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	Narayan Gangopadhyay was born as Taraknath Gangopadhyay in Baliadingi in Dinjapur district of Bengal in 1918. His paternal side had their roots in the village of Basudebpara, Nalchira in Gournadi thana of [[Barisal]] district.<ref>{{cite book\|author1=Anjali Basu\|author2=Subodh Chandra Sen Gupta\|authorlink2=Subodh Chandra Sengupta\|title=সংসদ বাঙালি চরিতাভিধান: প্রায় চার সহস্রাধিক জীবনী-সংবলিত আকর গ্রণ্থ\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TwwHBke-2HQC\|page=352\|edition=First\|year=2010\|publisher=Sahitya Samsad\|isbn=978-81-7955-135-6\|trans-title=Samsad Bengali Biographical Dictionary: A Repository Containing More Than Four Thousand Biographies\|lang=bn}}</ref> His father, Pramathnath Gangopadhyay, was a police officer. Because his father would be transferred often, he studied in Dinajpur, Faridpur, Barisal and Kolkata. Narayan Gangopadhyay matriculated from [[Dinajpur Zila School]] in 1933. He then took admission at Rajendra College in Faridpur but had to leave the town on 1 May 1935 on political grounds. He was interned as a 'revolutionary suspect' and could not appear in the college examinations. Later he took admission in the second year at [[Brojomohun College\|B M College]] in [[Barisal]] and passed Intermediate Arts (IA) as a non-collegiate candidate in 1936. He passed the Bachelor of Arts with distinction from the same college in 1938. Famous poet [[Jibanananda Das]] was his teacher there. In 1941, he completed the MA from the [[University of Calcutta]], receiving the Brahmamayee Gold Medal for his outstanding results. He earned DPhil from the same university in 1960, for his research in the field of short stories in [[Bengali literature]].		Narayan Gangopadhyay was born as Taraknath Gangopadhyay in Baliadingi in Dinjapur district of Bengal in 1918. His paternal side had their roots in the village of Basudebpara, Nalchira in Gournadi thana of [[Barisal]] district.<ref>{{cite book\|author1=Anjali Basu\|author2=Subodh Chandra Sen Gupta\|authorlink2=Subodh Chandra Sengupta\|title=সংসদ বাঙালি চরিতাভিধান: প্রায় চার সহস্রাধিক জীবনী-সংবলিত আকর গ্রণ্থ\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TwwHBke-2HQC\|page=352\|edition=First\|year=2010\|publisher=Sahitya Samsad\|isbn=978-81-7955-135-6\|trans-title=Samsad Bengali Biographical Dictionary: A Repository Containing More Than Four Thousand Biographies\|lang=bn}}</ref> His father, Pramathnath Gangopadhyay, was a police officer. Because his father would be transferred often, he studied in Dinajpur, Faridpur, Barisal and Kolkata. Narayan Gangopadhyay matriculated from [[Dinajpur Zila School]] in 1933. He then took admission at Rajendra College in Faridpur but had to leave the town on 1 May 1935 on political grounds. He was interned as a 'revolutionary suspect' and could not appear in the college examinations. Later he took admission in the second year at [[Brojomohun College\|B M College]] in [[Barisal]] and passed Intermediate Arts (IA) as a non-collegiate candidate in 1936. He passed the Bachelor of Arts with distinction from the same college in 1938. Famous poet [[Jibanananda Das]] was his teacher there. In 1941, he completed the MA from the [[University of Calcutta]], receiving the Brahmamayee Gold Medal for his outstanding results. He earned DPhil from the same university in 1960, for his research in the field of short stories in [[Bengali literature]].

