed the diverse to the divergent in urban Indian society. The themes of poverty, degradation, caste, the intermittent conflict between religion and rationality and themes of the rural-urban divide are a thematically occurring refrain in much of his work. He experimented with the stylistic nuances of Bengali prose and tried to offer alternative linguistic parameters to the high-class elite prosaic Bengali language. It was basically an effort to make the Bengali literature free from softness, exc

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  Jibanananda Das

  Jibanananda Das (bn: জীবনানন্দ দাশ) is probably the most popular Bengali poet. He is considered one of the precursors who introduced modernist poetry to Bengali Literature, at a period when it was influenced by Rabindranath Tagore's Romantic poetry. During the later half of the twentieth century, Jibanananda Das emerged as the most popular poet of modern Bengali literature. Popularity apart, Jibanananda Das had distinguished himself as an extraordinary poet presenting a paradigm hitherto unknown. It is a fact that his unfamiliar poetic diction, choice of words and thematic preferences took time to reach the heart of the readers. Towards the later half of the twentieth century the poetry of Jibanananda has become the defining essence of mode

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• Nirendranath Chakraborty

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  Buddhadeva Bose

  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.
  
  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

  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.
  
  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

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  Sanjib Chattopadhyay

  Sanjib Chattopadhyay (Bengali: সঞ্জীব চট্ট্যোপাধ্যায়) (born February 28, 1936 in Kolkata) is a Bengali novelist and writer of short stories. His style is characterised by use of short satirical sentences mixed with very lively language.
  
  Childhood and education:
  Sanjib Chattopadhyay spent his childhood in the hilly terrain of Chota Nagpur Plateau under the care of his father after his mother died when he was five. They relocated to Calcutta and he was admitted to Victoria Institution school which he joined at grade seven. He later went to Scottish Church College, Calcutta where he studied chemistry.
  
  Work:
  The subjects of his fiction are mostly families living in Calcutta city. Within the confines of these homes, he challenges the moral values o

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  Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay

  Complete works of Sarat Chandra (শরৎ রচনাবলী) is now available in this third party website:
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  Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay (also spelt Saratchandra) (Bengali: শরৎচন্দ্র চট্টোপাধ্যায়) was a legendary Bengali novelist from India. He was one of the most popular Bengali novelists of the early 20th century.
  
  His childhood and youth were spent in dire poverty as his father, Motilal Chattopadhyay, was an idler and dreamer and gave little security to his five children. Saratchandra received very little formal education but inherited something valuable from his father—his imagination and love of literature.
  
  He started writing in his early teens and two stories written then have survived—‘Korel’ and ‘Kashinath’. Sara

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  Nabaneeta Dev Sen

  Nabaneeta Dev Sen is an award-winning Indian poet, novelist and academic. Sen has published more than 80 books in Bengali: poetry, novels, short stories, plays, literary criticism, personal essays, travelogues, humour writing, translations and children’s literature. Her short stories and travelogues are a rare combination of fine humour, deep human concern, and high intellect, which has made her a unique figure in the Bangla literary scene.
  
  She is a well-known children's author in Bengali for her fairy tales and adventure stories, with girls as protagonist. She has also written prize-winning one-act plays.

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  Buddhadeb Guha

  Buddhadeb Guha (Bengali: বুদ্ধদেব গুহ) is a popular Bengali fiction writer. He studied at the well-known St Xavier's College of the University of Calcutta.
  
  His novels and short stories are characterized by their dreamy abstractness and romantic appeal. His essays reveal the soul of a true wanderer providing some of the most beautiful renditions of travel in Bengal. His love for forests and nature provide the background for many of his novels.
  
  A highly successful chartered accountant by profession, and an accomplished musician, Guha is very urbane in his lifestyle. He was one of the first to create characters representing easy-going, upper middle-class modern Bengali families, whom readers could identify with, and that gave him instant popular

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  Moti Nandi

  Moti Nandi was a sports journalist and worked as a sports editor in Anandabazar Patrika. He was awarded the Lifetime Achievement award (2008) at a glittering ceremony to mark the grand finale of the maiden edition of the Excellence in Journalism Awards.
  
  In his novels, he is noted for his depiction of sporting events and many of his protagonists are sports-persons. His first short story was published in Desh weekly on 1957. His story for Pujabarshiki was in Parichoy Magazine on 1985.

