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List Of Sahitya Akademi Award Winners For Bengali
Sahitya Akademi Award is given by the Sahitya Akademi, India's national academy of letters to one writer every year in each of the languages recognized by it as well as for translations. This is the second highest literary award of India, after Jnanpith Award. The awards given to Bengali writers for works in Bengali and English as well as for translations from Bengali literature are given below. Sahitya Akademi Award winners Following is the list of Akademi Award winners. No awards were conferred in 1960, 1968 and 1973. Sahitya Akademi Bal Sahitya Puraskar winners Sahitya Akademi Youth Award winners Bengali winners of Sahitya Akademi Award for English Translations from Bengali literature *1989 – Nagindas Parekh – ''Na Hanyate'' (novel, Gujarati tr. from Maitreyi Devi), * ... ... K. Ravi Verma – ''Ganadevata'' (novel, Malayalam tr. from Tarashankar Bandyopadhyay), * ... ... T.Thoibi Devi – Drishtipat' (novel, Manipuri tr. from Yayavar), * ... ... Bas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 office is located in Rabindra Bhavan near Mandi House in Delhi. The Sahitya Akademi organises national and regional workshops and seminars; provides research and travel grants to authors; publishes books and journals, including the ''Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature''; and presents the annual Sahitya Akademi Award of INR. 100,000 in each of the 24 languages it supports, as well as the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship for lifetime achievement. The Sahitya Akademi Library is one of the largest multi-lingual libraries in India, with a rich collection of books on literature and allied subjects. It publishes two bimonthly literary journals: '' Indian Literature'' in English and ''Samkaleen Bharatiya Sahitya'' in Hindi. Languages The Sahitya Aka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gajendra Kumar Mitra
Gajendra Kumar Mitra (Bengali: গজেন্দ্র কুমার মিত্র) (11 November 1908 – 16 October 1994) was a Bengali writer. In the year 1959, he won the Sahitya Akademi Award in Bengali for his novel, Kolkatar Kāchhei (A Stone's Throw from Kolkata). Life Gajendra Kumar Mitra was born on 11 November 1908. He was a versatile writer. He wrote many novels, short stories, plays, essays and poems. Mitra also translated a few English novels into Bengali, such as Dickens's ''A Tale of Two Cities''. He used to write with his left hand. His genuine love and concern for 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 ... inspired him to co-found the famous Mitra and Ghosh Publishers. Mitra was childless. He died on 16 October 1994 in Calcutta (no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bimal Kar
Bimal Kar (19 September 1921 — 26 August 2003) was an Indian writer and novelist who wrote in Bengali. He received the 1975 Sahitya Akademi Award presented by the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, for his novel ''Asamay''. Personal life and education Bimal Kar was born in Taki in the North 24 Parganas, in 1921. Bimal Kar had lived in various places in and around Bihar like Jabalpur, Hazaribagh, Gomoh and Dhanbad. He died on 26 August 2003. Career Bimal Kar has written many Bengali classics. He also wrote dramas depicting society. The special ability of Kar was that he had many completely different narration styles. For example, he has written superb stories without any dialogue, and he has also written noteworthy ones almost entirely comprising dialogue. His mastery of the Western Bengal and Chhota Nagpur locales matched well his in-depth association with modern Calcutta. Another special strength was his willingness to think when necessary like a woman. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nirendranath Chakravarty
Nirendranath Chakravarty (19 October 1924 – 25 December 2018) was a contemporary Bengali poet, Translator, Novelist. He lived in Bangur Avenue, Kolkata. 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 in 1974 for the book of poems Ulanga Raja (The Naked King). In 2007, the University of Calcutta awarded him an honorary Doctor of Literature degree. Chakravarty also wrote few detective novels of Bhaduri Moshai. Notable works Poetry anthology Some of his poetry anthologies are: *Neel Nirjan *Nirokto Karabi *Andhokar Baranda *Prothom Nayok *Somoy baro kom *Jabotiyo Valobasi * *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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santosh Kumar Ghosh
Santosh Kumar Ghosh (9 September 1920 – 26 February 1985) was an Indian Bengali litterateur and a journalist of repute. Early life Born in Faridpur district of what is now in Bangladesh, Santosh Kumar had his ancestral house in Barisal district. Son of Suresh Chandra Ghosh and Sarajubala Devi, he passed the Matriculation examination with a first division scoring very high percentage in both Bengali and mathematics. In the year 1940 he passed B.A. examination with a distinction. Career as journalist In the year 1941 Santosh Kumar started his career as journalist in ''Pratyaha Daily''. Later in his career he worked in ''Jugantar'' and ''The Statesman'' and finally in the year 1951 went to Delhi to join '' Hindusthan Standard'', the English publication of Anandabazar Patrika. He also worked for ''The Morning News'' and ''The Nation''. In 1958 Santosh Kumar returned to Kolkata as the news editor ''Anandabazar Patrika''. In 1964 he was made the associate editor of both the public ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shesh Namaskar
Shesh Namaskar () (The Last Salute) is a 1971, Indian, Bengali-language novel that was written by Santosh Kumar Ghosh. The novel, which is considered to be its author's magnum opus, is written in the form of a series of letters from a son to his deceased mother. It won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1972. Publication ''Shesh Namaskar'', which is subtitled ''Shricharaneshu Make'' (To my Mother), was first published in 1971 by Dey's Publishing. Being a confessional narrative, the novel is written in the form of a series of letters from a son to his mother, who has died. Through these letters, the narrator seeks forgiveness from his mother just before his death, telling the story using the second-person narrative technique. The author tries to concentrate on self-analysis and his search for the meaning of life and of death through a confessional self-projection into the narrator's persona. Characters The principle characters of the novel: * The narrator * Pranabnarrator's father, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abu Sayeed Ayyub
