Shankha Ghosh
1932–2021Bengali poet, literary critic and educator (1932-2021)
Bengali-born poet, novelist, playwright, translator and critic
Ketaki Kushari Dyson
1940–2026, born Kolkata, writes in Bangla, English, writer, novelist, poet, playwright, translator
Ketaki Kushari Dyson was an Indian-born poet, novelist, playwright, translator and critic, diaspora writer and scholar. Born in Kushtia, Bengal Province, British India, she lived most of her adult life near Oxford. She wrote in Bengali and English, on topics as wide-ranging as Bengal, England, the various diaspora, feminism and women’s issues, cultural assimilation, multiculturalism, gastronomy, social and political topics.
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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)