Dinesh Chandra Chattopadhyay

Dinesh Chandra Chattopadhyay (27 January 1917 – 10 February 1995) was a Bengali writer and editor.

Dinesh Chandra Chattopadhyay
Born(1917-01-27)27 January 1917
Paikara village, Jessore District, British India (now in Bangladesh)
Died10 February 1995(1995-02-10) (aged 78)
Kolkata
NationalityIndian
EducationM.A. (English)
Alma materCalcutta University
St. Xavier's College, Kolkata
OccupationWriter, publisher, editor
Notable work
Duranata Eagal, Nil Ghurni, Bhayankarer Jibankotha
Children2, including Tridib Kumar Chattopadhyay
AwardsNational Award, Vidyasagar Memorial Award

Early life

Chattopadhyay was born in 1917 at Paikara village, Jessore District in British India. His father Abani Bhushan was a Mathematician and text book author.[1] After the Entrance Examination he entered in St. Xavier's College, Kolkata. While studying in college he was attracted with revolutionary movement under the guidance of Pulin Behari Das. In 1939 Chattopadhyay joined in Communist Party of India and started work as volunteer. Muzaffar Ahmed and Nripen Chakraborty inspired him to work in Swadhinata, a Bengali Weekly magazine of the Communist Party. He passed M.A. in English from the Calcutta University.[2]

Literary career

Chattopadhyay wrote and published number of Bengali books of Children literature from his ancestral publishing house Bidyoday Library in Kolkata.[3] He published Kishore Bharati Child Magazine since 1968. He first got recognition for the novel Duranta Eagal which was serially released in Kishore Bharati[4] and Nil Ghurni.[5] In 1962 Chattopadhyay received National award for his book Bhayankarer Jibankotha and Vidyasagar Smriti Puraskar in 1987 for his classic creation Duranta Eagal.[6] In 1982, he established Patra Bharati, a publishing company. He sometimes used a pen name, Dinanath Kashyap.[3]

Works
  • Duranta Eagal
  • Nil Ghurni
  • Manush Omanush
  • Kaler Joyadanka Baje
  • Bigganer Duswapna
  • Dussahasi Ranju
  • Bhayankarer Jibankotha
  • Bhaba Samagra (Vol 1 & 2)
  • Galpo Bole Bharat
  • Chirakaler Golpo
  • Oder Banchte Dao

References
  1. Dinesh Chandra Chattopadhyay, Tridib Kumar Chattopadhyay (2012). Pratham Purush. Kolkata: Patra Bharati. p. 167. ISBN 81-86986-21-9.
  2. Vol - I, Dinesh Chandra Chattopadhyay (2017). Dinesh Chandra Rachanasamagra. Kolkata: Patra Bharati. p. 26. ISBN 978-81-8374-447-8.
  3. Vol - II, Anjali Basu (2004). Sansad Bangali Charitavidhan (Bengali). Kolkata: Sahitya Sansad. p. 130. ISBN 81-86806-99-7.
  4. Dineshchandra Chattopadhyay (1981). Duranta igal. Patra Bharati.
  5. Dinesh Chandra Chattopadhyay (31 August 2016). Nil Ghurni(Bengali). Patra Bharati.
  6. Dinesh Chandra Chattopadhyay (2010). Duranta Egal : Dinesh Chandra Chattopadhyay. Patra Bharati. ISBN 978-81-86986-11-0.
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