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	\| spouse = Pratima Ghosh (''[[Birth name\|née]]'' Biswas)<ref>{{cite web \| url=https://bangla.hindustantimes.com/bengal/kolkata/shankha-ghosh-s-wife-pratima-ghosh-passes-away-was-infected-with-covid19-31619668088415.html \| title=প্ৰয়াত শঙ্খ ঘোষেৰ স্ত্ৰী, কবিৰ প্ৰয়াণেৰ ৮ দিনেৰ মাথায় জীবনাবসান প্ৰতিমাদেবীৰ \| publisher=bangla.hindustantimes.com \| date=29 Apr 2021 \| access-date=30 April 2021}}</ref>		\| spouse = Pratima Ghosh (''[[Birth name\|née]]'' Biswas)<ref>{{cite web \| url=https://bangla.hindustantimes.com/bengal/kolkata/shankha-ghosh-s-wife-pratima-ghosh-passes-away-was-infected-with-covid19-31619668088415.html \| title=প্ৰয়াত শঙ্খ ঘোষেৰ স্ত্ৰী, কবিৰ প্ৰয়াণেৰ ৮ দিনেৰ মাথায় জীবনাবসান প্ৰতিমাদেবীৰ \| publisher=bangla.hindustantimes.com \| date=29 Apr 2021 \| access-date=30 April 2021}}</ref>
	\| awards = [[Padma Bhushan]] (2011)<br />[[Jnanpith Award]] (2016)<br />[[Sahitya Akademi Award]] (1977)		\| awards = [[Padma Bhushan]] (2011)<br />[[Jnanpith Award]] (2016)<br />[[Sahitya Akademi Award]] (1977)<br />[[SahityaBramha Award]] (2015) [[World Forum for Journalists and Writers, Kolkata]]
	\| alma_mater = [[University of Calcutta]]		\| alma_mater = [[University of Calcutta]]
	\| signature = শঙ্খ ঘোষের স্বাক্ষর.jpg		\| signature = শঙ্খ ঘোষের স্বাক্ষর.jpg
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	Ghosh taught at many educational institutions, including [[Bangabasi College]], [[City College, Kolkata\|City College]] (all affiliated to the University of Calcutta) and at [[Jadavpur University]], [[Jangipur College]], [[Berhampore Girls' College]] all in [[Kolkata]] and [[West Bengal]]. He retired from Jadavpur University in 1992. In 1967, he participated in the International Writing Program's Fall Residency at the [[University of Iowa]] in [[Iowa City, Iowa\|Iowa City, IA]]. He also taught at [[Delhi University]], the [[Indian Institute of Advanced Studies]] at [[Shimla]], and at the [[Visva-Bharati University]]. He won many awards including [[Jnanpith Award\|Jnanpith]] Award in 2016. His pen name was ''Kuntak''.<ref name="JP16">{{cite news\|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-acclaimed-bengali-poet-shankha-ghosh-to-get-2016-jnanpith-award-2285768\|title=Acclaimed Bengali poet Shankha Ghosh to get 2016 Jnanpith Award\|date=23 December 2016\|newspaper=Daily News Analysis\|access-date=23 December 2016\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161223115010/http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-acclaimed-bengali-poet-shankha-ghosh-to-get-2016-jnanpith-award-2285768\|archive-date=23 December 2016\|url-status=live\|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Among the most respected names in contemporary Bengali literature, Ghosh was one of the ‘[[Pandava\|Pancha Pandavas]]’— along with [[Shakti Chattopadhyay]], [[Sunil Gangopadhyay]], [[Binoy Majumdar]] and [[Utpal Kumar Basu]] — who gave a new identity to the Bengali literary world.		Ghosh taught at many educational institutions, including [[Bangabasi College]], [[City College, Kolkata\|City College]] (all affiliated to the University of Calcutta) and at [[Jadavpur University]], [[Jangipur College]], [[Berhampore Girls' College]] all in [[Kolkata]] and [[West Bengal]]. He retired from Jadavpur University in 1992. In 1967, he participated in the International Writing Program's Fall Residency at the [[University of Iowa]] in [[Iowa City, Iowa\|Iowa City, IA]]. He also taught at [[Delhi University]], the [[Indian Institute of Advanced Studies]] at [[Shimla]], and at the [[Visva-Bharati University]]. He won many awards including [[Jnanpith Award\|Jnanpith]] Award in 2016. His pen name was ''Kuntak''.<ref name="JP16">{{cite news\|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-acclaimed-bengali-poet-shankha-ghosh-to-get-2016-jnanpith-award-2285768\|title=Acclaimed Bengali poet Shankha Ghosh to get 2016 Jnanpith Award\|date=23 December 2016\|newspaper=Daily News Analysis\|access-date=23 December 2016\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161223115010/http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-acclaimed-bengali-poet-shankha-ghosh-to-get-2016-jnanpith-award-2285768\|archive-date=23 December 2016\|url-status=live\|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Among the most respected names in contemporary Bengali literature, Ghosh was one of the ‘[[Pandava\|Pancha Pandavas]]’— along with [[Shakti Chattopadhyay]], [[Sunil Gangopadhyay]], [[Binoy Majumdar]] and [[Utpal Kumar Basu]] — who gave a new identity to the Bengali literary world.

