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{{short description|Indian writer and poet}}
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{{Infobox writer
| name = Nabarun Bhattacharya
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1948|06|23}}
| birth_place = [[Baharampur]] (Berhampur), West Bengal
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2014|07|31|1948|06|23}}
| death_place = Kolkata, India
| occupation = Writer
| language = Bengali
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| alma_mater = [[Calcutta University]]
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| notableworks = ''Herbert'' (1994), "Andho Biral", "Fyataru"
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| relatives = [[Bijon Bhattacharya]] (father)<br />[[Mahashweta Devi]] (mother)
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| awards = [[Sahitya Akademi Award]]
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'''Nabarun Bhattacharya''' (23 June 1948 – 31 July 2014) was an Indian writer in [[Bengali language]]. He was born at [[Baharampur]] (Berhampur), [[West Bengal]]. He was the only child of actor and playwright [[Bijon Bhattacharya]] and writer and activist [[Mahashweta Devi]].<ref name=who>{{cite book |title=Who's who of Indian Writers, 1999: A-M|editor=Kartik Chandra Dutt |publisher=Sahitya Akademi |year=1999|isbn=81-260-0873-3|page=164 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QA1V7sICaIwC&q=Nabarun+Bhattacharya&pg=PA164 }}</ref> His maternal grandfather was the well-known writer from the [[Kallol]] era, [[Manish Ghatak]]. Visionary filmmaker [[Ritwik Ghatak]] was his great uncle.

His novel, ''Herbert'' (1993), was awarded the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]], and adapted into a [[Herbert (film)|film of the same name]] in 2005, by [[Suman Mukhopadhyay]].<ref>{{cite news|author=Nathan Lee|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/2008/12/11/movies/11herb.html|title=Storm Advisory: Cyclone of a Life on the Horizon|date=10 December 2008|work=[[New York Times]]}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Bhattacharya studied in [[Kolkata]], first Geology, then English, from [[Calcutta University]].<ref name=who/> Nabarun married Pranati Bhattacharya, who was a professor of political science.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://m.timesofindia.com/city/kolkata/End-of-journey-for-the-eternal-rebel-Nabarun-Bhattacharya-passes-away/articleshow/39387182.cms|title=End of journey for the eternal rebel: Nabarun Bhattacharya passes away|publisher=Times of India|date=August 1, 2014|website=timesofindia.com|access-date=March 12, 2017}}</ref>

==Works==
===The characters called Fyataru===
His [[magic realist]] writings introduced a strange set of human beings to Bengali readers, called ''[[Fyataru]]'' (fyat: the sound created by kites while they are flown; otherwise, fyat has also a hint of someone worthless, deriving from the words foto, faaltu; uru: related to flying), who are an anarchic underclass fond of sabotage who are also capable of flying whenever they utter the mantra '''fyat fyat sh(n)aai sh(n)aai''<nowiki/>' (this mantra was later made into a song by the popular [[Bengali language|bangla]] band [[Chandrabindoo (band)|Chandrabindoo]] in one of its albums<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.chandrabindoo.in/Lyrics/hulabila/hulabila.gif |title=Hulabila |access-date=21 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170923150256/http://www.chandrabindoo.in/Lyrics/hulabila/hulabila.gif |archive-date=23 September 2017 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>). They appear in his books ''Mausoleum'', ''Kaangaal Maalshaat'', ''Fatarur Bombachaak'', ''Fyatarur Kumbhipaak and Mobloge Novel''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parabaas.com/PB35/LEKHA/pTapodhir35.html |title="Carnival-er Bisphoron" – Review of Nabarun Bhattacharya's "Kangal Malsat", by Tapodhir Bhattacharya – Parabaas Issue 35 |publisher=Parabaas.com |access-date=6 October 2011}}</ref> [[Suman Mukhopadhyay]], who was basically from a theatrical background, dramatized ''Kaangaal Maalshaat'' in a [[Kangal Malsat|movie of the same name]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060304/asp/calcutta/story_5925495.asp |title=The Telegraph – Calcutta : Metro |publisher=Telegraphindia.com |date=4 March 2006 |access-date=6 October 2011}}</ref>

==Major works==
* ''Kangal Malshat'' (কাঙাল মালসাট) (Hooghly: Saptarshi Prakashan, 2003)
* ''Herbert'' (Kolkata: Deys, 1994)
* ''Lubdhak'' (Barasat: Abhijan Publishers, 2006)
* ''Ei Mrityu Upotyoka Aamaar Desh Na'' (Hooghly: Saptarshi, 2004)
* ''Halaljhanda o Onyanyo'' (Hooghly: Saptarshi, 2009)
* ''Mahajaaner Aayna'' (Kolkata: Bhashabandhan, 2010)
* ''Fyaturur Kumbhipak'' (Kolkata: Bhashabandhan)
* ''Raater Circus'' (Kolkata: Bhashabandhan)
* ''Anarir Naarigyan'' (Kolkata: Bhashabandhan)
* ''Joratali'' (Kolkata: Bhashabandhan, Posthumous)
* ''Mablage Novel''(Kolkata:Bhashabandhan, Posthumous)
*''andho biral''

==Death==
Nabarun Bhattacharya died of [[Colorectal cancer|intestinal cancer]] at Thakurpukur cancer hospital, [[Kolkata]] on 31 July 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/radical-bengali-writer-nabarun-bhattacharya-dies-at-66/489521-3-231.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810165959/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/radical-bengali-writer-nabarun-bhattacharya-dies-at-66/489521-3-231.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 August 2014 |title=Radical Bengali writer Nabarun Bhattacharya dies at 66 – IBNLive |publisher=Ibnlive.in.com |access-date=31 July 2014}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Internet Archive author}}
*{{cite web|url=http://textualities.net/nabarun-bhattacharya/an-indian-writer-in-japan/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609153047/http://textualities.net/nabarun-bhattacharya/an-indian-writer-in-japan/|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 June 2011|title=An Indian Writer in Japan : Textualities|access-date=20 November 2016}}
* [http://www.shabdankan.com/2015/06/american-petromax-nabarun-bhattacharya.html American Petromax (Hindi) – Nabarun Bhattacharya]

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