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| name = Pinaki Thakur
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| caption = Pinaki Thakur in Bengali Literary Festival at Oxford Bookstore in 2015
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| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1959|04|21}}
| birth_place = [[Bansberia]], [[Hooghly District]], West Bengal, India
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2019|01|03|1959|04|21}}
| death_place = [[Kolkata]], West Bengal, India
| occupation = Poet
| language = [[Bengali language|Bengali]]
| nationality = Indian
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| notableworks = ''Chumbaner Kkhato''
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| awards = [[Ananda Puraskar]] (2012) <br> Bangla Akademi Award (West Bengal)
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'''Pinaki Thakur''' (21 April 1959 – 3 January 2019) was a [[Bengalis|Bengali]] poet

==Biography==
Thakur was born in 1959 at [[Bansberia]], [[Hooghly district]] in the Indian state of [[West Bengal]]. He studied Engineering but passionate in [[Bengali poetry]] from student life and wrote poems in various little magazines. His poetry was first published in ''Ushinar'' magazine in 1974. In 1979 Thakur's poetry was published in [[Desh (magazine)|''Desh'']] magazine. He became popular in Bengali literary field after publishing his first book ''Ekdin Ashoriri''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/bengali/eminent-bengali-poet-pinaki-thakur-died-at-59-a-jouney-towards-eternity-1972068|title=প্রয়াত পিনাকী ঠাকুর|website=|access-date=4 January 2019}}</ref> Thakur was conferred the [[Ananda Puraskar]] in 2012 for his book ''Chumbaner Kkhato''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://newsmen.in/news/winter-of-sadness-bengal-loses-2-more-creative-jewels/|title=Winter of Sadness: Bengal Loses 2 More Creative Jewels|website=|access-date=4 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://admin.telegraphindia.com/1120429/jsp/bengal/story_15432059.html|title=Ananda Purashkar 1418|website=|access-date=4 January 2019}}</ref> He was also awarded by [[Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi]] Puraskar and ''Krittibas Purashkar''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.anandabazar.com/state/poet-pinaki-thakur-passed-away-dgtl-1.926010|title=প্রয়াত কবি পিনাকী ঠাকুর (১৯৫৯-২০১৯)|website=anandabazar.com|access-date=4 January 2019}}</ref> He was suffering from Cerebral Malaria since December 2018 and died on 3 January 2019 in [[IPGMER and SSKM Hospital|SSKM Hospital]], [[Kolkata]] at the age of 59.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eisamay.indiatimes.com/west-bengal-news/kolkata-news/bengali-poet-pinaki-thakur-died-at-59/articleshow/67369401.cms|title=বছর শুরুতেই স্বজনবিয়োগ, নিঃশব্দে শেষযাত্রা কবির|website=|access-date=4 January 2019}}</ref>

==Books==
* ''Ekdin Ashoriri''
* ''Ha Re Shaswata''
* ''Anke Joto Shunyo Pele''
* ''Chumbaner Kkhato''
* ''Amara Roilam''
* ''Sharir Kancher Tukro''
* ''Basanta Mastan''
* ''Nishiddho Ek Ganer Moto''
* ''Mausam''
* ''Kalanka Rachana''
* ''Akal Basanta''
* ''Kabita Samgra''

==References==
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[[Category:1959 births]]
[[Category:2019 deaths]]
[[Category:Bengali male poets]]
[[Category:Poets from West Bengal]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Ananda Purashkar]]
[[Category:People from Hooghly district]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian poets]]
[[Category:Indian male poets]]

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