Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay

Indian writer Sharadindu BandyopadhyayBorn(1899-03-30)30 March 1899Jaunpur, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, British India (now in Uttar Pradesh, India)Died22 September 1970(1970-09-22) (aged 71)Pune, Maharashtra, IndiaEducationVidyasagar CollegeOccupationWriterWriting careerLanguageBengaliNotable workByomkesh Bakshi Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay (30 March 1899 – 22 September 1970) was an Indian Bengali-language writer. He was actively involved with Bengali cinema as well as Bollywood. The creator of the Bengali detective Byomkesh Bakshi, Sharadindu composed stories of a wide array of varieties including: novels, short stories, crime and detective stories, plays and screenplays. He wrote historical fiction like Kaler Mandira, Gourmollar (initially named as Mouri Nodir Teere), Tumi Sandhyar Megh, Tungabhadrar Teere, Chuya-Chandan, Maru O Sangha (later made into a Hindi film named Trishagni), Sadashib series and stories of the unnatural with the recurring character Baroda. Besides, he composed many songs and poems. Personal life and education He was born to Tarabhushan and Bijaliprabha Bandyopadhyay at his maternal grandparents' home in Jaunpur, United Province, India on 30 March 1899