Shankha Ghosh
1932–2021Bengali poet, literary critic and educator (1932-2021)
academician, dramatist, director, actor and politician
Bratya Basu
b. 1969, born Kolkata, writes in Bangla, writer, playwright
Bratyabrata Basu Roy Chowdhury, also known as Bratya Basu, is an Indian actor, stage director, playwright, film director, professor, educationist and politician who served as the Education Minister of West Bengal between 2021 and 2026. He held the same office in the First Mamata Banerjee ministry. In May 2016, Basu was assigned the portfolios of Tourism, Science Technology and Bio-Technology, and Information Technology and Electronics. He has been an elected Member of the Legislative Assembly, from the Dum Dum constituency, from 2011 till 2026. Basu is presently the Chairperson of Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi and Minerva Natyasanskriti Charchakendra under the governance of the Department of Information and Cultural Affairs, West Bengal.
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Awards
| 2021 | Sahitya Akademi Award |
Elsewhere
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Also writing in Bangla
Annada Shankar Ray
1905–2002writer, poet, essayist (1905-2002)
Sunil Gangopadhyay
1934–2012Award-winning and bestselling Bengali poet and author (1934-2012)
Satyajit Ray
1921–1992filmmaker and writer (1921–1992)
Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay
1894–1950Bengali author (1894–1950)
Alokranjan Dasgupta
1933–2020Bengali poet (1933-2020)