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literary critic, academic and Bengali Poet (1901–1986)

Amiya Chakravarty

1901–1986, born Serampore, writes in Bangla, writer, poet, literary critic

Amiya Chandra Chakravarty (1901–1986) was an Indian literary critic, academic, and Bengali poet. He was a close associate of Rabindranath Tagore, and edited several books of his poetry. He was also an associate of Gandhi, and an expert on the American catholic writer and monk, Thomas Merton. Chakravarty was honoured for his own poetry with the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1963. He taught literature and comparative religion in India for nearly a decade and then for more than two decades at universities in England and the U.S. In 1970, he was honoured by the Government of India with the Padma Bhushan award.

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Books on record

On Open Library

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Awards

1963Sahitya Akademi Award for Ghare Pherar Din

Elsewhere

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Also writing in Bangla

Shankha Ghosh

1932–2021Bengali poet, literary critic and educator (1932-2021)