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{{Short description|Indian Bengali poet (1931–2021)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}}
{{Infobox writer
| name = Sarat Kumar Mukhopadhay
| image =
| native_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1931|08|15|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Puri]], [[Bihar and Orissa Province]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2021|12|21|1931|08|15|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Kolkata, West Bengal]], India
| occupation = Writer, poet, author
|nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]]
|alma_mater =[[University of Calcutta]]
|movement = [[Krittibas (magazine)|Krittibas]]
| awards = [[Sahitya Academy Award]] (2008)
}}
'''Sarat Kumar Mukhopadhyay''' (15 August 1931 – 21 December 2021) was an Indian [[Bengalis|Bengali]] poet, translator and novelist.

==Life and career==
Sarat Kumar Mukhopadhyay was born in [[Puri]], [[Bihar and Orissa Province]] ([[British India]]), on 15 August 1931. He graduated from the [[University of Calcutta|Calcutta University]] and became a [[Chartered Accountant]] from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India ([[ICAI]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.icai.org/ |title=Home |website=icai.org}}</ref>). He continued with his professional studies and became a holder of the [[Company Secretary]] certificate from the Institute of Company Secretaries of India ([[Institute of Company Secretaries of India|ICSI]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.icsi.edu/home | title=ICSI - Home }}</ref>). He took a break from his working life and went on to study management from the [[British Institute of Management]] in [[Glasgow]] (United Kingdom). His first book of poetry, ''Sonar Harin'' (The Golden Deer) was published in 1957.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Dutt|first=Kartik Chandra|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QA1V7sICaIwC&dq=Sarat+Kumar+Mukhopadhyay&pg=PA809|title=Who's who of Indian Writers, 1999: A-M|date=1999|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-0873-5|language=en}}</ref> He was one of the four post-Modernist legendary poets of [[Krittibas (magazine)|Krittibas]] magazine of [[Kolkata]].<ref>{{Cite web|title='মধ্যরাতে কলকাতা শাসন' শেষ, চলে গেলেন সুনীল-শক্তির সতীর্থ শরৎকুমার মুখোপাধ্যায়|url=https://www.sangbadpratidin.in/entertainment/event/renowned-poet-sarath-kumar-mukhopadhyay-passed-away/|access-date=21 December 2021|website=Sangbad Pratidin|language=bn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=21 December 2021|title=Sarat Kumar Mukherjee: শীতেই শরৎ-এর অবসান! প্রয়াত চিরসংযত ও চিরপ্রস্তুত এক কবি|url=https://zeenews.india.com/bengali/kolkata/eminent-bengali-poet-sarat-mukherjee-dies-at-90_416187.html|access-date=21 December 2021|website=Zee24Ghanta.com|language=bn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Roy|first=Arunava Raha|date=21 December 2021|title=কবি শরৎকুমার মুখোপাধ্যায় প্রয়াত|url=https://bangla.hindustantimes.com/bengal/saratkumar-mukhopadhyay-pass-away-31640062971230.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211221064743/https://bangla.hindustantimes.com/bengal/saratkumar-mukhopadhyay-pass-away-31640062971230.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 December 2021|access-date=21 December 2021|website=Hindustantimes Bangla|language=bn}}</ref> His first novel ''Sahabas'' was published in the [[Desh (magazine)|Desh]] and at that time the novel created a lot of controversy among the readers about wife-swapping. He worked as a counsellor in the Creative Writing Programme of the [[Indira Gandhi National Open University]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sarat Kumar Mukhopadhyay Archives|url=https://books.katha.org/book-author/sarat-kumar-mukhopadhyay/|access-date=21 December 2021|website=Katha Books|language=en-US}}</ref> In 2008 Mukhopadhyay received the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for his book ''Ghumer Borir Moto Chand''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=..:: SAHITYA : Akademi Awards ::..|url=http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/awards/akademi%20samman_suchi.jsp|access-date=21 December 2021|website=sahitya-akademi.gov.in}}</ref> An anthology of his poems was translated to English by Robert McNamara as The Cat Under the Stairs.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|title=Eminent Bengali poet Sarat Mukherjee dies at age 90|work=[[Press Trust of India]]|url=http://www.ptinews.com/news/12986662_Eminent-Bengali-poet-Sarat-Mukherjee-dies-at-age-90.html}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Robert McNamara|url=https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/robert_mcnamara|access-date=21 December 2021|website=Poets & Writers|date=18 October 1988 |language=en}}</ref> He died of a cardiac arrest in the early hours of 21 December 2021, at the age of 90.<ref name=":0"/>

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