	Narayan Gangopadhyay taught at a number of colleges, including Ananda Chandra College, Jalpaiguri (1942–45) and the [[City College, Kolkata]] (1945–1955). He started teaching at the University of Calcutta in 1956.<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.epaper.eisamay.com/Details.aspx?id=37890&boxid=144442695 \|script-title=bn:পড়ানোর অনন্য প্রতিভায় মিশেছিল পরম স্নেহনারায়ণ গঙ্গোপাধ্যায়\|newspaper=[[Ei Samay Sangbadpatra\|Ei-samay]] \|language=bn}}</ref> His students were the famous actor [[Soumitra Chatterjee]] and novelist [[Sunil Gangopadhyay]] and [[Samaresh Majumdar]].<ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://roar.media/bangla/main/book-movie/how-much-do-you-know-about-tenida/ \|title=How Much Do You Know About Tenida \|website=roar.media \|language=en \|access-date=2018-05-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.anandabazar.com/supplementary/patrika/the-lane-which-created-history-1.503555\|script-title=bn:২০ নম্বর পটলডাঙা স্ট্রিট\|work=Anandabazar Patrika \|language=bn \|access-date=2018-05-28\|trans-title=The Lane Which Created History}}</ref>i		Narayan Gangopadhyay taught at a number of colleges, including Ananda Chandra College, Jalpaiguri (1942–45) and the [[City College, Kolkata]] (1945–1955). He started teaching at the University of Calcutta in 1956.<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.epaper.eisamay.com/Details.aspx?id=37890&boxid=144442695 \|script-title=bn:পড়ানোর অনন্য প্রতিভায় মিশেছিল পরম স্নেহনারায়ণ গঙ্গোপাধ্যায়\|newspaper=[[Ei Samay Sangbadpatra\|Ei-samay]] \|language=bn}}</ref> His students were the famous actor [[Soumitra Chatterjee]] and novelist [[Sunil Gangopadhyay]] and [[Samaresh Majumdar]].<ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://roar.media/bangla/main/book-movie/how-much-do-you-know-about-tenida/ \|title=How Much Do You Know About Tenida \|website=roar.media \|language=en \|access-date=2018-05-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.anandabazar.com/supplementary/patrika/the-lane-which-created-history-1.503555\|script-title=bn:২০ নম্বর পটলডাঙা স্ট্রিট\|work=Anandabazar Patrika \|language=bn \|access-date=2018-05-28\|trans-title=The Lane Which Created History}}</ref> i

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	==Life==		==Life==
	Narayan Gangopadhyay was born as Taraknath Gangopadhyay in Baliadingi in Dinjapur district of Bengal in 1918. His paternal side had their roots in the village of Basudebpara, in Gournadi thana of [[Barisal]] district.<ref>{{cite book\|author1=Anjali Basu\|author2=Subodh Chandra Sen Gupta\|authorlink2=Subodh Chandra Sengupta\|title=সংসদ বাঙালি চরিতাভিধান: প্রায় চার সহস্রাধিক জীবনী-সংবলিত আকর গ্রণ্থ\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TwwHBke-2HQC\|page=352\|edition=First\|year=2010\|publisher=Sahitya Samsad\|isbn=978-81-7955-135-6\|trans-title=Samsad Bengali Biographical Dictionary: A Repository Containing More Than Four Thousand Biographies\|lang=bn}}</ref> His father, Pramathnath Gangopadhyay, was a police officer. Because his father would be transferred often, he studied in Dinajpur, Faridpur, Barisal and Kolkata. Narayan Gangopadhyay matriculated from [[Dinajpur Zila School]] in 1933. He then took admission at Rajendra College in Faridpur but had to leave the town on 1 May 1935 on political grounds. He was interned as a 'revolutionary suspect' and could not appear in the college examinations. Later he took admission in the second year at [[Brojomohun College\|B M College]] in [[Barisal]] and passed Intermediate Arts (IA) as a non-collegiate candidate in 1936. He passed the Bachelor of Arts with distinction from the same college in 1938. Famous poet [[Jibanananda Das]] was his teacher there. In 1941, he completed the MA from the [[University of Calcutta]], receiving the Brahmamayee Gold Medal for his outstanding results. He earned DPhil from the same university in 1960, for his research in the field of short stories in [[Bengali literature]].		Narayan Gangopadhyay was born as Taraknath Gangopadhyay in Baliadingi in Dinjapur district of Bengal in 1918. His paternal side had their roots in the village of Basudebpara, Nalchira in Gournadi thana of [[Barisal]] district.<ref>{{cite book\|author1=Anjali Basu\|author2=Subodh Chandra Sen Gupta\|authorlink2=Subodh Chandra Sengupta\|title=সংসদ বাঙালি চরিতাভিধান: প্রায় চার সহস্রাধিক জীবনী-সংবলিত আকর গ্রণ্থ\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TwwHBke-2HQC\|page=352\|edition=First\|year=2010\|publisher=Sahitya Samsad\|isbn=978-81-7955-135-6\|trans-title=Samsad Bengali Biographical Dictionary: A Repository Containing More Than Four Thousand Biographies\|lang=bn}}</ref> His father, Pramathnath Gangopadhyay, was a police officer. Because his father would be transferred often, he studied in Dinajpur, Faridpur, Barisal and Kolkata. Narayan Gangopadhyay matriculated from [[Dinajpur Zila School]] in 1933. He then took admission at Rajendra College in Faridpur but had to leave the town on 1 May 1935 on political grounds. He was interned as a 'revolutionary suspect' and could not appear in the college examinations. Later he took admission in the second year at [[Brojomohun College\|B M College]] in [[Barisal]] and passed Intermediate Arts (IA) as a non-collegiate candidate in 1936. He passed the Bachelor of Arts with distinction from the same college in 1938. Famous poet [[Jibanananda Das]] was his teacher there. In 1941, he completed the MA from the [[University of Calcutta]], receiving the Brahmamayee Gold Medal for his outstanding results. He earned DPhil from the same university in 1960, for his research in the field of short stories in [[Bengali literature]].

