Sankari Prasad Basu

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| name = Sankari Prasad Basu
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1928|10|21}}
| birth_place = Howrah, West Bengal, India
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2014|07|06|1928|10|21}} 
| death_place = Ramakrishna Mission Seva Pratishthan<ref>http://www.sriramakrishna.org/admin/bulletin/_bulletin_8af7f413f7c1fd2cb63a542403dec985b7cb7f97.pdf{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
| nationality = Indian
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| occupation = Professor ''(retired)'', writer
| known_for = ''Vivekananda o Samakalin Bharatbarsha''
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'''Sankari Prasad Basu''' (21 October 1928 – 6 July 2014, also credited as '''Sankariprasad Basu''') was an Indian scholar, writer and critic who writes mainly in the [[Bengali language]]. He is a researcher on [[Swami Vivekananda]] and his books on the subject include ''Sahashya Vivekananda'' and ''Bandhu Vivekananda''.<ref name="Belur Math pilgrimage">{{cite web|title=Belur Math pilgrimage|url=http://ramakrishnamission.org/pdf_files/belurmath_pilgrimage.pdf|publisher=[[Belur Math]]|access-date=9 July 2013|page=5|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110820102825/http://ramakrishnamission.org/pdf_files/belurmath_pilgrimage.pdf|archive-date=20 August 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> One of his notable publications is his seven-volume research work ''Vivekananda o Samakalin Bharatbarsha'', for which he won the prestigious [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] in 1978.<ref name="Dutt p121">{{Harvnb|Dutt|1999|p=121}}</ref><ref name="Sahitya Academy Awards (awarded to Bengali writers)">{{cite web|title=Sahitya Academy Awards (awarded to Bengali writers)|url=http://www.calcuttaweb.com/lit.shtml|publisher=CalcuttaWeb|access-date=9 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130719013038/http://www.calcuttaweb.com/lit.shtml|archive-date=19 July 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

He was born in [[Howrah]], West Bengal, and studied at the Howrah Vivekananda Institution.<ref name="Golden moments" /> He was a student and professor at [[Calcutta University]], and retired in 1993 as the Head of the Bengali Language Department there.<ref name="Dutt p121" />

== Biography ==
Basu was born on 21 October 1928 in [[Howrah]], West Bengal. He was a student at the Howrah Vivekananda Institution.<ref name="Golden moments">{{cite web|title=Golden moments|url=http://vivekanandainstitution.com/teachers/golden_moments.pdf|publisher=Howrah Vivekananda Institution|access-date=9 July 2013}}</ref> He received an M.A. degree from [[Calcutta University]], and later became a professor of Bengali literature there. He was appointed the head of the department in 1985, and remained in that position until his retirement in 1993.<ref name="Dutt p121" />

He has been associated with the Swami Vivekananda Archives of the [[Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture]] in Kolkata from its founding in 1995 to the present day, and has served as director of the Archives.<ref name="Dutt p121" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sriramakrishna.org/vivekanandaarchive.php |title=Vivekananda Archive |access-date=11 July 2013 |publisher=Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415021511/http://www.sriramakrishna.org/vivekanandaarchive.php |archive-date=15 April 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> He died on 6 July at the
Ramakrishna Mission Seva Pratishthan.

== Literary career ==
Basu had written 48 publications by 1999. Many of his printed works have been in Bengali, including biographies, essays, and criticism: ''Vivekananda o Samakalin Bharatbarsha'' (seven volumes), ''Sahasya Vivekananda'', ''Nivedita Lokmata'' (four volumes), ''Samakalin Bharate Subhaschandra'', ''Madhya Yuger kabi o Kabya'', ''Chandidas o Bidyapati'', ''Amader Nivedita'', ''Krishna'' anad ''Rasasagar Vidyasagar''. His English language books have included ''Comparative Religion'' and ''Swadeshi Movement in Bengal and Freedom Struggle of India'', and he was the chief editor of the book ''Letters of Sister Nivedita''. He has also penned books on [[cricket]].<ref name="Dutt p121" /> Basu's seven-volume ''Vivekananda o Samakalin Bhartbarsha'' is considered a monumental work, for which he was honoured with [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] in 1978 by the [[Government of India]].<ref name="Mukherjee pix">{{Harvnb|Mukherjee|2011|p=ix}}</ref>

