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writer and film director

Premendra Mitra

1904–1988, born Varanasi, writes in Bangla, writer, poet, children's writer

Premendra Mitra was an Indian poet, writer and film director in the Bengali language. He was also a practitioner of Bengali science fiction. His critique of humanity led him to believe that for it to survive, human beings had to “forget their differences and be united”.

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Books on record

On Open Library

Editions Open Library lists under this name; a namesake may slip in.

Awards

1957Sahitya Akademi Award for Sagar Theke Phera

Elsewhere

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Also writing in Bangla

Shankha Ghosh

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