Buddhadeb Guha (29 June 1936 – 29 August 2021) was an Indian writer of fiction in
Bengali language
Bengali ( ), generally known by its endonym Bangla (, ), is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language native to the Bengal region of South Asia. It is the official, national, and most widely spoken language of Bangladesh and the second m ...
. Apart from writing, he was a trained singer and a painter too.
Career
Born in
Calcutta
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, Guha studied at
St. Xavier's College of the
University of Calcutta
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. He spent his early years in various districts of
Eastern Bengal Eastern Bengal may refer to:
* East Bengal
ur,
, common_name = East Bengal
, status = Province of the Dominion of Pakistan
, p1 = Bengal Presidency
, flag_p1 = Flag of British ...
(now
Bangladesh
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). Those days in
Rangpur,
Jaipurhat and
Barisal
Barisal ( or ; bn, বরিশাল, ), officially known as Barishal, is a major city that lies on the banks of the Kirtankhola river in south-central Bangladesh. It is the largest city and the administrative headquarter of both Barisal Dist ...
are depicted in his Rivu series. Some of the ''Rivu'' books are dedicated to friends from his youth. He was also the creator of
Rijuda, an imaginary character who explores jungles with his sidekick Rudra. The jungles that he wrote about were mainly in
Eastern India
East India is a region of India consisting of the Indian states of Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha
and West Bengal and also the union territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The region roughly corresponds to the historical region of Magadha fr ...
. Guha received
Ananda Puraskar
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 lit ...
in 1976. He was a chartered accountant by profession.
Apart from writing, Guha was a trained singer of
Rabindra Sangeet
''Rabindra Sangeet'' ( bn, রবীন্দ্র সঙ্গীত; ), also known as Tagore Songs, are songs from the Indian subcontinent written and composed by the Bengali polymath Rabindranath Tagore, winner of the 1913 Nobel Prize in Li ...
which he learned at the famous Tagore school of music ''
Dakshinee'' and later also trained in
Hindustani classical music
Hindustani classical music is the classical music of northern regions of the Indian subcontinent. It may also be called North Indian classical music or, in Hindustani, ''shastriya sangeet'' (). It is played in instruments like the violin, sita ...
and in old style
Tappa Tappa is a form of Indian semi-classical vocal music. Its specialty is a rolling pace based on fast, subtle and knotty construction. Its tunes are melodious and sweet, and depict the emotional outbursts of a lover. Tappe (plural) were sung mostly by ...
songs from
Ramkumar Chattopadhyay
Ramkumar Chattopadhyay (1921 — 18 March 2009) was an eminent Bengali singer, composer and music director. He was well known as a classical singer with a unique repertoire of ''Puratani'' (old Bengali) songs, devotional songs and Tappa.
Early lif ...
and
Chandidas Mal.
He was also a gifted painter and towards the end of his life, when his eyesight began to fail and he began to dictate his writings, he fell back on painting which he was self-taught in but was very good at.
Bibliography
Novels
* Aainar Samne (Deys)
* Abhilas (Deys)
* Ababahika (Ananda Pub)
* Aborohi (Ananda Pub)
* Adbhut Lok (Sahityam)
* Alokjhari (Deys)
* Anwesh
* Babli (Sahityam, 1985)
* Baje Chandanpurer Korcha (Deys)
* Bangri Poshir Doo Rattir (Sahityam)
* Banjoytsnai, Sabuj Andhakare (Ananda Pub)
* Basona Kusum (Sahityam)
