Sunil Gangopadhyay Writer

Sunil Gangopadhyay or Sunil Ganguly (Bengali: সুনীল গঙ্গোপাধ্যায় Shunil Gônggopaddhae), (7 September 1934 – 23 October 2012) was a Bengali poet and novelist. Born in Faridpur, Bangladesh, Gangopadhyay obtained his Master's degree in Bengali from the University of Calcutta, In 1953 he with few of his friends started a Bengali poetry magazine Krittibas. Later he wrote for many different publications.Ganguly created the Bengali fictional character Kakababu and wrote a series of novels on this character which became significant in Indian children's literature. He received Sahitya Akademi award in 1985 for his novel Those Days (Sei Samaya). Gangopadhyay used the pen names Nil Lohit, Sanatan Pathak, and Nil Upadhyay.

Personal facts

Sunil Gangopadhyay
Alias (AKA)Ganguly Sunil
PseudonymNil Lohit Sanatan Pathak and Nil Upadhyay
Birth dateSeptember 07, 1934
Birth place
Bangladesh , Faridpur District , Presidencies and provinces of British India , Bengal Presidency
Ethnicity
Bengali literature
Date of deathOctober 23, 2012
Place of death
Kolkata
Education
University of Calcutta
Education
Master of Arts

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Writer

Career start1953
Career end2012
award
Sahitya Akademi Award
Ananda Puraskar
language
Bengali literature
notable work
First Light (Sunil Ganguly)
Those Days (novel)

Sunil Gangopadhyay on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.krittibas.com
  2. http://www.loc.gov/acq/ovop/delhi/salrp/sunilgangopadhyay.html
  3. http://www.sunilgangopadhyay.org