	Ghosh tested positive for COVID-19 on 14 April 2021. Later he suffered from several comorbidities and died on 21 April 2021 at 11:30 am at his house in [[Kolkata]].<ref>{{Cite web\|last1=KolkataApril 21\|first1=India Today Web Desk\|last2=April 21\|first2=2021UPDATED\|last3=Ist\|first3=2021 13:00\|title=Celebrated Bengali poet Sankha Ghosh dies of Covid at 89 in Kolkata\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/lifestyle/people/story/celebrated-bengali-poet-sankha-ghosh-dies-of-covid-at-89-in-kolkata-1793361-2021-04-21\|access-date=21 April 2021\|website=India Today\|language=en}}</ref><ref>https://frontline.thehindu.com/dispatches/legendary-bengali-poet-shankha-ghosh-dies-of-covid/article34379343.ece</ref><ref>{{cite news \|last1=Atri \|first1=Mitra \|title=Bengali poet Shankha Ghosh passes away due to Covid-19 complications \|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/books-and-literature/noted-poet-and-critic-shankha-ghosh-passes-away-at-the-age-of-89-7282715/ \|work=The Indian Express \|date=21 April 2021 \|language=en}}</ref>		Ghosh tested positive for COVID-19 on 14 April 2021. Later he suffered from several comorbidities and died on 21 April 2021 at 11:30 am at his house in [[Kolkata]].<ref>{{Cite web\|last1=KolkataApril 21\|first1=India Today Web Desk\|last2=April 21\|first2=2021UPDATED\|last3=Ist\|first3=2021 13:00\|title=Celebrated Bengali poet Sankha Ghosh dies of Covid at 89 in Kolkata\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/lifestyle/people/story/celebrated-bengali-poet-sankha-ghosh-dies-of-covid-at-89-in-kolkata-1793361-2021-04-21\|access-date=21 April 2021\|website=India Today\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/dispatches/legendary-bengali-poet-shankha-ghosh-dies-of-covid/article34379343.ece\|title = Legendary Bengali poet Shankha Ghosh dies of COVID}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|last1=Atri \|first1=Mitra \|title=Bengali poet Shankha Ghosh passes away due to Covid-19 complications \|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/books-and-literature/noted-poet-and-critic-shankha-ghosh-passes-away-at-the-age-of-89-7282715/ \|work=The Indian Express \|date=21 April 2021 \|language=en}}</ref>

