Atin Bandyopadhyay

Atin Bandyopadhyay

Atin Bandyopadhyay, ( _bn. অতীন বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়; anglicised spelling of surname: Banerjee) is a noted writer of Bengali literature. He was born in 1934 in Rainadi, Dhaka. Father: Abhimanyu Bandyopadhyay, mother: Labanyaprabha Devi.

Early life


He spent his childhood in a joint family set-up in the then East Bengal of undivided India and studied in Sonar Gaon Panam School. After the Partition, migrated to India. Passed B. Com in 1956 and subsequently B.T. Took various jobs as a sailor, truck-cleaner, primary school teacher. Also became headmaster of a senior basic school. Settled permanently in Kolkata in 1963. Here also he took on various jobs like factory manager, publication advisor and lastly journalist.

Career as a Writer


The first story of the author was published in the magazine "Abasar" of Berhampore. He has penned many works since then, but his masterpiece is a three-part trilogy on the Partition: "Nilkantha Pakhir Khonje", "Aloukik Jalajan" and "Ishwarer Bagan". Another famous writer of Bengal, Syed Mustafa Siraj has compared "Nilkantha Pakhir Khonje", with Greek tragedies and also found it tuned with the core spirit with the Bengali literature like Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay's "Pather Panchali".1

Awards Received

*Manik - Smriti Puraskar in 1958 for "Samudra Manush".
*Bankim Puraskar in 1998 for the novel, "Dui Bharatbarsha".
*Bhualka Prize in 1993 for "Panchajogini".
*Bibhutibhushan - Smriti Puraskar in 1991.
*Motilal Puraskar
*Tarashankar - Smriti Puraskar
*Narayan Gangopadhyay and Sudha Puraskars of the University of Calcutta.
*Sahitya Akademi Award - in 2001 for "Panchashati Galpo"(short stories)

Selected Works


Nilkantha Pakhir Khonje
Aloukik Jalajan
Ishwarer Bagan
Abad
Devi Mahima
Samudra Manush
Nagna Ishwar
Shesh Drishya
Manusher Gharbari
Manusher Hahakar
Duhswapna
Ekti Jaler Rekha
Bideshini
Panchajogini
Upeksha
Dwitiya Purush
Rupkathar Angti
Uttap
Nari Ebam Nadir Pare Bari
Mrinmayee
Antargata Khelā
Jhinuker Noukā
Annabhog
Amritā
Madhyajāmini
Balidān
Lānchhitā
Roddure Jyotsnay
Neel Timi

"References"

[1.] Ishwarer Bagan by Atin Bandyopadhyay, 1st combined edition, Karuna Prakashani, Kolkata, Oct. 2000

References


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