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{{short description|Indian author writing in Bengali (born 1983)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Shamik Ghosh
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| birth_date = 16 January 1983
| birth_place = [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]
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| known = Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar Awardee Bengali Writer
| occupation = Writer
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| citizenship = Indian
| nationality = Indian
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| awards = ''[[Yuva Puraskar]] 2017 ''<br/>
''[[Ila Chanda Smriti Puraskar]] 2017''<br/>
''[[Somen Chanda Smriti Smarok]] 2019"
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'''Shamik Ghosh''' ({{lang-bn|শমীক ঘোষ}} born 16 January 1983)<ref>{{cite book|last1=Ghosh|first1=Shamik|title=Elvis O Amolasundari|publisher=Sopan|isbn=9789382433750}}</ref> is an Indian author<ref>{{cite news |title=Bengali is the language for Harvill Secker Young Translators' Prize 2018 |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/pti-feed/story/bengali-is-the-language-for-harvill-secker-young-translators-prize-2018-1290236-2018-07-19 |access-date=20 July 2018 |agency=PTI |publisher=India Today |date=19 July 2018}}</ref> writing in [[Bengali language|Bengali]]. He has won the prestigious [[Sahitya Akademi]] Yuva Puraskar (Indian National Academy of Letter's Youth Prize) in 2017 in Bengali for his debut short story collection "Elvis O Amolasundari"<ref>{{cite web|title=Sahitya Akademi|url=http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/pdf/yuvapuraskar-announced-2017.pdf|website=Sahitya Akademi|ref=http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/pdf/yuvapuraskar-announced-2017.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Literary award for 24 young writers |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/chandigarh/literary-award-for-24-young-writers/517725.html |access-date=20 July 2018 |work=The Tribune |date=23 December 2017}}</ref> His shorty 'Half Timer Pawre' from the collection was selected by [[Hervill Secker]], an imprint of [[Vintage]], [[Penguin Random House]], U.K for the Harvill Secker Young Translators’ Prize 2018.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bengali announced as the language for Harvill Secker Young Translators' Prize 2018 |url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.co.uk/media/news/2018/july/bengali-announced-as-the-language-for-harvill-secker-young-trans/ |website=Penguin Random House, UK |access-date=13 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Harvill Secker Young Translators' Prize |url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.co.uk/publishers/vintage/harvill-secker/#paragraph2_box_0 |website=Penguin Random House, UK |access-date=13 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Bengali the chosen language for Harvill Secker Translators' Prize 2018 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/books/features/bengali-the-chosen-language-for-harvill-secker-translators-prize-2018/articleshow/65019652.cms |access-date=20 July 2018 |agency=Times News Network |publisher=Times of India |date=17 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Bengali is the language for Harvill Secker Young Translators' Prize 2018 |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/bengali-is-the-language-for-harvill-secker-young-translators-prize-2018-118071900705_1.html |access-date=20 July 2018 |agency=PTI |publisher=Business Standard |date=19 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Bengali Named Language For 2018 Harvill Secker Translators Prize |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/bengali-named-language-for-2018-harvill-secker-translators-prize-1885445 |access-date=20 July 2018 |agency=PTI |publisher=NDTV |date=18 July 2018}}</ref> The story was published in [[Granta]] online<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://granta.com/after-half-time/|title=After Half-Time|date=2018-09-28|work=Granta Magazine|access-date=2018-09-28|language=en-US}}</ref> He has been awarded the Ila Chanda Smriti Puraskar by the oldest literary Institution of India, [[Bangiya Sahitya Parishad]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Gateway Litfest|url=http://gatewaylitfest.com/shamk-ghosh/|website=Gateway Litfest|ref=http://gatewaylitfest.com/shamk-ghosh/}}</ref> and Somen Chanda Smriti Smarok by West Bengal Bengali Academy in 2019.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thewall.in/news-little-magazine-fair-at-saltlake-kolkata/|title=বিন্দুতে সিন্ধুর স্বাদ : লিটল ম্যাগাজিন মেলা|work=The Wall|access-date=1983-01-16}}</ref>

== Early life==

Shamik Ghosh was born in Kolkata, West Bengal India to University Professor father Alok Kumar Ghosh and mother Dipika Ghosh.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Ghosh|first1=Shamik|title=Elvis O Amolasundari|publisher=Sopan|isbn=9789382433750}}</ref> His family moved from Jessore of present day Bangladesh during the Partition of India. Shamik spent his early childhood in a mixed locality surrounded by slums and befriended slum children. He studied in one of the best schools of Kolkata, [[South Point High School (India)|South Point High School]] and as such was exposed to people from varied sections of the society from an early age.<ref>{{cite web|title=Interview|url=http://www.galpopath.com/2017/10/blog-post_41.html|website=Galpopath.com}}</ref>

Shamik did his undergraduate studies in Physics from Calcutta University. He was involved in politics in his university days.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Ghosh|first1=Shamik|title=Jani Chhai Likhi. Tobu Likhi. Besh Kori Likhi|journal=Kotha Sopan|date=September 2017|issue=Sharadiya 1422|pages=132–133}}</ref> His debut short story Ghola was published in prestigious Bengali Literary Magazine ''[[Desh (magazine)|Desh]]'' at this time.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Ghosh|first1=Shamik|title=Elvis O Amolasundari|publisher=Sopan|isbn=9789382433750}}</ref>

After graduation, Shamik joined a Private Sector Bank in Kolkata. After a small stint he moved and joined another PSU Bank and was posted in Ahmedabad and then went to Mumbai in the Corporate Strategy and Communication Department of the same Bank. As a Corporate Communication professional he had access to the upper reaches of Mumbai and yet, the trains he traveled on, journeyed through some of the poorest urban areas of India. He decided to take up writing once again. His second short story, a decade after the first, got published in a Bengali daily. In 2014, Shamik left his job and returned to Kolkata to concentrate on writing and film-making.<ref>{{cite web|title=Gateway Litfest|url=http://gatewaylitfest.com/shamk-ghosh/|website=Gateway Litfest}}</ref>

==Literary style==
The writing of Shamik Ghosh is characterized by short sentences, vividly visual description and continuous changes of time and space. Some argue that he delves into postmodern fiction.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Sarkar|first1=Sarbajit|title=Truffaut er Lekha Bangla Golpo|url=https://abahamanfourthissue.blogspot.in/2018/03/blog-post_60.html|website=Abahaman|access-date=24 March 2018}}</ref> He doesn't believe in the normal interpretation of reality and wants to bend reality to reveal unseen elements of our own hidden self. He speaks about loners in the society, each unique with a distinct marginality.<ref>{{cite web|title=Elvis O Amolasundari|url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32194871|website=www.goodreads.com/|access-date=24 March 2018}}</ref>

==See also==

* [[List of Bengali-language authors (alphabetical)]]
* [[List of Yuva Puraskar winners for Bengali]]

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