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  Saikat Mukhopadhyay

  তাঁর জন্ম এবং বড় হওয়া হুগলি জেলার উত্তরপাড়ায়। কলকাতা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় থেকে ইংরাজি সাহিত্যে স্নাতকোত্তর উপাধি অর্জনের পরে তিনি রাজ্য সরকারের অধীনে আধিকারিক হিসেবে কর্মরত ছিলেন। দীর্ঘ দুই-দশকের লেখক-জীবনে তিনি প্রাপ্তবয়স্ক এবং কিশোর-সাহিত্য, উভয় ধারাতেই জনপ্রিয়তা অর্জন করেছেন। প্রাপ্তবয়স্কদের জন্য তিনি যখন গল্প-উপন্যাস লেখেন, তখন ঘটনার বিবরণের চেয়ে বেশি প্রাধান্য দেন মানব-মনের আলোছায়াকে তুলে আনার বিষয়ে। লেখকের প্রকাশিত গ্রন্থের সংখ্যা পঞ্চাশের কাছাকাছি। তাঁর বহু কাহিনি রেডিও-স্টোরি হিসেবে সামাজিক মাধ্যমে সমাদর পেয়েছে। সাহিত্যে সামগ্রিক অবদানের জন্য তিনি পেয়েছেন দীনেশচন্দ্র স্মৃতি পুরস্কার এবং নান্দনিক সাহিত্য সম্মান।

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  Syed Mujtaba Ali

  Syed Mujtaba Ali (Bengali: সৈয়দ মুজতবা আলী) was a Bengali author, academician, scholar and linguist.
  
  Syed Mujtaba Ali was born in Karimganj district (in present-day Assam, India). In 1919, he was inspired by Rabindranath Tagore and started writing to the poet. In 1921, Mujtaba joined the Indian freedom struggle and left his school in Sylhet. He went to Visva-Bharati University in Santiniketan and graduated in 1926. He was among the first graduates of the university. Later, he moved to Kabul to work in the education department (1927–1929). From 1929 to 1932 he studied at the universities in Berlin, London, Paris and Bonn. He earned Ph.D. degree from University of Bonn with a dissertation on comparative religious studies in Khojas in 1932.
  In

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  Ramapada Chowdhury

  রমাপদ চৌধুরীর জন্ম ২৮ ডিসেম্বর ১৯২২। কৈশোর কেটেছে রেল-শহর খড়গপুরে। শিক্ষা: প্রেসিডেন্সি কলেজ। ইংরেজি সাহিত্যে এম.এ.। গল্প-উপন্যাস ছাড়াও রয়েছে একাধিক প্রবন্ধের বই, স্মৃতিকথা এবং একটি অত্যাশ্চর্য ছড়ার বই। বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় থেকে পেয়েছেন সাম্মানিক ডি লিট, ১৯৯৮৷ ১৯৮৮-তে পেয়েছেন সাহিত্য অকাদেমি পুরস্কার। কলকাতা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের সর্বোচ্চ সাহিত্য সম্মান জগত্তারিণী স্বর্ণপদক ১৯৮৭। ওই বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের শরৎচন্দ্র পদক ও পুরস্কার ১৯৮৪। শরৎসমিতির শরৎচন্দ্র পুরস্কার ১৯৯৭। রবীন্দ্র পুরস্কার ১৯৭১। আনন্দ পুরস্কার ১৯৬৩৷ তাঁর গল্পসমগ্র বইটিও কলকাতা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের কর্তৃক পুরস্কৃত। হিন্দি, মালয়ালাম, গুজরাতি ও তামিল ভাষায় অনূদিত হয়েছে তাঁর বহু উপন্যাস ও গল্প। প্রকাশিত হয়েছে বহু রচনার ইংরেজি, চেক ও জার্মান অনুবাদ। তিনিই একমাত্র ভারতীয় লেখক, যাঁর গল্প সংকল

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  Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay

  This author has secondary bangla profile-বিভূতিভূষণ বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়.
  
  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.
  
  The 1951 Rabindra Puraskar, the most prestigious literary award in the West Bengal state of India, was posthumously awarded to Bibhutibhushan for his novel ইছামতী.

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  Zahir Raihan

  Zahir Raihan (Bangla: জহির রায়হান) was a Bangladeshi novelist, writer and filmmaker. He is perhaps best known for his documentary Stop Genocide made during the Bangladesh Liberation War.
  
  He was an active worker of the Language Movement of 1952. The effect of Language Movement was so high on him that he made his legendary film Jibon Theke Neya based on it. In 1971 he joined in the Liberation War of Bangladesh and created documentary films on this great event.
  
  He disappeared on January 30, 1972 while trying to locate his brother, the famous writer Shahidullah Kaiser, who was captured and killed by the Pakistan army. Evidences have been found that he was killed by some armed Bihari collaborators and disguised soldiers of Pakistan Army.