	Narayan Gangopadhyay taught at a number of colleges, including Ananda Chandra College, Jalpaiguri (1942–45) and the [[City College, Kolkata]] (1945–1955). He started teaching at the University of Calcutta in 1956.<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.epaper.eisamay.com/Details.aspx?id=37890&boxid=144442695 \|script-title=bn:পড়ানোর অনন্য প্রতিভায় মিশেছিল পরম স্নেহনারায়ণ গঙ্গোপাধ্যায়\|newspaper=[[Ei Samay Sangbadpatra\|Ei-samay]] \|language=bn}}</ref> His students were the famous actor [[Soumitra Chatterjee]] and novelist [[Sunil Gangopadhyay]] and [[Samaresh Majumdar]].<ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://roar.media/bangla/main/book-movie/how-much-do-you-know-about-tenida/ \|title=How Much Do You Know About Tenida \|website=roar.media \|language=en \|access-date=2018-05-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.anandabazar.com/supplementary/patrika/the-lane-which-created-history-1.503555\|script-title=bn:২০ নম্বর পটলডাঙা স্ট্রিট\|work=Anandabazar Patrika \|language=bn \|access-date=2018-05-28\|trans-title=The Lane Which Created History}}</ref>i		Narayan Gangopadhyay taught at a number of colleges, including Ananda Chandra College, Jalpaiguri (1942–45) and the [[City College, Kolkata]] (1945–1955). He started teaching at the University of Calcutta in 1956.<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.epaper.eisamay.com/Details.aspx?id=37890&boxid=144442695 \|script-title=bn:পড়ানোর অনন্য প্রতিভায় মিশেছিল পরম স্নেহনারায়ণ গঙ্গোপাধ্যায়\|newspaper=[[Ei Samay Sangbadpatra\|Ei-samay]] \|language=bn}}</ref> His students were the famous actor [[Soumitra Chatterjee]] and novelist [[Sunil Gangopadhyay]] and [[Samaresh Majumdar]].<ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://roar.media/bangla/main/book-movie/how-much-do-you-know-about-tenida/ \|title=How Much Do You Know About Tenida \|website=roar.media \|language=en \|access-date=2018-05-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.anandabazar.com/supplementary/patrika/the-lane-which-created-history-1.503555\|script-title=bn:২০ নম্বর পটলডাঙা স্ট্রিট\|work=Anandabazar Patrika \|language=bn \|access-date=2018-05-28\|trans-title=The Lane Which Created History}}</ref>i

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{{Infobox writer
| name = Narayan Gangopadhyay
| native_name = Taraknath Gangopadhyay
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| birth_date = 4 February 1918
| birth_place = [[Dinajpur]], [[Bengal Presidency|Bengal Province]], [[British India]], [[Bangladesh]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1970|11|08|1918|02|04}}
| death_place = [[Kolkata]], India
| occupation = {{flatlist|
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* professor
* academician
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| nationality = Indian
| spouse = Asha Devi
| children = Arijit Ganguly
| awards = [[Ananda Puraskar]] (1964)
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'''Narayan Gangopadhyay''' (4 February 1918 – 8 November 1970), also known as '''Narayan Ganguly''', was an Indian novelist, poet, essayist, and short story writer, and one of the leading writers of modern [[Bengali literature]]. He introduced the endearing character of [[Tenida]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.epaper.eisamay.com/Details.aspx?id=37890&boxid=144513570 |script-title=bn:পাগলা দাশু +ঘনাদা = পটলডাঙার সেই মূর্তিমান ? |newspaper=[[Ei Samay Sangbadpatra|Ei Samay]]|language=bn}}</ref> in his famous stories of [[Children's literature]]. He took up "Narayan" as his pen name.

