Dakshinaranjan Mitra Majumder

Dakshinaranjan Mitra Majumder

Dakshinaranjan Mitra Majumdar (Bengali: দক্ষিণারঞ্জন মিত্র মজুমদার) (1877-1957) was a celebrated Indian writer in Bengali of fairy tales and children's literature. He was born at Ulail in Dhaka district of Bengal province in British India (now Manikganj District of Bangladesh). His major contribution to Bengali literature was the collection and compilation of Bengali folk and fairy tales in four volumes - Thakurmar Jhuli (Grandmother’s Bag of Tales), Thakurdadar Jhuli (Grandfather’s Bag of Tales), Thandidir Thale (Maternal-Grandmother’s Bag of Tales) and Dadamashayer Thale (Maternal-Grandfather’s Bag of Tales).

Works

  • Thakurmar Jhuli (1907)
  • Thakurdadar Jhuli (1909)
  • Thandidir Thale (1909)
  • Dadamashayer Thale (1913)
  • Charu O Haru
  • First Boy
  • Last Boy
  • Utpal O Rabi
  • Banglar Bratakatha
  • Sabuj Lekha
  • Amar Desh
  • Ashirbad O Ashirbani
  • Manush Kishore
  • Kishorder Man
  • Banglar Sonar Chhele
  • Bijnaner Rupkatha
  • Natun Katha
  • Rupak Katha
  • Srishtir Svapna
  • Chiradiner Rupkatha
  • Amal Bai

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