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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Sankar<br />
| image = Bengali author Sankar speaks at the UN.jpg<br />
| alt = <br />
| caption = <br />
| birth_name = Mani Shankar Mukherjee<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1933|12|07}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Bongaon]], [[North 24 Parganas]], West Bengal<br />
| death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|df=yes|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} or {{Death-date and age|Month DD, YYYY|Month DD, YYYY}} (death date then birth date) --><br />
| death_place = <br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
| occupation = Writer, novelist, essayist, researcher<br />
| known_for = Books on [[Swami Vivekananda]], Bengali novels<br />
}}<br />
'''Shankar''', (born '''Mani Shankar Mukherjee''', and generally known in English-language literature as ''Sankar'') is a writer in the [[Bengali language]] and the [[Sheriff of Kolkata]]. He grew up in [[Howrah district]] of [[West Bengal]].<br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Sankar is the son of Avaya Mukherjee known as Gouri Mukherjee. Sankar's father died while Sankar was still a teenager, as a result of which Sankar became a clerk to the last British barrister of the Calcutta High Court, Noel Frederick Barwell. At the same time he entered in [[Surendranath College]] (formerly [[Ripon College, Calcutta]]) for study. He worked in various field as typewriter cleaner, private tutor, Hawker for the livelihood.<br />
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==Literary career==<br />
[[File:At THE CALCUTTA BOOK FAIR 2019.jpg|thumb|Mukherjee in 2019]]<br />
Noel Barwell introduced Sankar to literature.<br />
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After Noel Barwell's sudden death, ''Sankar'', the professional version of his name adopted for the law courts, sought to honor Barwell. "First, I wanted to build a statue. It was not possible. I then wanted to name a road. Even that was not feasible. And then I decided to write a book about him," according to Sankar.<br />
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That impetus led to his first novel, about Barwell, that according to some critics is perhaps the most stimulating -- "Kato Ajanare" (So Much Unknown).<br />
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At the same time period in 1962, Sankar conceived ''Chowringhee'' on a rainy day at the waterlogged crossing of Central Avenue and Dalhousie - a busy business district in the heart of Kolkata. The novel, set in the opulent hotel he called Shahjahan, was made into a cult movie in 1968.<br />
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It is wrongly said that Sankar marketed his literary work to Bengali households with the marketing slogan "A bagful of Sankar (Ek Bag Sankar)" and collections of his books were sold in blue packets through this marketing effort. He never did that. He mentioned it clearly in a 2015 [https://scroll.in/article/733978/bengali-writers-know-that-unless-they-reach-london-nothing-will-happen-sankar interview].<br />
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In addition to his literary efforts, Sankar is regarded as a street food expert with two books on this topic. He also is a marketing professional associated with an Indian industrial house.<br />
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This gem has been rewarded with "Sahitya Akademi Award" on 18 March 2021 for his outstanding metronomic creation of "Eka Eka Ekashi"<br />
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==Works==<br />
[[File:Bengali_author_Sankar_speaks_at_the_UN_-_6105163912.jpg|thumb|Sankar, speaking at the UN]]<br />
* ''Jekhane Jemon'' (travelogue) (''As It Is There'')<br />
* ''Kato Ajanare'' (novel) (''The Many Unknowns'') - his [[debut novel]].<br />
* ''Nivedita Research Laboratory'' (novel)<br />
* ''Abasarika'' {{ISBN|978-81-7612-777-6}}<br />
* [[Chowringhee (novel)|''Chowringhee'' (novel)]] (1962)<br />
* ''Swarga Martya Patal''- (collection of three stories: ''[[Jana Aranya]]'' (''The Sea of People''), ''[[Seemabaddha]]'' (''Limited Company'') and ''Asha Akangsha'' (''Hopes and Desires''))<br />
* ''Gharer Madhye Ghar''<br />
* ''Nagar Nandini''<br />
* ''Banglar Meye'' {{ISBN|978-81-7079-454-7}}<br />
* ''Simanta Sambad'' {{ISBN|978-81-7079-554-4}}<br />
* ''Kamana Basana'' {{ISBN|978-81-7079-978-8}}<br />
* ''Purohit Darpan''<br />
* ''Sri Sri Ramkrishna Rahsyamrito''<br />
* ''Mone Pare''<br />
*''Mansamman (1981)''<br />
* ''Samrat O Sundari'' (novel)<br />
* ''Charan Chhunye Jai'' {{ISBN|978-81-7079-528-5}}<br />
* ''Jaabar Belay'' {{ISBN|978-81-7267-066-5}}<br />
* ''Mathar Opor Chhad''<br />
* ''Patabhumi'' {{ISBN|978-81-7612-637-3}}<br />
* ''Rasabati'' {{ISBN|978-81-7612-637-3}}<br />
* ''Ek Bag Sankar'' (collection) {{ISBN|978-81-7079-091-4}}<br />
* ''Kamana Basana'' {{ISBN|978-81-7079-978-8}}<br />
* ''Sonar Sangsar''<br />
* ''Chhayachhabi'' (collection)<br />
* ''Muktir Swad''<br />
* ''Subarno Sujog''<br />
* ''ABCD''<br />
* ''Charan Chhunye Jai(Vol 2)'' {{ISBN|978-81-7612-888-9}}<br />
* ''Bittabasana''<br />
* '' Eka eka ekashi ''<br />
* '' Rup tapos ''<br />
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===Works in translation===<br />
*''Chowringhee'' translated by Arunava Sinha into English {{ISBN|978-0-14-310103-1}} and {{ISBN|978-1-84354-913-0}}. Translation is pending into Italian. In 2013 the novel has been translated into French by Dr Philippe Benoit, sanskritist and head of Bengali department of Paris National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilizations (INALCO), published by Gallimard house.<br />
*''The Middleman'' translated by Arunava Sinha from "Jana Aranya" into English {{ISBN|978-0-14-306671-2}}.<br />
*''The Great Unknown'' translated by Soma Das from "Kato ajanare" into English {{ISBN|978-0-670-08443-2}}.<br />
*''Thackeray Mansion'' translated by [[Sandipan Deb]] from "Gharer Madhye Ghar" into English {{ISBN|978-0-143-42006-4}}.<br />
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==Screen adaptations==<br />
*Many of Sankar's works have been made into films. Some notable ones are - ''[[Chowringhee (film)|Chowringhee]]'', ''[[Jana Aranya]]'' and ''[[Seemabaddha]]'', out of which the last two were directed by [[Satyajit Ray]] .<br />
*In 1959 [[Ritwik Ghatak]] started making a film [[Kato Ajanare (film)|Kato Ajanare]] based on Sankar's first novel.<ref name="Ghatak(India)2000">{{cite book|author1=Ritwikkumar Ghatak|author2=Ritwik Memorial Trust (India)|title=Rows and rows of fences: Ritwik Ghatak on cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yfNkAAAAMAAJ|access-date=1 July 2012|date=1 December 2000|publisher=Seagull Books|isbn=978-81-7046-178-4}}</ref><br />
* His novel, Man Samman, was turned into a film by Basu Chatterjee, Sheesha (1986), starring Mithun Chakraborty, Moonmoon Sen and Mallika Sarabhai.<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Nrisingha Prasad Bhaduri]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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===Citations===<br />
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===Sources===<br />
* '' [http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/i-am-happy-i-had-a-ticket-to-ride-in-the-50s-novelist-sankar-interview_10087186.html I am happy I had a ticket to ride in the 50s: novelist Sankar]'' Indo-Asian News Service, 22 August 2008<br />
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