He was awarded the literary awards [[Dainik Basumati|Basumati]] Literary Prize (1968).

==Life==
Narayan Gangopadhyay was born as Taraknath Gangopadhyay in Baliadingi in Dinjapur district of Bengal in 1918. His paternal side had their roots in the village of Basudebpara, in Gournadi thana of [[Barisal]] district.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Anjali Basu|author2=Subodh Chandra Sen Gupta|authorlink2=Subodh Chandra Sengupta|title=সংসদ বাঙালি চরিতাভিধান: প্রায় চার সহস্রাধিক জীবনী-সংবলিত আকর গ্রণ্থ|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TwwHBke-2HQC|page=352|edition=First|year=2010|publisher=Sahitya Samsad|isbn=978-81-7955-135-6|trans-title=Samsad Bengali Biographical Dictionary: A Repository Containing More Than Four Thousand Biographies|lang=bn}}</ref> His father, Pramathnath Gangopadhyay, was a police officer. Because his father would be transferred often, he studied in Dinajpur, Faridpur, Barisal and Kolkata. Narayan Gangopadhyay matriculated from [[Dinajpur Zila School]] in 1933. He then took admission at Rajendra College in Faridpur but had to leave the town on 1 May 1935 on political grounds. He was interned as a 'revolutionary suspect' and could not appear in the college examinations. Later he took admission in the second year at [[Brojomohun College|B M College]] in [[Barisal]] and passed Intermediate Arts (IA) as a non-collegiate candidate in 1936. He passed the Bachelor of Arts with distinction from the same college in 1938. Famous poet [[Jibanananda Das]] was his teacher there. In 1941, he completed the MA from the [[University of Calcutta]], receiving the Brahmamayee Gold Medal for his outstanding results. He earned DPhil from the same university in 1960, for his research in the field of short stories in [[Bengali literature]].

Narayan Gangopadhyay taught at a number of colleges, including Ananda Chandra College, Jalpaiguri (1942–45) and the [[City College, Kolkata]] (1945–1955). He started teaching at the University of Calcutta in 1956.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.epaper.eisamay.com/Details.aspx?id=37890&boxid=144442695 |script-title=bn:পড়ানোর অনন্য প্রতিভায় মিশেছিল পরম স্নেহনারায়ণ গঙ্গোপাধ্যায়|newspaper=[[Ei Samay Sangbadpatra|Ei-samay]] |language=bn}}</ref> His students were the famous actor [[Soumitra Chatterjee]] and novelist [[Sunil Gangopadhyay]] and [[Samaresh Majumdar]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://roar.media/bangla/main/book-movie/how-much-do-you-know-about-tenida/ |title=How Much Do You Know About Tenida |website=roar.media |language=en |access-date=2018-05-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.anandabazar.com/supplementary/patrika/the-lane-which-created-history-1.503555|script-title=bn:২০ নম্বর পটলডাঙা স্ট্রিট|work=Anandabazar Patrika |language=bn |access-date=2018-05-28|trans-title=The Lane Which Created History}}</ref>i

==Works==
Narayan Gangopadhyay began writing poetry while still a student. In due course he became famous for his short stories, novels, plays etc. Narayan Gangopadhyay's first story was published in 'Bichitra'. He was a romantic writer.
His novels include Upanibesh (3 volumes, 1944-1947), Samrat O Shresthi (1944), Mandramukhar (1945), Shilalipi (1949), Lalmati (1951), Krishnapaksa (1951), Baitalik (1955), and Asidhara (1957). His volumes of short stories include Trophy (1949), Bitangsa, Janmantar, Bhangabandar, Duhshasan, Bhatiyali (1957), Exhibition, Chhayatari, Ghurni, and Aleyar Rat. Among his other works are several volumes of essays: Sahitya O Sahityik, Sahitye Chhotagalpa (1955), Kathakobid Rabindranath (1965), and Chhotagalper Simarekha (1969). He also wrote stories for children, among them, Saptakanda, Andhakarer Agantuk, Chotader Shrestha Galpa (1952), Chhutir Akash, Khushir Hawa, Jhau Banglor Rahasya, Panchananer Hati, Pataldangar Tenida, Galpa Bali Galpa Shona, Abyartha Laksyabhed, Tenidar Abhiyan (1941). Bhadate Chai and Agantuk were two of his widely acclaimed plays. He also wrote a few screenplays and songs for films and gramophone records.

