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  • Biographical Sketch: Sirshendu Mukhopadhyay (b. 1935) : Parabaas



    Sirshendu Mukhopadhyay (শীর্ষেন্দু মুখোপাধ্যায়) was born on 2nd November 1935 in the Mymensing district of what is now Bangladesh. His father used to work in the Railways, and Sirshendu spent his childhood in many different places following his father. Memories of these places found their way into many writings of Sirshendu. He passed Intermediate from Victoria College and then took a Master's in Bengali from Calcutta University. He started his career as a school teacher. Right now, Sirshendu is on the staff of the Ananda Bazar Patrika at Calcutta. His writing career began with the publication of a short story in the famous Bengali magazine Desh, in 1959. In that same year, his first novel Ghunpoka (translated as Woodworm by Shampa Banerjee) was published in the annual, Puja edition of Desh. First children's novel - Manojder Adbhut BaaRi. He has received many awards for his work: the Vidyasagar Award (1985) for his contributions to children's literature; Ananda Puraskar (in 1973, and again in 1990), and the Sahitya Akademi award for his novel Manabjamin in 1988. He is one of the most popular writers of present-day Bengal.

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    Sample of Sirshendu's manuscript (click to enlarge)


    Published February 21, 2001
    Tags: Sirshendu Mukhopadhyay, Shirshendu, Parabaas Translation
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