Bani Basu (born 11 March 1939 bn, বাণী বসু) is a prolific
Bengali
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Indian author, essayist, critic, poet, translator and professor.
Life
She received her formal education from the well-known Lady Brabourne College,
Scottish Church College
Scottish Church College is a college affiliated by Calcutta University, India. It offers selective co-educational undergraduate and postgraduate studies and is the oldest continuously running Christian liberal arts and sciences college in A ...
and at the
University of Calcutta
The University of Calcutta (informally known as Calcutta University; CU) is a Public university, public collegiate university, collegiate State university (India), state university in India, located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Considered ...
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 White Marble),
''Ekushe Pā'' (Turning Twenty One), ''Maitreya Jātak'' (published as ''The Birth of the Maitreya'' by
Stree), ''Gāndharvi'', ''Pancham Purush'' (The Fifth Generation) and ''Ashtam Garbha'' (The Eighth Pregnancy). She also writes poetry, and translates extensively into
Bengali
Bengali or Bengalee, or Bengalese may refer to:
*something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia
* Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region
* Bengali language, the language they speak
** Bengali alphabet, the w ...
.
She was awarded the Tarashankar Award for ''Antarghāt'' (Treason), and the
Ananda Purashkar
The Ananda Puraskar () is an award for Bengali literature awarded annually by the ABP Group to writers using Bengali, usually from West Bengal, India.
History
The award can be traced to a comment by Annada Shankar Ray ruing the absence of liter ...
for ''Maitreya Jātak''. She is also the recipient of the Sushila Devi Birla Award and the Sahitya Setu Puraskar. In 2010 she was awarded Sahitya Academy for her contributions to Bengali literature.
Bibliography
* ''Swet Pātharer Thālā'' (1990)
* ''Gāndharbi'' (1993)
* ''Mohanā'' (1993)
* ''Ekushe Pā'' (1994)
* ''Maitreya Jātak'' (1999)
* ''Upanyās Panchak'' (1999)
* ''Ashtam Garbha'' (2000)
* ''Antarghāt''
* ''Pancham Purush''
* ''Khanamihirer Dhipi'' (2009)
*Kharap Chele
*Meyeli Addar Halchal
Film and Television serial based on her Books
* Swet Patherer Thala (Film)
* Gandharvi (Film and TV Serial)
* Swet Patherer Thala (TV Serial)
* Ekushe Pa (TV Serial)
* Nandita (Tele Fim)
* Mrs Gupta Ra (Tele Film)
* Jakhan Chand (Tele Film)
* Bhab Murti (Tele Film)
* Balleygunge Court (Tele Film)
* Shakhambherir Dwip (TV Serial)
* Amrita (TV Serial)
Awards
* Tara Sankar Award (1991)
* Sahitya Setu Chandra (1995)
* Siromoni Award (1997)
* Ananda Award (1997)
* Bankim Award (1998)
* Mahadevi Birla Award (1998)
* Katha Award (2003)
* Pratima Mitra Smiti Award (2007)
* Kabi Kritibas Sahitya Award (2008)
* Bhuban Mohini Dasi Swarna Padak, Calcutta University (2008)
* Sachindra Nath Sahitya Award
* Sahitya Akademi Award (2010)
References
External links
*
Meenakshi Mukherjee's essay on Bani Basu's novels
20th-century Bengalis
21st-century Bengalis
Bengali writers
1939 births
Living people
Lady Brabourne College alumni
Scottish Church College alumni
University of Calcutta alumni
Academic staff of the University of Calcutta
Indian women novelists
Indian women essayists
Recipients of the Ananda Purashkar
Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Bengali
Writers of historical romances
Women romantic fiction writers
Indian historical novelists
20th-century Indian novelists
20th-century Indian women writers
Women historical novelists
Writers from Kolkata
Women writers from West Bengal
Novelists from West Bengal
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