Sasthipada Chattopadhyay (born 9 March 1941) is an Indian novelist and short story writer in

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. He is well known in

Bengali literature Bengali literature ( bn, বাংলা সাহিত্য, Bangla Sahityô) denotes the body of writings in the Bengali language and which covers Old Bengali, Middle- Bengali and Modern Bengali with the changes through the passage of time ...

for the series stories of

Pandab Goenda Pandab Goenda is a fictional detective novel series created by Bengali novelist Sasthipada Chattopadhyay. The stories of Pandab Goenda are well known and popular in Bengali Children's literature. Characters Pandab Goenda is a detective gang of f ...

Career

Chattopadhyay was born in 1941 in Khurut, Sasthitala, Howrah district. He published his first literary work ''Kamakhya Bhraman'' in ''Dainik Basumati'' in 1961 and started working in ''

Anandabazar Patrika ''Anandabazar Patrika'' (Bengali: আনন্দবাজার পত্রিকা, ) is an Indian Bengali-language daily newspaper owned by the ABP Group. According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, it has a circulation of 1 million cop ...

'' under guidance of

Ramapada Chowdhury Ramapada Chowdhury (28 December 1922 – 29 July 2018) was an Indian novelist and short story writer in Bengali. For his novel ''Bari Badle Jay'', he received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1988. He was also a recipient of the Rabindra Puraska ...

and

Sagarmoy Ghosh Sagarmoy Ghosh (22 June 1912 – 19 February 1999) was an author and renowned editor of Bengali literary journal '' Desh''. Early life Ghosh was born in Chandipur village, Comilla, in British India, His father Kalimohan Ghosh and elder brother ...

. Chattopadhyay worked in ''Rabibasoryo'', Anandabazar from 1961. In the meantime, he joined the Indian Railway service and became posted at Ghatshila. He wrote many novels, travelogue, short stories but became popular and gained recognition for the creation of ''Pandab Goenda'', an adventure detective series for children. Pandab Goenda was later realised in television in animated form. He loves to explore countries and have experiences which are reflected in most of the stories. Chattopadhyay created two more detective series namely Detective ''Ambar Chatterjee'' and ''

Goenda Tatar Goenda Tatar is a fictional detective character created by Bengali novelist Sasthipada Chattopadhyay. Chattopadhyay wrote a number of stories of ''Goenda Tatar'' series. Characters Tatar is an adventurous school going kid who love to solve mysteri ...

''. He wrote hundred of detective and adventure stories. His creation of ''Tatar'' story was filmed as ''

Goyenda Tatar ''Goyenda Tatar'' is a Bengali adventure detective film A mystery film is a genre of film that revolves around the solution of a problem or a crime. It focuses on the efforts of the detective, private investigator or amateur sleuth to solve ...

'' in 2019.

Works

* ''Pandab Goenda'' (Series) * ''Sonar Ganapati Hirer Chokh'' * ''Chaturtha Tadanta'' * ''Goenda Tatarer Avijaan'' * ''Panchti Rahasyo Goenda'' * ''Sera Rahasyo 25'' * ''Sera Goenda 25'' * ''Panchaasti Bhuter Golpo'' * ''Aaro Panchaasti Bhuter Golpo'' * ''Debdasi Tirtha'' * ''Kingbadantir Bikramaditya'' * ''Punyatirthe Bhraman'' * ''Kedarnath'' * ''Himalayer Noy Devi''

Award

Chattopadhyay was awarded '' Bal Sahitya Puraskar'' in 2017 for his contribution to children's literature in Bengali by the

Sahitya Akademi The Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, is an organisation dedicated to the promotion of literature in the languages of India. Founded on 12 March 1954, it is supported by, though independent of, the Indian government. Its of ...

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chattopadhyay, Sasthipada 1941 births Living people Bengali writers Bengali-language writers Indian children's writers Bengali detective fiction writers Indian male novelists University of Calcutta alumni 20th-century Indian male writers People from Howrah Writers from West Bengal