Subodh Ghosh

Subodh Ghosh
Born(1909-09-14)14 September 1909
Died10 March 1980(1980-03-10) (aged 70)
NationalityIndian
Occupation(s)Journalist, writer

Subodh Ghosh (14 September 1909 – 10 March 1980)[1] was a noted Indian author of Bengali literature and a journalist with the Kolkata-based daily newspaper Ananda Bazar Patrika. Born at Hazaribagh on 14 September 1909, now in Jharkhand, he studied in St. Columba's College as well as privately with scholar Mahesh Chandra Ghosh. At the beginning of his career, he worked as a bus conductor to support himself while writing on the side. His best known work, Bharat Premkatha, is about the romances of epic Indian characters and has remained very popular in the Bengali literary world. Many of his stories have been adapted for Indian films, most notably Ritwik Ghatak's Ajantrik (1958) and Bimal Roy's Sujata (1959).[2] He won the Filmfare Award for Best Story twice, for Bimal Roy's Sujata (1960) and for Gulzar's Ijaazat in 1989. He was selected for Bharatya Jnanpith Award (1977) But he refused it.[3]

Selected works[edit]

Novels

  • Tilanjoli
  • Gangotri
  • Trijama
  • Preyoahy
  • Satkiya
  • Sujata
  • Suno Boronari
  • Bosonto Tilok
  • Jiavorli
  • Bagdatta

Story-Book

  • Fossil
  • Parashuramer Kuthar
  • Gotrantar
  • Suklavishar
  • Gram Jamuna
  • Bonikornika
  • Jatugriho
  • Mon Vramar
  • Thirbijuri
  • Kusumeshu
  • Bharat Premkatha
  • Jalkamal

Others

  • Bharityo Foujer Itihash
  • Kingbodontir Deshe
  • Amritopothojatri

References[edit]

  1. ^ Sisir Kumar Das (1 January 1995). History of Indian Literature: 1911–1956, struggle for freedom : triumph and tragedy. Sahitya Akademi. pp. 276–. ISBN 978-81-7201-798-9. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  2. ^ Gulzar; Govind Nihalani; Saibal Chatterjee (2003). Encyclopaedia of Hindi cinema. Encyclopedia Britannica. p. 337. ISBN 81-7991-066-0.
  3. ^ Dr. Sibsankar Pal. Subodh Ghosh-er Chhotogalpe Manobik Mulyobodh.

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