Nirendranath Chakravarty (19 October 1924 – 25 December 2018) was a contemporary
Bengal
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poet
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Novelist
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He lived in Bangur Avenue,
Kolkata
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Biography
He was born in Faridpur district of undivided Bengal in 1924. After graduating from the University of Calcutta, he started journalism in the daily "Raiyah". He won the
Sahitya Academy Award
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in 1974 for the book of poems Ulanga Raja (The Naked King). In 2007, the
University of Calcutta
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awarded him an honorary Doctor of Literature degree. Chakravarty also wrote few detective novels of
Bhaduri Moshai Bhaduri Moshai (Mr. Bhaduri) is a fictional detectives, fictional detective character of Bengali language, Bengali poet and novelist Nirendranath Chakraborty. Chakraborty wrote a series of thriller stories of Bhaduri Moshai.
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Notable works
Poetry anthology
Some of his poetry anthologies are:
*Neel Nirjan
*Nirokto Karabi
*Andhokar Baranda
*Prothom Nayok
*Somoy baro kom
*Jabotiyo Valobasi
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*Shrestho Kobita
*Kobita Samagro 1
*Kobita Samagro 2
Juvenile literature
*Saada Bagh
*Bibir Chora
*Baaro Maser Chora
*Pitri Purush
*Amalkanti
Some of his popular poems are
*Amalkanti Roddur Hotay Cheyachilo
*Kolkatar Jisu
*Ulanga Raja
He also translated Hergé's "The Adventures of Tintin" in Bengali.
Death
Chakravarty died on 25 December 2018 at 12:25 pm following a
heart attack
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. He was 94 years old, and at the time, was suffering from breathing problem in the last few months.
References
1924 births
2018 deaths
Bengali detective fiction writers
Bengali writers
Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Bengali
St. Paul's Cathedral Mission College alumni
University of Calcutta alumni
Indian magazine editors
Indian male writers
Indian children's writers
Poets from West Bengal
Novelists from West Bengal
Writers from Kolkata
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