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{{Infobox writer 
| name = Ramapada Chowdhury
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1922|12|28}}
| birth_place = [[Kharagpur]], [[Bengal Presidency]], British India
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2018|7|29|1922|12|28}}
| death_place = [[Kolkata]], India
| occupation = Writer
| language = [[Bengali language|Bengali]]
| nationality = Indian
| education = Master of Arts
| alma_mater = [[Presidency College, Kolkata|Presidency College]], [[University of Calcutta]]
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'''Ramapada Chowdhury''' (28 December 1922 – 29 July 2018)<ref>{{cite news |title='Ek doctor ki maut' writer Ramapada Chowdhury passes away at 95 |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/ek-doctor-ki-maut-writer-ramapada-chowdhury-passes-away-5282074/ |accessdate=1 August 2018 |work=The Indian Express |date=29 July 2018}}</ref> was an Indian novelist and short story writer in [[Bengali language|Bengali]]. For his novel ''Bari Badle Jay'', he received the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] in 1988.<ref name="sahitya">{{cite web|title=Sahitya Akademi Awards|url=http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/awards/akademi%20samman_suchi.jsp#BENGALI|website=Sahitya Akademi|publisher=Government of India|accessdate=22 December 2017}}</ref> He was also a recipient of the Rabindra Puraskar and several other awards. He won the Rabindranath Tagore Memorial International Prize in its inaugural year. Many of his works have been adapted into films, including the multiple-award-winning ''[[Kharij]]'', directed by [[Mrinal Sen]], and ''[[Ek Doctor Ki Maut]]'', directed by [[Tapan Sinha]]. Chowdhury started writing during the Second World War. He was associated with [[Anandabazar Patrika]] for many years, and edited its Sunday supplement. His novels are marked by an economy of expression. He is one of the most well known short story writers in contemporary [[Bengali literature]].

==Early life==
Ramapada Chowdhury was born on 28 December 1922 in [[Kharagpur]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]] (now in the Indian state of West Bengal). His father worked in the railways, and the family often moved from one place to another. Thus young Ramapada was exposed to life in several different parts of India.<ref name="ghoshscroll">{{cite news |last1=Ghosh |first1=Shamik |title=Ramapada Chowdhury (1922-2018) was one of the few Bengali writers who preferred quality to quantity |url=https://scroll.in/article/889211/ramapada-chowdhury-1922-2018-was-one-of-the-few-bengali-writers-who-preferred-quality-to-quantity |accessdate=18 September 2020 |work=scroll.in |date=5 August 2018}}</ref> [[Ranchi]], [[Raipur]], [[Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh|Bilaspur]], [[Guwahati]] and [[Dibrugarh]] were some of the towns he lived in. All of these places figure in his early works of fiction.<ref name="jalalstatesman">{{cite news |last1=Jalal |first1=Syed Hashmat |title=Obituary - Ramapada Chowdhury: End of a long literary era |url=https://www.thestatesman.com/cities/obituary-ramapada-chowdhury-1502666943.html |accessdate=18 September 2020 |work=The Statesman |date=30 July 2018}}</ref> He completed his schooling from Kharagpur. Subsequently, he studied at [[Presidency University, Kolkata|Presidency College]], [[Calcutta]], and obtained his master's degree in English literature from the [[University of Calcutta]].<ref name="whoswho">{{cite book|last1=Dutt|first1=Kartik Chandra|title=Who's who of Indian writers: 1999|date=1999|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|location=New Delhi|isbn=81-260-0873-3|page=239|edition=End-century|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QA1V7sICaIwC&q=239|accessdate=23 December 2017}}</ref>

==Career==
Chowdhury wrote his first short story as a student, in response to a challenge from his friends. It was written sitting in a restaurant near his college, and was published in the newspaper ''Jugantar''.<ref name="ghoshscroll" /> After completing his Master's, he got a job with [[Anandabazar Patrika]]. Later he became Associate Editor of the newspaper, and edited its Sunday supplement ''Rabibasariya'' for many years.

Chowdhury started writing short stories on a regular basis from the age of twenty-five. He published two collections of stories before the publication of his first novel ''Pratham Prahar'' (1954).<ref name="chakrabarti">{{cite book|last1=Chakrabarti|first1=Kunal|last2=Chakrabarti|first2=Shubhra|title=Historical Dictionary of the Bengalis|date=22 August 2013|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-5334-8|page=132|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QVOFAAAAQBAJ&q=ramapada+novels&pg=PA132|accessdate=22 December 2017}}</ref> Although an established writer in the 1950s, Chowdhury received wider recognition with his 1960 novel ''Banpalashir Padabali'', which appeared in serial form in the well-known literary magazine ''[[Desh (magazine)|Desh]]''. He was awarded the Rabindra Puraskar in 1971 for his novel ''Ekhoni'' and the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1988 for ''Bari Badle Jay''. In all, he wrote around fifty novels and over one hundred short stories. He also edited an anthology of stories originally published in ''Desh''. According to [[Shamik Ghosh]], Chowdhury was among the few Bengali authors who preferred quality to quantity.

