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Bankim Puraskar
Bankim Puraskar ( bn, বঙ্কিম পুরস্কার, Bankim Memorial Award) is the highest award given by the Government of West Bengal for contribution to Bengali fiction. The award was instituted in 1975 in memory of Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, a famous Bengali novelist of the 19th century. It has been brought under the aegis of Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi, functioning under the Department of Information & Cultural Affairs, in 2003. The award is handed over by the Chief Minister of West Bengal. Awardees *1975 – Prabodh Chandra Sen *1982 – Gour Kishore Ghosh *1983 – Sunil Gangopadhyay – ''Sei Samay'' (novel, 2 vols.) *1984 – Sushil JanaDutt, Kartik ChandraWho's who of Indian Writers, 1999: A-M Sahitya Akademi, 1999 *1985 – Prafulla Roy – Akasher Neeche Manush' (novel) *1986 – Amiya Bhushan Majumdar – ''Rajnagar'' (novel) *1987 – Amalendu Chakraborty – ''Jabajjiban'' (novel) *1988 – Sachindran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Bengal
West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the fourth-most populous and thirteenth-largest state by area in India, as well as the eighth-most populous country subdivision of the world. As a part of the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent, it borders Bangladesh in the east, and Nepal and Bhutan in the north. It also borders the Indian states of Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar, Sikkim and Assam. The state capital is Kolkata, the third-largest metropolis, and seventh largest city by population in India. West Bengal includes the Darjeeling Himalayan hill region, the Ganges delta, the Rarh region, the coastal Sundarbans and the Bay of Bengal. The state's main ethnic group are the Bengalis, with the Bengali Hindus forming the demographic majority. The area's early history featured a succession ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bani Basu
Bani Basu (born 11 March 1939 bn, বাণী বসু) is a prolific Bengali Indian author, essayist, critic, poet, translator and professor. Life She received her formal education from the well-known Lady Brabourne College, Scottish Church College and at the University of Calcutta where she received M.A. in English. Career Basu began her career as a novelist with the publication of ''Janmabhoomi Mātribhoomi''. A prolific writer, she started her professional career as an author from 1980, first in “Anandamala”, a juvenile magazine, then in “Desh” and other periodicals of the time. She is known as a novelist, short story writer, essayist, and writings for children and teenagers. Some of her fictions have been made into films & TV Serials. The broad range of her fiction deals with gender, history, mythology, society, psychology, adolescence, music, sexual orientation, the supernatural, and more. Her major works include ''Swet Pātharer Thālā'' (A Plate of Whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rabisankar Bal
Rabisankar Bal (1962–2017) was an Indian writer in the Bengali language, Bengali-language. He lived in Kolkata, and was a journalist by profession. He published more than twenty books in a range of genres including novels, short stories, poetry and essays. He is best known for novels such as ''Dozakhnama'' (Conversations in Hell) and ''Aynajibon'' (A Mirrored Life), both of which have been translated into English by Arunava Sinha. He is regarded as a major voice in contemporary Bengali literature and won a number of prizes for his work. Rabisankar Bal penned down 15 novels and 5 short story collection over a period of 30 years. He also translated ''Saadat Hasan Manto's'' work in Bengali. Bal received West Bengal government's Sutapa Roychowdhury Memorial Prize for his novel "The Biography of Midnight". At the age of 55, following a brief illness, Rabisankar Bal breathed his last in B. R. Singh Hospital, Kolkata. Works Collection of Stories (গল্পগ্রন্থ) # ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore (; bn, রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর; 7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941) was a Bengali polymath who worked as a poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer and painter. He reshaped Bengali literature and music as well as Indian art with Contextual Modernism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Author of the "profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful" poetry of ''Gitanjali'', he became in 1913 the first non-European and the first lyricist to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. Tagore's poetic songs were viewed as spiritual and mercurial; however, his "elegant prose and magical poetry" remain largely unknown outside Bengal. He was a fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society. Referred to as "the Bard of Bengal", Tagore was known by sobriquets: Gurudev, Kobiguru, Biswakobi. A Bengali Brahmin from Calcutta with ancestral gentry roots in Burdwan district* * * and Jessore, Tagore wrote poetry as an eight-yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anil Ghorai
Anil Gharai (alt., Anil Ghařāi, Anil Gharai ( bn, অনিল ঘড়াই) is a Bengali writer from the state of West Bengal in India. He was born on 1 November 1957 in Rukminipur village near Egra in what is now Purba Medinipur Purba Medinipur (English: ''East Medinipur'', alternative spelling ''Midnapore'') district is an administrative unit in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the southernmost district of Medinipur division – one of the five administrative d ... district. His first short story was published in 1990 in ''Desh patrika''. He was an author of 74 books. List of major works Novels * ''Nunbari'' * ''Megh Jiboner Trishna (1996)'' * ''Banabashi (1990)'' * ''Mukuler Gondho (1993)'' * ''Boba Juddho (1993)'' * ''Tarango Lata (1993)'' * ''Kanone Kusum Koli (1993)'' * ''Brokrorekha (1994)'' * ''Plaban (1994)'' * ''Dhormer Kol (1995)'' * ''Koler Putul (1996)'' * ''Dourbogorar Upakhayan (1997)'' * ''Khelaghor (1998)'' * ''Janma Daag (1999)'' * ''Bip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afsar Ahmed