=== Bibliography ===
; Color key
:{{Color box|lightgreen|border=darkgray}} Light green indicates "Bengali language book"; {{Color box|pink|border=darkgray}} pink indicates "English language book"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%;"
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! Subject/Topic !! Book!! Publisher!! ISBN
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| rowspan="5" | <center>[[Swami Vivekananda]]</center>[[File:Swami Vivekananda-1893-09-signed.jpg|center|100px]] || style="background:lightgreen;"|''Vivekananda o Samakalin Bharatbarsha'' (seven volumes) || Mandal Book House ||
|-
| style="background:lightgreen;"|''Bandhu Vivekananda''|| [[Ananda Publishers]] || {{ISBN|8172159447}}
|-
| style="background:lightgreen;"|''Sahasya Vivekananda'' || Nababharat Publishers ||
|-
| style="background:lightgreen;"|''Swami Vivekananda Natun Tathya Natun Alo'' || Ananda Publishers ||
|-
| style="background:pink;"|''Vivekananda in Indian newspapers, 1893–1902'' || Bookland <br>{{small|Co-authored by Sunilabihari Ghosha}} ||
|-
| rowspan="3" | <center>[[Sister Nivedita]]</center>[[File:Sœur Nivedita.jpg|100px]] || style="background:lightgreen;"|''Amader Nivedita'' ||Ananda Publishers || {{ISBN|8170668247}}
|-
| style="background:lightgreen;"|''Nivedita Lokmata'' (four volumes) || Ananda Publishers|| {{ISBN|8172150385}}<br/>{{ISBN|8170660319}}
|-
| style="background:pink;"|''Letters of Sister Nivedita'' (editor) || Nababharat Publishers ||
|-
| History of poetry || style="background:lightgreen;"|''Madhya Juger Kobi O kabya'' || General Printers & Publishers ||
|-
| [[Krishna]] || style="background:lightgreen;"|''Krishna'' || Ananda Publishers || {{ISBN|8170668255}}
|-
| [[Ramakrishna]], [[Sarada Devi]] || style="background:lightgreen;"|''Ramkrishna Sarada Jiban O Prasanga'' || Ananda Publishers || {{ISBN|8172150342}}
|-
| History of Bengali poetry || style="background:lightgreen;"|''Chandidas o Bidyapati'' ||  ||
|-
| Study of religion || style="background:pink;"|''Comparative religion'' || Rmic || {{ISBN|8187332522}}
|-
| [[Indian Independence Movement]] || style="background:pink;"|''Swadeshi Movement in Bengal and Freedom Struggle of India'' || Papyrus Publishing House || {{ISBN|8181750993}}
|-
| Swami Vivekananda, [[Mahatma Gandhi]], [[Subhas Chandra Bose]] || style="background:pink;"|''Economic & Political Ideas: Vivekananda, Gandhi, Subhas Bose'' || Sterling || {{ISBN|8120722590}}
|-
| [[Bharatchandra Ray]] || style="background:lightgreen;"|''Kabi Bhāratacandra'' || Mandala Buka Hausa ||
|-
| rowspan="3"| Cricket || style="background:lightgreen;"|''Bala paṛe byāṭa naṛe'' || ||
|-
| style="background:lightgreen;"|''Krikeṭa, sundara krikeṭa'' || Karuna Prakasani ||
|-
| style="background:lightgreen;"|''Naṭa āuṭa'' || ||
|-
|}

== Awards ==
Basu has received the following awards and honours in his academic and literary career:<ref name="Dutt p121" />
* [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for Bengali language in 1978
* Ananda Puraskar in 1979
* Sarat Puraskar in 1980
* Vivekananda Award in 1986
* Vivekananda Soc. Centennial Award, New York in 1994
* Vidyasagar Puraskar by Government of West Bengal in 1996

== References ==

=== Citations ===
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=== Works cited ===
* {{cite book|last=Dutt|first=Kartik Chandra|title=Who's who of Indian Writers, 1999: A–M|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QA1V7sICaIwC&pg=PA121|year=1999|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-0873-5}}
* {{cite book|last=Mukherjee|first=Manishankar|title=The Monk as Man: The Unknown Life of Swami Vivekananda|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TfP5kBxkZaAC&pg=PR9|year= 2011|publisher=Penguin Books India|isbn=978-0-14-310119-2}}

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[[Category:People from Howrah]]
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[[Category:Ramakrishna Mission schools alumni]]

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