Shankha Ghosh
1932–2021Bengali poet, literary critic and educator (1932-2021)
Bengali writer, journalist (1909–1980)
Subodh Ghosh
1909–1980, born Hazaribagh, writes in Bangla, writer, journalist
Subodh Ghosh was a noted Indian author of Bengali literature and a journalist associated with the Kolkata-based daily newspaper Anandabazar Patrika. His best known work, Bharat Premkatha, is about the romances of epic Indian characters and has remained very popular in the Bengali literary world. Many of his stories have been adapted in Indian films, most notably Ritwik Ghatak’s Ajantrik (1958) and Bimal Roy’s Sujata (1959). He won the Filmfare Award for Best Story twice, for Bimal Roy’s Sujata (1960) and for Gulzar’s Ijaazat in 1989. He was selected as a recipient for the Bharatiya Jnanpith Award (1977) but he refused it.
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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)