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

Shankha Ghosh

1932–2021, born Chandpur District, writes in Bangla, writer, poet, literary critic

Sankha Ghosh was an Indian poet and literary critic. He was born in Chandpur District of the then Bengal Presidency, present day Bangladesh. His ancestral home was at Banaripara Upazila in Barisal District. He spent his childhood and adolescence in Ishwardi Upazila of Pabna District, which was his father’s workplace.

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Books on record

On Open Library

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

Awards

2016Jnanpith Award
1998Saraswati Samman
1977Sahitya Akademi Award in Bengali for Babarer Prarthona
Rabindra Puraskar

Elsewhere

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Also writing in Bangla