Shankha Ghosh
1932–2021Bengali poet, literary critic and educator (1932-2021)
Award-winning and bestselling Bengali poet and author (1934-2012)
Sunil Gangopadhyay
1934–2012, born Faridpur District, writes in Bangla, writer, poet, children's writer
Sunil Gangopadhyay was an Indian poet, novelist, short story writer, and critic. He played a key role in modernizing Bengali poetry and co-founded the 1953 avant-garde poetry magazine Krittibas. He has been called the most popular and prolific Bengali writer since Rabindranath Tagore, and “the man who carried the modern consciousness of Bengal.”
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Books on record
On Open Library
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Awards
| 2004 | Saraswati Samman |
| 1985 | Sahitya Akademi Award for Sei Samai |
| 1972 | Ananda Puraskar |
Elsewhere
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Also writing in Bangla
Annada Shankar Ray
1905–2002writer, poet, essayist (1905-2002)
Satyajit Ray
1921–1992filmmaker and writer (1921–1992)
Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay
1894–1950Bengali author (1894–1950)
Alokranjan Dasgupta
1933–2020Bengali poet (1933-2020)
Subhash Mukhopadhyay
1919–2003writer