	==Poems==		==Poems==

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{{Short description|Indian poet}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2018}}
{{infobox person
| name = Shankha Ghosh
| image = Sankha Ghosh - Kolkata 2011-05-09 3039.JPG
| caption = Ghosh in 2011
| birth_name = Chittapriyo Ghosh
| birth_date = {{birth date |1932|02|05|}}
| birth_place = [[Chandpur District|Chandpur]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{death date and age |2021|4|21 |1932|02|05|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Kolkata, West Bengal]], India
| known_for = Bengali Literature
| title = Poet
| spouse = Pratima Ghosh (''[[Birth name|née]]'' Biswas)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://bangla.hindustantimes.com/bengal/kolkata/shankha-ghosh-s-wife-pratima-ghosh-passes-away-was-infected-with-covid19-31619668088415.html | title=প্ৰয়াত শঙ্খ ঘোষেৰ স্ত্ৰী, কবিৰ প্ৰয়াণেৰ ৮ দিনেৰ মাথায় জীবনাবসান প্ৰতিমাদেবীৰ | publisher=bangla.hindustantimes.com | date=29 Apr 2021 | access-date=30 April 2021}}</ref>
| awards = [[Padma Bhushan]] (2011)<br />[[Jnanpith Award]] (2016)<br />[[Sahitya Akademi Award]] (1977)
| alma_mater = [[University of Calcutta]]
| signature = শঙ্খ ঘোষের স্বাক্ষর.jpg
}}
'''Shankha Ghosh''' (born: Chittapriyo Ghosh; 5 February 1932 – 21 April 2021)<ref name="Kabira1986">{{cite book|author=Pharida Kabira|title=Pañcāsa Bacharera Premera Kabitā: Bāṃlādeśa O Paścimabāṃlāra Kabitāra Panḍulipi Saṃkalana|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YndjAAAAMAAJ|year=1986|publisher=Signorinā|page=82|language=bn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://parabaas.com/translation/database/authors/texts/sankhaghosh.html|title=Sankha Ghosh - Biographical Sketch [Parabaas Translation]|last=Inc.|first=Parabaas|website=parabaas.com|access-date=5 January 2017}}</ref> was an Indian poet and critic.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.loc.gov/acq/ovop/delhi/salrp/sankhaghosh.html|title = Sankha Ghosh, 1932- |publisher = Library of Congress, New Delhi Office |date=11 January 2016 |access-date=24 December 2016}}</ref>

Ghosh got his undergraduate degree in Arts in [[Bengali language]] from the [[Presidency College, Kolkata]], [[Kolkata]] in 1951 and subsequently his master's degree from the [[University of Calcutta]] in the year 1954.

== Career ==
Ghosh taught at many educational institutions, including [[Bangabasi College]], [[City College, Kolkata|City College]] (all affiliated to the University of Calcutta) and at [[Jadavpur University]], [[Jangipur College]], [[Berhampore Girls' College]] all in [[Kolkata]] and [[West Bengal]]. He retired from Jadavpur University in 1992. In 1967, he participated in the International Writing Program's Fall Residency at the [[University of Iowa]] in [[Iowa City, Iowa|Iowa City, IA]]. He also taught at [[Delhi University]], the [[Indian Institute of Advanced Studies]] at [[Shimla]], and at the [[Visva-Bharati University]]. He won many awards including [[Jnanpith Award|Jnanpith]] Award in 2016. His pen name was ''Kuntak''.<ref name="JP16">{{cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-acclaimed-bengali-poet-shankha-ghosh-to-get-2016-jnanpith-award-2285768|title=Acclaimed Bengali poet Shankha Ghosh to get 2016 Jnanpith Award|date=23 December 2016|newspaper=Daily News Analysis|access-date=23 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161223115010/http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-acclaimed-bengali-poet-shankha-ghosh-to-get-2016-jnanpith-award-2285768|archive-date=23 December 2016|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Among the most respected names in contemporary Bengali literature, Ghosh was one of the ‘[[Pandava|Pancha Pandavas]]’— along with [[Shakti Chattopadhyay]], [[Sunil Gangopadhyay]], [[Binoy Majumdar]] and [[Utpal Kumar Basu]] — who gave a new identity to the Bengali literary world.