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• Mihir Sengupta

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  Satyajit Ray

  Satyajit Ray (Bengali: সত্যজিৎ রায়) was an Indian filmmaker and author of Bengali fiction and regarded as one of the greatest auteurs of world cinema. Ray was born in the city of Calcutta into a Bengali family prominent in the world of arts and literature. Starting his career as a commercial artist, Ray was drawn into independent filmmaking after meeting French filmmaker Jean Renoir and watching Vittorio De Sica's Italian neorealist 1948 film, Bicycle Thieves.
  
  Ray directed 36 films, including feature films, documentaries and shorts. He was also a fiction writer, publisher, illustrator, calligrapher, graphic designer and film critic. He authored several short stories and novels, primarily aimed at children and adolescents.
  
  Ray's first film, P

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• Abhijit Sen

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  Humayun Ahmed

  Humayun Ahmed (Bengali: হুমায়ূন আহমেদ; 13 November 1948 – 19 July 2012) was a Bangladeshi author, dramatist, screenwriter, playwright and filmmaker. He was the most famous and popular author, dramatist and filmmaker ever to grace the cultural world of Bangladesh since its independence in 1971. Dawn referred to him as the cultural legend of Bangladesh. Humayun started his journey to reach fame with the publication of his novel Nondito Noroke (In Blissful Hell) in 1972, which remains one of his most famous works. He wrote over 250 fiction and non-fiction books, all of which were bestsellers in Bangladesh, most of them were number one bestsellers of their respective years by a wide margin. In recognition to the works of Humayun, Times of Indi

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  Sankar

  Shankar's real name is Mani Shankar Mukherjee. Sankar is a very popular writer in the Bengali language. He grew up in Howrah district of West Bengal, India.
  Shankar's father died while Shankar was still a teenager, as a result of which Shankar became a clerk to the last British barrister of the Calcutta High Court, Noel Frederick Barwell. The experience of working under Mr. Barwell provided the material for his first book Koto Ojanare (কত অজানারে), translated as The Great Unknown.
  During 1962, Shankar conceived the idea of writing the novel Chowringhee on a rainy day at the waterlogged crossing of Central Avenue and Dalhousie - a busy business district in the heart of Kolkata.
  Many of Shankar's works have been made into films. Some notable on

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  Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay

  শীর্ষেন্দু মুখোপাধ্যায় একজন ভারতীয় বাঙালি সাহিত্যিক।
  
  তিনি ব্রিটিশ ভারতের বেঙ্গল প্রেসিডেন্সির অন্তর্গত ময়মনসিংহে (বর্তমানে বাংলাদেশের অংশ) জন্মগ্রহণ করেন—যেখানে তাঁর জীবনের প্রথম এগারো বছর কাটে। ভারত বিভাজনের সময় তাঁর পরিবার কলকাতা চলে আসে। এই সময় রেলওয়েতে চাকুরিরত পিতার সঙ্গে তিনি অসম, পশ্চিমবঙ্গ ও বিহারের বিভিন্ন স্থানে তাঁর জীবন অতিবাহিত করেন। তিনি কোচবিহারের ভিক্টোরিয়া কলেজ থেকে মাধ্যমিক শিক্ষা সম্পন্ন করেন। পরে কলকাতা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় থেকে বাংলায় স্নাতকোত্তর ডিগ্রি লাভ করেন। শীর্ষেন্দু একজন বিদ্যালয়ের শিক্ষক হিসেবে তাঁর কর্মজীবন শুরু করেন। বর্তমানে তিনি আনন্দবাজার পত্রিকা ও দেশ পত্রিকার সঙ্গে জড়িত।
  
  তাঁর প্রথম গল্প জলতরঙ্গ শিরোনামে ১৯৫৯ খ্রিস্টাব্দে দেশ পত্রিকায় প্রকাশিত হয়। সাত বছর পরে সেই একই পত্রিকার পূজাবার্ষিকীতে তাঁর প্রথম

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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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  Premendra Mitra

  Premendra Mitra (Bangla: প্রেমেন্দ্র মিত্র) was a renowned Bengali poet, novelist, short story writer and film director. He was also an author of Bengali science fiction and thrillers.
  
  His short stories were well-structured and innovative, and encompassed the diverse to the divergent in urban Indian society. The themes of poverty, degradation, caste, the intermittent conflict between religion and rationality and themes of the rural-urban divide are a thematically occurring refrain in much of his work. He experimented with the stylistic nuances of Bengali prose and tried to offer alternative linguistic parameters to the high-class elite prosaic Bengali language. It was basically an effort to make the Bengali literature free from softness, exc

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