Sagarmoy Ghosh (22 June 1912 – 19 February 1999) was an author and renowned editor of

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literary journal '' Desh''.

Early life

Ghosh was born in Chandipur village,

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, in

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, His father Kalimohan Ghosh and elder brother famous singer

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were closely associated with

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. Ghosh was interested in music and literature since childhood and completed his study from the school of

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. He passed B.A from

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. In 1932, he participated in the

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and was imprisoned by the police.

Career

In jail he met with

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, well known editor of

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and joined in Anandabazar group. He became the assistant editor of ''Desh'' in 1939. Ghosh's task was to pick up young and promising writers for the magazine. He became the editor of the magazine in 1976 and for more than 5 decades he was with Ananadabazar and it's literary wings and made it an institution amongst

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. A number of literary figures of

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contributed to the Desh magazine in his editorship. Ghosh's notable works are: ''Ekti Perekere Kahini'', ''Sampadoker Boithake'', ''Dandyakaranyar Bagh'' and ''Hirer Nakchhabi''.

Awards

In 1986 he was awarded Viswa Bharati University's highest honour ''Deshikottam''. Ghosh received Calcutta University's first Narayan Gangopadhyay award for his book ''Ekti Pereker Kahini''. In 1984 he received

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along with Sukumar Sen and Bimal Mitra.

References

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