Shankha Ghosh
1932–2021Bengali poet, literary critic and educator (1932-2021)
poet and Sanskrit scholar
Gouri Dharmapal
1927–2014, writes in Bangla, writer, poet
Gouri Dharmapal (1931–2014) was an Indian poet, Sanskrit scholar, and the former head of the department of Sanskrit at Lady Brabourne College at the University of Calcutta. In 2010 she was awarded a Certificate of Honour by the President of India. Dharmapal was the first woman priest of West Bengal.
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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)