Abu Sayeed Ayyub (Bengali language: আবু সয়ীদ আইয়ুব; 1906–1982) was an Indian philosopher, teacher, literary critic and writer in both Bengali and English. Though born into a traditional, Urdu-speaking, Muslim family in Calcutta (Kolkata), he was so deeply captivated in his early teenage by the poems of the Indian Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore that he taught himself Bengali so as to appreciate Tagore better. Later, when he started to write, it was mostly in his adopted language, Bengali. During the initial part of his writing career, Ayyub wrote on aesthetics, religion and socialism. However, it was his philosophical and scientific analysis of creative literature - in particular the poetry and the drama of Tagore - that finally brought him wide recognition as "one of the most serious and original Tagore scholars". Ayyub is also credited with "co-editing the first anthology of modern Bengali poetry". He taught philosophy at the University of Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manindra Ray
Manindra Ray (4 October 1919 – 28 August 2000) was an Indian Bengali poet and editor. Career Ray was born in Sitlai village in Pabna District in British India. His parents are Shachandra Ray and Subhasini Devi. Ray studied in Surendranath College, Kolkata and attracted to communism. His first book of poems ''Trishanku'' was published in 1939. Ray edited number of little magazine. He was awarded Sahitya Akademi Award for his poetry 'Mohini Aral' in 1969. In 1993, he was awarded the Rabindra Puraskar for his book 'Sonnet Samagra'. Ray was the co-editor of a Weekly literary magazine ''Amrita''. See also * List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Bengali Sahitya Akademi Award is given by the Sahitya Akademi, India's national academy of letters to one writer every year in each of the languages recognized by it as well as for translations. This is the second highest literary award of India, afte ... References 1919 births 2000 deaths Bengali Hindus Bengali writer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buddhadev Bose
Buddhadeva Bose (; 1908–1974), also spelt Buddhadeb Bosu, was an Indian Bengali writer of the 20th century. Frequently referred to as a poet, he was a versatile writer who wrote novels, short stories, plays and essays in addition to poetry. He was an influential critic and editor of his time. He is recognised as one of the five poets who moved to introduce modernity into Bengali poetry. It is said that since Rabindranath Tagore, there has not been a more versatile talent in Bengali literature. Biography Bose studied English language and literature at the University of Dhaka. He was a resident of Jagannath Hall. As a student of Dhaka University, he, along with fellow student Nurul Momen (who later became the Natyaguru), obtained the highest possible marks in the first Binnet Intelligence Test (which later came to be known as IQ test). Only the two of them were able to achieve that distinction. After completing his MA in English there, with distinction marks that remain unsu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manoj Basu
Manoj Basu ( bn, মনোজ বসু; 25 July 1901–27 December 1987) was an Indian writer of Bengali novels, and short stories. He is most well known for his novel ''Nishi-Kutumba''. He won the 1966 Sahitya Akademi Award in Bengali for this novel. Life Manoj Basu was born on 25 July 1901. He wrote many novels and short stories in Bengali. He established the well known Bengal Publishers Pvt. Ltd. in Calcutta (now Kolkata Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, comme ...). He died on 27 December 1987. Works * Nishi-Kutumba (নিশিকুটুম্ব) * Bon Kete Basat (বন কেটে বসত) * Jal Jungle (জল জঙ্গল) * Bokul (বকুল) * Ek Bihangee (এক বিহঙ্গী) * Sei Gram Sei Sab Manush (সেই গ্রাম সে� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bishnu Dey
Bishnu Dey ( bn, বিষ্ণু দে; 18 July 1909 – 3 December 1982) was a Bengali poet, writer and academician in the era of modernism, post-modernism. Starting off as a symbologist, he won recognition for the musical quality of his poems, and forms the post-Tagore generation of Bengali poets, like Buddhadeb Basu and Samar Sen, which marked the advent of "New Poetry" in Bengali literature, deeply influenced by Marxist ideology. He published a magazine wherein he encouraged socially conscious writing. His own work reveals a poet's solitary struggle, quest for human dignity, amidst a crisis of uprooted identity. Through his literary career, he taught English literature at various institutes with various capacities such as lecturer at Krishnagar College (1934–40) and Surendranath College (1940–44), Reader at Presidency University (1944–1947), Professor at Maulana Azad College (1947–1969). also remained a member of a young group of poets, centered on the ''Kallol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Subhas Mukhopadhyay (poet)
Subhash Mukhopadhyay (; 12 February 1919 – 8 July 2003) was one of the foremost Indian Bengali poets of the 20th century. He is also known as the "podatik kobi" in the field of Bengali literature. A book of thirty of Subhash's best known poems in English translation, titled ' As Day is Breaking', was published in 2014 by Anjan Basu, a Bangalore-based writer/critic. The book includes a rather detailed introduction to the poet's work as well. He was honoured with Jnanpith Award in 1991. Early life Mukhopadhyay was born in 1919 in Krishnanagar, a town in Nadia district in the province of West Bengal. An excellent student, he studied philosophy at the Scottish Church College in Calcutta, graduating with honours in 1941. Career Like his contemporary Sukanta Bhattacharya, Mukhopadhyay developed strong political beliefs at an early age. He was deeply committed to the cause of social justice, and was active in left-wing student politics through his college years. Following grad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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