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{{Short description|Indian writer (1934–2025)}}
{{Distinguish|Prafulla Chandra Roy}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2023}}
{{infobox writer
| name = Prafulla Roy
| notable_works = ''Keya Patar Nouko''
| occupation = Writer
| birth_date = {{birth date|1934|9|11|df=y}}
| birth_place = Atpara, [[Bikrampur District]], [[Bengal Presidency]], British India
| death_date = {{death date and age|2025|6|19|1934|9|11|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Kolkata]], West Bengal, India
| nationality = Indian
| language = [[Bengali language|Bengali]]
| image = Prafulla Roy - Kolkata 2014-02-07 8656.JPG
}}

'''Prafulla Roy'''<ref name=":1" /><ref name="Prafulla Roy">{{Cite web |title=Prafulla Roy |url=https://www.beebooks.in/prafulla-roy/ |access-date=2021-12-26 |website=Beebooks |language=en-US}}</ref> (11 September 1934 – 19 June 2025) was an Indian [[Bengalis|Bengali]] author, who lived in [[West Bengal]]. He received [[Bankim Puraskar]] and [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for his literary contribution in [[Bengali language|Bengali]].

==Early life==
Prafulla Roy was born on 11 September 1934 in the village of Atpara, [[Bikrampur District|Bikrampur]], in the former [[East Bengal]], district of [[Dhaka]]. He moved to India in 1950 and resided in [[Kolkata]].<ref name="Pratidin">{{Cite news |date=2019-04-26 |script-title=bn:প্রফুল্ল রায় ও কেয়াপাতার নৌকো |url=https://www.bd-pratidin.com/first-page/2019/04/26/418941 |access-date=2021-12-26 |work=Bangladesh Pratidin |language=bn}}</ref> He had to struggle a lot to set foot in a new land. He travelled all over the country to experience the struggles of the people. And for this purpose he lived for some time among the indigenous people of [[Nagaland]], who were the untouchables of [[Bihar]] and the rootless people of the mainland of the [[Andaman Islands|Andamans]], most of which later appeared flawlessly in his writings.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Prafulla Roy |url=https://www.beebooks.in/prafulla-roy/ |access-date=2021-08-31 |website=Beebooks |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="Prafulla Roy" />

== Author ==
Roy's writings portray powerful realities in both urban and rural conditions. He wrote over 150 books, including novels and short stories. His first novel was ''Purva Parvati'', written in [[Nagaland]] and published in 1956.<ref>{{Cite web |title=সাহিত্যিক প্রফুল্ল রায় প্রয়াত |url=https://www.anandabazar.com/west-bengal/veteran-author-prafulla-roy-passes-away-after-suffering-from-long-standing-illness-dgtl/cid/1612797 |access-date=20 June 2025}}</ref> He penned novels on refugee life, such as ''Keya Patar Nauko'' (2003), ''Shatdharay Boye Yay'' (2006), ''Uttal Samayer Itikatha'' (2014), ''Nona Jal Mithe Mati'' (Bang 136). Although it differs in form and name from ''Kayapatar Nauka'', ''Shatdharaya Boye Yaya'', ''Uttal Samay Itikatha'', it is actually a trilogy.

From 1986 to 1989, at the initiative of Monindra Roy, ''Keya Patar Nauko'' was continuously published in ''Amrit Patrika''.<ref name="Pratidin"/>

== Adaptations ==
About 45 telefilms, tele-series, and number of feature-films were made based on his novels. Among his notable works are ''[[Ekhane Pinjor]]'' (1971), ''[[Bagh Bondi Khela]]'' (1975), ''Mohana Dike'' (1984), ''[[Aadmi Aur Aurat]]'' (1984), ''[[Ekanta Apan]]'' (1987), ''[[Bagh Bahadur]]'' (1989), [[Prithibir Sesh Station|''Prithibir Sesh Station'']] (1993), ''[[Charachar]]'' (1994), ''Target'' (1996), ''[[Mondo Meyer Upakhyan]]'' (2003), [[Desh (film)|''Desh'']] (2002), ''[[Krantikaal]]'' (2005), ''Pitribhumi'' (2007).<ref>{{Cite news |date=2025-06-20 |title=Author Prafulla Roy passes away at 91 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/author-prafulla-roy-passes-away-at-91/articleshow/121960536.cms |access-date=2025-06-20 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

India produced a serial drama of the same name based on his novel ''Keya Patar Nouko'', which aired on Indian Channel [[Zee Bangla]]. {{citation needed|date=May 2023}}

== Death ==
Roy died on 19 June 2025, at the age of 90.<ref>[https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/eminent-bengali-writer-prafulla-roy-dies-at-91-mamata-condoles-death-of-roy-101750345674739.html Eminent Bengali writer Prafulla Roy dies at 91, Mamata condoles death of Roy]</ref>

== Awards ==
* [[Bankim Puraskar]] for his novel ''Akasher Neeche Manush'' (1985)<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" />
* [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for his novel ''Krantikal'' (2003)<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=..:: SAHITYA : Akademi Awards ::.. |url=http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/awards/akademi%20samman_suchi.jsp |access-date=2021-08-31 |website=sahitya-akademi.gov.in}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" />
* Bhualka Puraskar<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" />
* Matilal Puraskar<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Prafulla Roy |url=https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/64526.Prafulla_Roy |access-date=2021-09-21 |website=www.goodreads.com}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== See also ==
* [[Bankim Puraskar]]
* [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Bengali]]

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|1433589}}
* [https://www.bengalitranslator.net/blogliterary/manush-short-story-prafulla-roy/ ''Man''], a short story by Prafulla Roy translated from Bengali by Subhamay Ray.

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[[Category: Writers from Kolkata]]
[[Category:People from Bikrampur]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian novelists]]

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