Ghosh tested positive for COVID-19 on 14 April 2021. Later he suffered from several comorbidities and died on 21 April 2021 at 11:30 am at his house in [[Kolkata]].<ref>{{Cite web|last1=KolkataApril 21|first1=India Today Web Desk|last2=April 21|first2=2021UPDATED|last3=Ist|first3=2021 13:00|title=Celebrated Bengali poet Sankha Ghosh dies of Covid at 89 in Kolkata|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/lifestyle/people/story/celebrated-bengali-poet-sankha-ghosh-dies-of-covid-at-89-in-kolkata-1793361-2021-04-21|access-date=21 April 2021|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref><ref>https://frontline.thehindu.com/dispatches/legendary-bengali-poet-shankha-ghosh-dies-of-covid/article34379343.ece</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Atri |first1=Mitra |title=Bengali poet Shankha Ghosh passes away due to Covid-19 complications |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/books-and-literature/noted-poet-and-critic-shankha-ghosh-passes-away-at-the-age-of-89-7282715/ |work=The Indian Express |date=21 April 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

==Poems==
* {{transl|bn|Dinguli Raatguli}} (First Story)
* {{transl|bn|Nihito Patal Saya}}
* {{transl|bn|Pajore Darer Sabdo}}
* {{transl|bn|Jol e Pasan hoye ache}}
* {{transl|bn|Dhum legeche rith kamole}}
* {{transl|bn|Gota desh jora joughar}}
* {{transl|bn|Proti prosne kepe othe vite}}
* {{transl|bn|Hashi khushi mukhe sarbonash}}
* {{transl|bn|Adim lata-gulmomay}} (Ancient vines and trees)
* {{transl|bn|Murkha baro, samajik nay}} (Big fool, not social)
* {{transl|bn|Kabir abhipray}} (The poet's intention)
* {{transl|bn|Mukh dheke jay bigyapane}} (Faces are hidden by advertisements)
* {{transl|bn|Babarer prarthana}} (Babur's prayer)
* ''[[The Neel Manush Series]] (Story of the blue giant)''

==Awards==
* Narsingh Das Puraskar (1977, for Murkha baro, samajik nay)<ref name="aa">{{cite news |title=Bengali poet Shankha Ghosh chosen for Jnanpith Award |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/bengali-poet-shankha-ghosh-chosen-for-jnanpith-award/story-ddIcYgm4Il8iwJrcAa62ZK.html |work=Hindustan Times |date=23 December 2016 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Sahitya Akademi]] Award (1977, for Baabarer praarthanaa)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/awards/anuvad_samman_suchi.jsp|title=Sahitya: Akademi Awards|website=sahitya-akademi.gov.in|access-date=4 January 2017}}</ref>
* [[Rabindra Puraskar]] (1989, for Dhum legechhe hrit kamale)<ref name="aa"/>
* [[Saraswati Samman]] for his anthology ''Gandharba Kabitaguccha''<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://www.tribuneindia.com/1999/99feb07/nation.htm#5
|title = Saraswati Samman for Shankha Ghosh
|work=The Tribune
|date=6 February 1999
|access-date=26 October 2008
}}</ref>
* [[Sahitya Akademi]] Award for translation of [[Taledanda]] (Kannada) Play into Bengali named ''Raktakalyan'' (1999)<ref name=":0" />
* Desikottam by [[Visva-Bharati]] (1999)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kumar |first1=Kuldeep |title=Shankha Ghosh: A gifted and sensitive writer |url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/books-authors/shankha-ghosh-a-gifted-and-sensitive-writer/article25733280.ece |work=The Hindu |date=14 December 2018 |language=en-IN}}</ref>
* [[D.Litt.]] by [[Vidyasagar University]] (2010)
* [[Padma Bhushan]] by the [[Government of India]] (2011)
* Hall of Fame Lifetime Achievement "Sahityabrahma" Award by the World Forum for Journalists and Writers (WFJW) (2015)
* [[D.Litt.]] by [[Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology]], [[Shibpur]], India (2015)
*[[Jnanpith Award]] by the Government of India (2016)<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Jnanpith-award-for-veteran-poet-Shankha-Ghosh/articleshow/56146837.cms
|title = Jnanpith award for veteran poet Shankha Ghosh
|work=The Times of India |date=24 December 2016
|access-date=24 December 2016
}}</ref>

==References==
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