Narayan Gangopadhyay was a regular contributor to Shanibarer Chithi. Towards the end of his life, he used to write regularly for the weekly Desh under the pen name 'Sunanda'. His writings are informed by his historical sense and patriotic feelings as well as his love for the nature of Bengal. His short stories were highly acclaimed, and he was awarded the [[Ananda Puraskar|Ananda Award]] (1964) in recognition of his contribution to Bengali literature. The weekly Basumati accorded him a reception in 1968. Narayan Gangopadhyay died on 6 November 1970 in Kolkata.

===Novels===
* ''[[Uponibesh-1]] (উপনিবেশ -১)''
* ''[[Uponibesh-2]] (উপনিবেশ -২)''
* ''[[Uponibesh-3]] (উপনিবেশ -৩)''
* ''Somrat O Sreshthi (সম্রাট ও শ্রেষ্ঠী)''
* ''Mantramukhar (মন্ত্রমুখর)''
* ''[[Mohananda]] (মহানন্দা)''
* ''[[Swarnaseeta]] (স্বর্ণসীতা)''
* ''[[Nishijapon]] (নিশিযাপন)''
* ''Trophy (ট্রফি)''
* ''[[Lalmati]] (লালমাটি)''
* ''[[Krishnapakkha]](কৃষ্ণপক্ষ)''
* ''Bidushok (বিদূষক)''
* ''Boitalik''
* ''[[Shilalipi]] (শিলালিপি)''
* ''[[Oshidhara]] (অসিধারা)''
* ''Vatiali''
* ''[[Podoshonchar]] (পদসঞ্চার)''
* ''Amabossar Gan''
* ''[[Alokporna]] (আলোকপর্ণা)''

===Short Stories===
* ''Golposongroho''
* ''Saper Mathay Moni''
* ''Sreshto Golpo''
* ''Swanirbachito Golpo''

===Dramas===
* ''Bhim Badh''
* ''Varate Chai''
* ''Agontuk''
* ''Porer Upokar Korio Na (Tenida series)''

===Satire===
* ''Sunandar Journal''

===Essays===
* ''Sahitye Chotogolpo''
* ''Bangla Golpo Bichitra''
* ''Chotogolper Shimarekha''
* ''Kothakobid Rabindranath''

===Juvenile literature===
* ''Charmurti'' (Filmed as [[Charmurti]] in 1978)
* ''Charmurtir Abhijan''
* ''Abyartha Lokhyobhed Ebong (not a Tenida story)''
* ''Jhaubanglar Rohosyo''
* ''Kombol Niruddesh''
* ''Tenida o Sindhughotok''
* ''Porer Upokar Korio na (Drama)''
* ''Tenida Somogro''
* ''Rammohan''
* ''Samagra Kishore Sahitya''

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Banglapedia|Gangopadhyay,_Narayan}}
* {{OL author|1750975A}}
* [http://dspace.wbpublibnet.gov.in:8080/jspui/browse?type=author&order=ASC&rpp=20&value=Gangopadhyay,+Narayan Gangopadhyay, Narayan] at the West Bengal Public Library Network
* [https://www.parabaas.com/translation/database/translations/stories/narayan_bait.html Short story "The Bait" (translated).]
* [https://archive.org/details/NarayanGongopadhyay Thesis on short stories of Narayan Gongopadhyay]
* [https://allsundaysuspense.in/category/narayan-gangopadhyay/ Sunday Suspense Stories of Narayan Gongopadhyay]
* [https://oiipdf.com/tenida-samagra-book-by-narayan-gangopadhyay Tenida Samagra by Narayan Gongopadhyay]

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