* Bati Ghar (Sahityam)
* Bhabar Somoi
* Bhorere Age (Ananda Pub)
* Binnyas (Ananda Pub)
* Boi Melate (Sahityam)
* Bonobasar (Deys)
* Bonobiharir Smriticharon (Rriti Prakashon)
* Chabutara
* Chandrayan (Sahityam)
* Changhar e Gaan (Deys)
* Chapras (Ananda Pub)
* Charkanya (Sahityam, 2004)
* Charumati (Sahityam, 2003)
* Chayara Dirgho Holo (Sahityam)
* Chou (Nirmal Sahityam)
* Doshti Uponyas (Ananda Pub)
* Doshti Uponyas (Sahityam)
* Kumudini
* Babli
* Jongli Mohol
* Ragmala
* Chandrayan
* Pakhsat
* Adbhut Lok
* Parijayee
* Basona Kusum
* Du-Nombor (Sahityam)
* Ektu Ushnatar Jonno (Ananda Pub)
* Gunja Phuler Mala (Deep Prakashon)
* Hajarduari (Ananda Pub)
* Halud Bosonto (Ananda Pub)
* Ilmorander Deshe
* Jagmogi (Sahityam)
* Jaoya-Asa (Deys, 1986)
* Jhaki Darshan
* Jolchobi, Anumotir Jonnye (Deys)
* Jongli Mohol (Sahityam)
* Jongoler Journal (Deys)
* Jongol Mahal (Deys)
* Jongol Sambhar (Deys)
* Jongol Mohol
* Bonobasar
* Jongoler Journal
* Paridhi
* Lobongir Jongole
* Jujudhan (Sahityam)
* Kangpokopi (Deys)
* Khelaghar
* Khela Jokhon (Ananda Pub)
* Koeler Kache (Ananda Pub)
* Kojagor (Deys)
* Kumudini (Sahityam)
* Lobongir Jongole (Deys)
* Madhukari (Ananda Pub)
* Mahulsukhar Chithi (Ananda Pub)
* Mandur Rupamoti (Sahityam)
* Mohorra
* Nagno Nirjan (Sahityam)
* Nana Galpa (Deep Prakashon, 2004)
* Oaikiki (Ananda Pub)
* Pakhshat (Sahityam)
* Palashtalir Parshi (Deys, 1985–86)
* Pamori (Sahityam)
* Pancham Prabas
* Panchasti Priyo Golpo (Sahityam)
* Panchoprodip
* Parijat Paring (Ananda Pub)
* Paridhi (Deys)
* Poheli Peyar
* Premer Golpo
* Priyo Galpo (Sahityam)
* Prothom Probas
* Prothomader Jonnye
* Pujor Somoi e (Ananda Pub)
* Ragmala (Sahityam)
* Reunion (Ananda Pub)
* Riya (Deys, 1990)
* Sajhghore, Eka
* Saldungri
* Sanjhbelate (Dey's, 2002)
* Sareng Miya (Deys)
* Sasandiri (Ananda Pub)
* Sabinay Nibedan (Ananda Pub, 1989)
* Samo (Sahityam)
* Sharaswata (Sahityam)
* Sera baro (Bikash, 1999)
* Sogotokti
* Sondheyr Pore (Ananda Pub)
* Sopord (Deys)
* Srestha Golpo
* Sukher Kache
* Ek gharer dui raat
Rivu
* Durer Bhor
* Durer Dupur (Deys)
* Najai
* Parnomochi
* Parijayii (Sahityam, 2000)
* Rivu (Deys, 1992)
* Rivur Sraban (Ananda Pub)
* Rivu
-4(Deys)
Rijuda
* Albino (Ananda Pub)
* Aro Dui Rijuda (Sahityam)
* Aro Dui Notun Rijuda Kahini (Sahityam)
* Saptam Ripu
* Teen Nombor
* Aro Tin Rijuda Kahini (Sahityam)
* Bagher Mangsho Ebong Onnyo Shikar (Ananda Pub)
* Bonobibir Bon e (Ananda Pub)
* Duti Rijuda Kahini (Sahityam, 2004)
* Gugunogumbarer Deshe (Ananda Pub)
* Langra Pahan (Ananda Pub)
* Moulir Raat (Ananda Pub)
* Ninikumari r Bagh (Ananda Pub)
* Rijuda Kahini (Sahityam)
* Kuruboker Deshe
* Projati Projapoti
* Jomduar
* Rijuda Samagra
-5(Ananda Pub, 1993)
* Rijudar Char Kahini (Sahityam, 2002)
* Rijudar Songe Jongole (Ananda Pub)
* Rijudar Songe Boxer Jongole Ebong (Ananda Pub)
* Rijudar Songe Lobongi Bone (Ananda Pub)
* Rijudar Songe Sodorbone o Anyanyo Golpo (Sahityam)
* Rijudar Songe Sufkor e (Ananda Pub)
* Ru Aha (Ananda Pub)
* Taar Baghoa (Ananda Pub)
* Tin Rijuda (Sahityam)
* Tin Rijuda (Sahityam)
Death
Buddhadeb Guha died on 29 August 2021 after developing post-
COVID-19
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei, identified in Wuhan, China, in December ...
health complications.
References
External links
*
Buddhadeb Guha Section in Library of CongressBuddhadeb Guha Section in BoiwalaShort Biography of Buddhadeb Guha*
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1936 births
2021 deaths
Bengali novelists
Recipients of the Ananda Purashkar
University of Calcutta alumni
Writers from Kolkata
Novelists from West Bengal
20th-century Indian novelists
Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in India