In 2011, the Indian Institute of Planning and Management instituted the Rabindranath Tagore Memorial International Prize. Ramapada Chowdhury won the award in its inaugural year, for his novel ''Banpalashir Padabali''. According to writer and scholar Surajit Dasgupta, "Banpalashir Padabali is a stunningly vibrant and intensely human work that serves to reaffirm his reputation as a master story-teller in the Bengali language."<ref name="surajit">{{cite web|last1=Dasgupta|first1=Surajit|title=Banpalashir Padabali by Ramapada Chaudhuri|url=http://surajit-dasgupta.blogspot.in/2012/07/ramapada-chaudhuri-banpalashir-padabali.html|website=blogspot.in|accessdate=22 December 2017}}</ref>

The Sahitya Akademi, in its series of films on eminent Indian writers, has produced a film on Ramapada Chowdhury, directed by Raja Mitra.<ref name="akademifilms">{{cite web|title=Sahitya Akademi: Video Films on Eminent Indian Writers|url=http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/films/films.jsp|website=Sahitya Akademi|publisher=Government of India|accessdate=22 December 2017}}</ref>

==List of works (selected)==
* ''Pratham Prahar (1954)
* ''Dwiper Nam Tia rang''
* ''Banpalashir Padabali'' (1960)
* ''Je Jekhane Danriye''
* ''Ekhoni'' (1969)
* ''Kharij''
* ''Bari Badle Jay'' (1988)
* ''Abhimanyu'' (1982)
* ''Beej''
* ''Darbari''
* ''Lalbai''
* ''Harano Khata''
*Picnic
*Bahiri
*Chhad
*Shesher Seemana
*Aakash Pradeep

==English translations==
* ''Nothing but the Truth'' (original title ''Kharij''), translated by Enakshi Chatterjee, Vikas, New Delhi,1978. {{ISBN|0706906632}}.
* ''Second Encounter'' (original title ''Je Jekhane Danriye''), translated by Swapna Dutta, Niyogi Books, 2016. {{ISBN|9789385285448}}.

==Films based on Ramapada Chowdhury's works==
* ''Dwiper Nam Tiarang'' (1963), directed by Gurudas Bagchi
* ''[[Ekhoni]]'' (1970), directed by [[Tapan Sinha]]
* ''[[Picnic (1972 film)|Picnic]]'' (1972), directed by [[Inder Sen]]
* ''[[Bon Palashir Padabali|Banpalashir Padabali]]'' (1973), directed by [[Uttam Kumar]]
* ''Je Jekhane Danriye'' (1974), directed by Agragami
* ''[[Kharij]]'' (1982), directed by [[Mrinal Sen]]
* ''[[Ek Din Achanak]]'' (1989) (in Hindi), directed by [[Mrinal Sen]] (based on ''Beej''))
* ''[[Ek Doctor Ki Maut]]'' (1992) (in Hindi), directed by [[Tapan Sinha]] (based on ''Abhimanyu'')
* ''Sundari'' (1999), directed by [[Gul Bahar Singh]] (based on the short story ''Ahlaadi))
* ''[[Borunbabur Bondhu]]'' (2020), directed by [[Anik Dutta]] (based on ''Chhad'')

== Awards and honours ==
* Sahitya Akademi Award 1988<ref name="sahitya" />
* Rabindra Puraskar 1971<ref name="whoswho" />
* Ananda Puraskar 1963<ref name="whoswho" />
* Rabindranath Tagore Memorial International Prize 2011<ref name="iipm">{{cite web|title=The 7cr. IIPM Rabindranath Tagore International Prize for Ramapada Chowdhuri and six others|url=http://www.iipm.edu/news-and-events/The-7cr.-IIPM-Rabindranath-Tagore-International-Prize-for-Ramapada-Chowdhuri-and-six-others/|website=iipm.edu|publisher=Indian Institute of Planning and Management|accessdate=22 December 2017}}</ref>

== References ==

{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb name|0159543}}
* {{OL author|L945A|Ramapada Chaudhuri}}
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8Uv8K6A-M0 Ramapada Chowdhury – A Short Documentary Film – Sahitya Akademi]

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