Suddhasattwa Basu (born 1956) is an Indian author, painter, illustrator, and animator. Born in West Bengal, he spent his childhood in a small town named Chandannagar, West Bengal. Basu studied fine arts at the

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in Kolkata. He began his career as an illustrator and designer for the children's magazine

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. He has illustrated several children's books. ''The Song of a Scarecrow'' (2002) written and illustrated by him received the ''Chitrakatha'' award, and a special mention at the Biennial of Illustration, Bratislava, Slovakia in 2003. He has conceptualised and illustrated many titles for the

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, such as ''Whatever you give'' and ''Ravan's Remedy,'' for preschool children. Basu's works include his nature illustrations for

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's ''Nature Watch'', ''Delhi Through the Seasons'' and his work in ''Ka: The Story of Garuda'' (2004), by Roberto Calasso, retold by Geeta Dharmarajan. Basu designed, directed and animated India's first indigenously made animation television serial for children '' Ghayab Aya''. It was made in ten parts and first telecast on Doordarshan in July 1990. Suddhasattwa Basu works and lives in New Delhi, India. Return of the Magpie Robin

As Author and Illustrator

*
The Song of the Scarecrow
' (2002) by Suddhasattwa Basu (Katha Books) *''Whatever You Give'' (2009), National Book Trust, Delhi * ''Ravan Remedy'' (2013), National Book Trust, Delhi

As Illustrator

*
Nature Watch
' (1990) by Khushwant Singh (Lustre Press) *
Ka, the story of Garuda
' (2004) by Geeta Dharmarajan, adapted from the text by Roberto Calasso. *''The Homecoming by Vijaya Sulaiman'' (1997), Ravi Dayal Publishers, Delhi

References

External links

Suddhasattwa Basu bibliography at WorldCat
* https://web.archive.org/web/20190628230745/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0e/Ghayab_Aya.jpg Indian illustrators Indian children's book illustrators Living people 1956 births Government College of Art & Craft alumni University of Calcutta alumni Artists from West Bengal {{illustrator-stub