Afsar Amed (also written as Afsar Ahmed, 5 April 1959 – 4 August 2018) was an Indian Bengali writer. He wrote 27 novels and 24 books of other categories. Early life and education Amed was born on 5 April 1959. He pursued his post graduate education from Kolkata University in Bangla. Career During Amed's early life he wrote mainly poems but later he began to write prose. His writing ''Bangali Musalmaner Biyer Gan'' was published in ''Porichoy'' in 1978. His first novel ''Ghor Gerosti'' was published in 1980. His writings were published in ''Porichoy'', ''Kalantor'', ''Baromas'', ''Saroswato''. Besides writing he also worked in literary magazine ''Protikshon'' for some years. He worked in Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi too. Amed's book ''Bibir Mithya Talaq O Talaqer Bibi Ebong Holud Pakhir Kissa'' was in the school curriculum in Assam. Mrinal Sen directed ''Aamar Bhuban'' was based on his novel ''Dhan Jyotsna''. This film was his last direction. A film titled ''Raat Koto Holo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramkumar Mukhapadhyay
Ramkumar is an Indian actor and film producer known for his work in Kannada cinema. He made his acting debut in Peraala's 1990 action film ''Aavesha''. The same year, he played a brief role in Rajendra Singh Babu's war film ''Muthina Haara'' (1990). He turned producer for the film '' Pandavaru'' (2006), in which he acted as well. With his good looks, he was considered one of the "Chocolate heroes" of the 1990s and his acting skills were well appreciated. As of 2013, Ram kumar has acted in over 40 Kannada feature films. Personal life Ramkumar is the son of Shringar Nagaraj, a popular actor and a producer who produced the critically acclaimed ''Pushpaka Vimana'' (1987) starring Kamal Haasan and Amala. He is married to Poornima, the daughter of actor Rajkumar. They have two children together: daughter Dhanya and son Dheeren. Both are aspiring actors. Career Ramkumar, being a producer's son, was an avid movie buff in his childhood. He was introduced in films by the director Peraa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swapnamoy Chakraborty
Swapnamoy Chakraborty (born 24 August 1951) is a Bengali novelist and essayist. Career Chakraborty was born in Kolkata. He worked in the Land Department under the Government of West Bengal and Akashvani Kolkata as an executive director. He started his writing career with short stories. His first short story was published in 1972 in Amrita magazine. Chakraborty's first book ''Bhumi Sutra'' was published in 1982. His book ''Abantinagar'' won the Bankim Puraskar in 2005. He received Ananda Puraskar in 2012 for ''Holde Golap'', a research based novel on LGBT communities. In February 2019, Chakraborty alleged that Kaushik Ganguly’s film Nagarkirtan ''Nagarkirtan'' (নগরকীর্তন) is a 2017 Indian Bengali film written and directed by Kaushik Ganguly. The film stars Riddhi Sen as Parimal, a trans woman from rural Bengal, and Ritwick Chakraborty as Madhu, a flute player from the ... was plagiarised from his novel titled Holde Golap but later he revised his views on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nabendu Ghosh
Nabendu Ghosh (27 March 1917 – 15 December 2007) was an Indian author in Bengali literature, and screenwriter. He has written screenplays of classic Bollywood movies like, Sujata, Bandini, Devdas, Majhli Didi, Abhimaan and Teesri Kasam. He has written stories for movies like Baap Beti, Shatranj, Raja Jani. He has also acted briefly in Do Bigha Zameen, ''Teesri Kasam'' and Lukochuri. Later in his career, he directed four movies as well. Biography Nabendu Ghosh was born 27 March 1917 in Dhaka (presently in Bangladesh). At the age of 12 he became a popular actor on stage. As an acclaimed dancer in Uday Shankar style, he won several medals between 1939 and 1945. Ghosh lost a government job in 1944 for writing Dak Diye Jaai, set against the Quit India Movement launched by Indian National Congress. The novel catapulted him to fame and he moved to Calcutta in 1945. He soon ranked among the most progressive young writers in Bengali literature. After partition, Urdu was declared t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tapan Bandyopadhyay
Tapan Bandopadhyay (born 7 June 1947) is an eminent Bengali novelist. He won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2022 for his novel ''Birbal''. Early life Tapan Bandyopadhyay was born in 1947 in Satkhira District. His family migrated from East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) in 1947 and settled in Baduria near Basirhat. Bandyopadhyay passed School final examination from Baduria London Missionary Society High School. He joined in Asutosh College in Kolkata and passed Mathematics Hon's with first class. Bandyopadhyay joined in WBCS service in 1972 and retired as Secretary of Shishu Kishore Akademy under the Government of West Bengal. Literary career Initially Bandyopadhyay started his literary career as poet, latter he was known as a novelist and short story writer. Almost three hundred short stories of Bandopadhyay were published in various magazine and books. In 2010 he delegated Beijing 17th International Book fair, as an Indian author. He created a lady Bengali detective character ''Goenda G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Times Of India
''The Times of India'', also known by its abbreviation ''TOI'', is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by The Times Group. It is the third-largest newspaper in India by circulation and largest selling English-language daily in the world. It is the oldest English-language newspaper in India, and the second-oldest Indian newspaper still in circulation, with its first edition published in 1838. It is nicknamed as "The Old Lady of Bori Bunder", and is an Indian " newspaper of record". Near the beginning of the 20th century, Lord Curzon, the Viceroy of India, called ''TOI'' "the leading paper in Asia". In 1991, the BBC ranked ''TOI'' among the world's six best newspapers. It is owned and published by Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. (B.C.C.L.), which is owned by the Sahu Jain family. In the Brand Trust Report India study 2019, ''TOI'' was rated as the most trusted English newspaper in India. Reuters rated ''TOI'' as India's most trus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
