Manish Ghatak (9 February 1902– 27 December 1979) was a
Bengali
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poet and novelist.
Personal life
Manish Ghatak's parents were Suresh Chandra Ghatak and Indubala Devi. Noted Bengali film director
Ritwik Ghatak
Ritwik Kumar Ghatak (; 4 November 19256 February 1976) was a noted Indian film director, screenwriter, and playwright. Along with prominent contemporary Bengali filmmakers Satyajit Ray, Tapan Sinha and Mrinal Sen, his cinema is primarily rememb ...
was his youngest brother. Ghatak married Dharitri Devi, who was from the well known Chaudhuri family in Dhaka, in undivided Bengal, with Sankho Chaudhuri, the noted sculptor and Sachin Chaudhuri, the founder-editor of the Economic and Political Weekly of India, being her siblings.
Mahasweta Devi
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is their eldest daughter. His eldest grandson,
Mahasweta Devi
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* ''Pataldangar Panchali'' (a book of short stories)
* ''Kankhal'' (novel)
* ''Shilalipi'' (book of poem)
* ''Jadio Sandhya'' (book of poem)
* ''Bidusi Bak''(book of poem)
* ''Ekchakra''(collection of poems)
* ''Mandhatar Babar Amol''(Autobiography)