Adrish Bardhan (1 December 1932 – 20 May 2019) was a

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science fiction writer, editor and translator.

Career

Bardhan was born on 1 December 1932 in

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. He graduated with a BSc from the

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. He started his career as purchase manager of a private company in Bangalore. After the resignation of the service Bardhan started writing detective stories and science fiction. His creation, detective ''Indranath Rudra'', lady detective ''Narayani'' and Professor ''Nut Boltu Chakra'' got huge popularity among the Bengali readers. In 1963 Bardhan edited ''Ascharya'', the first science fiction magazine of

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. He also became the editor of the ''Fantastic'' magazine. He received Kishor Gyan Biggan Purashkar, Sudhindranath Raha Awards for his contributions in Bengali science fiction literature. Bardhan was the founder secretary of Science fiction cine club.

Death

In January 2019, Bardhan was hospitalised to Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital due to physical illness. He died on 21 May 2019 at the age of 87 in his own apartment.

Awards

* ''Sudhindranath Raha Purashkar'' * ''Kisore Jnan-Bijnan Purashkar'' * ''Dineshchandra Smriti Purashkar'' * ''Moumachhi Smriti Purashkar'' * ''Rotary Smriti Puraskar'' * '' Kalpabiswa Sammanana''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bardhan, Adrish 1932 births 2019 deaths Bengali-language writers Bengali writers Bengali-language science fiction writers University of Calcutta alumni Bengali detective fiction writers Indian male novelists Writers from Kolkata 20th-century Indian novelists