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Sahitya Akademi Award To Bengali Writers
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), * ... ... B ... [...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 List of Sahitya Akademi fellows, 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 (journal), Indian Literature'' in English and ''Samkaleen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shashi Bhushan Dasgupta
Shashibhusan Dasgupta, or Shashi Bhushan Dasgupta, Shashibhusan and Shashi Bhusan Das Gupta (1911–1964) was a Bengali scholar of philosophy, languages, literature (particularly Bengali literature), literary critic, author and theologian. Dasgupta was born in Chandrahar Village in modern Barisal Division, South-Central Bangladesh. He obtained his IA from B M College, Barisal, his BA (Hons) in Philosophy from Scottish Church College, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. His MA in Bengali Language and Literature was from Calcutta University in 1935, and he subsequently joined Calcutta University's Bengali Department as a Researcher. Winning the 1937 Premchand Roychand Studentship due to his scholarship contributions, Dasgupta was appointed in Bengali Department a lecturer, and received his PhD in that department in 1939. Dasgupta's chief opus is the identification of Indian spiritual meditation forms and demonstration of their relationship to Tantric Buddhism, to Saivite, Sakta an ... [...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 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. He was involved in myriad professions that later helped him write on varied subjects. His writings reflect a modern mind and have inspired many young ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nirendranath Chakravarty
Nirendranath Chakravarty or Chakroborty (; 19 October 1924 – 25 December 2018) was an Indian Bengali poet, novelist, and essayist. He's known for use of expressive clarity and sharp diction in his poems. He taught Bengali poetics in books like ''Kobitar Class'', and created the List of fictional detectives, fictional detective Mr. Bhaduri. In addition, he translated Hergé's ''The Adventures of Tintin'' in Bengali. He was long time editor of ''Anandamela,'' a children's magazine. In 1974, he received the Sahitya Akademi Award for the poetry collection ''Ulanga Raja (poetry collection), Ulanga Raja''. His best-known poems include ''Ulanga Raja'' (The Naked King), ''Kolkatar Jishu'' (The Jesus of Kolkata), and ''Kolghore Chiler Kanna'' (A Hawk’s Wailing in the Bathroom). According to Subodh Sarkar in ''Desh (magazine), Desh'', ''Ulanga Raja'' has entered the collective memory of Bengalis, alongside Tagore’s "''Africa''" and Kazi Nazrul Islam's "''Bidrohi''" ("The Rebel"). He ... [...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'' (), 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, an unsu ... [...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 ... [...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 a number of little magazines. 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buddhadev Bose
Buddhadeva Bose (;2 September 1908 – 14 August 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manoj Basu
Manoj Basu (; 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, also known as Calcutta ( its official name until 2001), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of West Bengal. It lies on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River, west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary ...). 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 সেই সব মানুষ) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bishnu Dey
Bishnu Dey (July 18, 1909 – December 3, 1982) was a leading Bengali poet, writer, essayist, academician, art appreciator, and connoisseur in the era of modernism and post-modernism. Modern Bengali poetry originated between the two World Wars. This period was also marked by the escalation of the Indian independence movement. The poverty of villagers and laborers and the unseemly affluence of some opportunists made the young generation hopelessly depressed. Young poets started writing in protest, in a new style. This literary crusade was championed by Bishnu Dey, Jibanananda Das, Buddhadeb Basu, Sudhindranath Dutta, Amiya Chakravarty, and others. These pioneers created and structured contemporary Bengali poetry in the post- Rabindranath era. Bishnu Dey was steeped in his country’s lore; he was in tune with India’s traditions even as he wrote what might be called revolutionary poetry, both in form and content. Unquestionably, his poetry dealt with fundamental events ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
