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'''Gouri Ghosh''' was a noted [[elocution]]ist of [[West Bengal]]. She had rendered her voice to several milestone albums in Bengali recitation. Known for her work on Tagore poems, like ''‘Karna Kunti Sangbad’'', ''‘Shesher Kabita’'' and ''‘Bisarjan’'', Ghosh started off in the [[All India Radio]] as a selection-grade announcer and enthralled the audience for decades. Critically acclaimed for her pronunciation and voice, Ghosh's death marks the end of an era in Bengali recitation.<ref name="Telegraph">{{cite news|title=Elocutionist Gouri Ghosh dies at 83|work=www.telegraphindia.com|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/my-kolkata/people/elocutionist-gouri-ghosh-dies-at-83/cid/1828154|access-date=27 August 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Elocutionist Gouri Ghosh dies at 83|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/elocutionist-gouri-ghosh-dies-at-83/2148158|access-date=2021-08-27|website=Outlook (Magazine)}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
Gouri Ghosh was associated with the [[All India Radio]], Kolkata. During the [[Bangladesh Liberation War]], she was an announcer and a broadcaster at the [[All India Radio]].<ref name="ToI End of an era in recitation as Gouri Ghosh passes away">{{cite news |title=End of an era in recitation as Gouri Ghosh passes away {{!}} Kolkata News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/end-of-an-era-in-recitation-as-gouri-ghosh-passes-away/articleshow/85667972.cms |access-date=28 August 2021 |work=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref> She along with her husband [[Partha Ghosh]] worked on an album based on [[Rabindranath Tagore]]'s ''[[Karna Kunti Sangbad]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-08-26|title=ছন্দপতন 'পার্থ-গৌরী' জুটিতে! প্রয়াত বাচিক শিল্পী গৌরী ঘোষ, শিল্পী-মহলে শোকের ছায়|url=https://bengali.news18.com/news/entertainment/gauri-ghosh-passed-away-today-morning-at-her-age-of-82-sanj-648574.html|access-date=2021-08-27|website=News18 Bengali|language=bn}}</ref><br />
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== Death ==<br />
Ghosh died on 26 August 2021. She was suffering from [[Stroke|brain stroke]] and died at the age of 83.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Service|first=Tribune News|title=Eminent Bengali elocutionist Gouri Ghosh dies at 83|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/eminent-bengali-elocutionist-gouri-ghosh-dies-at-83-302371|access-date=2021-08-27|website=Tribuneindia News Service|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=অসুস্থ বাচিক শিল্পী গৌরী ঘোষ, ভর্তি হাসপাতালে|url=https://eisamay.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tv-news/veteran-elocutionist-gouri-ghosh-hospitalized/articleshow/85557556.cms|access-date=2021-08-27|website=Ei Samay|language=bn}}</ref> She was survived by her husband Partha Ghosh, and a son Ayan.<ref name="Telegraph" /><br />
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==Awards==<br />
Ghosh was awarded the [[Awards and decorations of the Bangladesh Liberation War#Civilian awards|Friends of Liberation War Honour]] for writing features on war and genocide by the Bangladesh PM [[Sheikh Hasina]].<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Aug 27|first1=Rohit Khanna / TNN / Updated|last2=2021|last3=Ist|first3=13:26|title=End of an era in recitation as Gouri Ghosh passes away {{!}} Kolkata News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/end-of-an-era-in-recitation-as-gouri-ghosh-passes-away/articleshow/85667972.cms|access-date=2021-08-27|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> In 2018 she was awarded [[Kazi Sabyasachi Samman]] by the [[West Bengal government]].<ref name="ToI End of an era in recitation as Gouri Ghosh passes away" /><br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:1930s births]]<br />
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[[Category:People from Kolkata]]<br />
[[Category:Indian spoken word artists]]<br />
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