Manik Bandopadhyay | Brief Biography
Manik Bandopadhyay | Brief Biography
Manik Bandopadhyay (1908-1956) was a Bengali author and one of the leading figures of modern Bengali literature. He was born on October 2, 1908, in the town of Kultali in the present-day South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, India.
Bandopadhyay’s father, Haran Chandra Bandopadhyay, was a school teacher, and his mother, Sarat Kumari Devi, was a homemaker. He was the youngest of four siblings and was raised in a middle-class family. Bandopadhyay received his primary education in Kultali and later attended Vidyasagar College in Kolkata, where he studied English literature.
Bandopadhyay started his literary career as a poet, but he soon switched to writing fiction. His first novel, “Dibaratrir Kabya” (The Poem of the Earth), was published in 1933. This novel established him as one of the leading novelists of modern Bengali literature and established a new trend in Bengali fiction. Over the course of his career, Bandopadhyay wrote several novels, including “Aranyer Adhikar” (Rights of the Forest), “Jibansmriti” (Autobiography), “Chorompotro” (The Toy-train), and “Ganadevata” (The People’s God).
Bandopadhyay’s writing style was characterized by his realistic portrayal of life and his focus on the lives and struggles of common people. He was deeply concerned with social issues and was an advocate for the rights of the oppressed and marginalized. He used his writing to critique the political and social realities of his time and to raise awareness about the lives of ordinary people.
Bandopadhyay was a firm believer in humanism and was heavily influenced by the works of Rabindranath Tagore, who was a major influence on his life and work. He was also a member of the Indian People’s Theatre Association and was actively involved in the cultural and political movements of his time.
Manik Bandopadhyay died on June 28, 1956, at the age of 47. Despite his relatively short career, he is considered one of the greatest Bengali writers of the 20th century and his works continue to be widely read and studied in India and Bangladesh. 0 0 0.
Sources:
“Manik Bandopadhyay” by R. K. Dasgupta in “Encyclopædia Britannica”.
“Manik Bandopadhyay: A Critical Study” by Dr. B. K. Chaudhuri.
“Manik Bandopadhyay: A Life in Literature” by Nirendranath Chakraborty.
“The Novels of Manik Bandopadhyay: An Introduction” by Dipak Kumar Biswas.
“Manik Bandopadhyay and the Progressive Movement in Bengali Literature” by Sisir Kumar Das in “Indian Literature”. ***
N.B. This article originally belongs to the book entitled ‘Brief Biographies of Prominent Bengali Writers‘ by Menonim Menonimus.
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