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{{short description|Bengali writer (1934-2020)}}
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| name = Sudhir Chakravarti
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1934|09|19}}
| birth_place = [[Howrah District|Shibpur]], Bengal Presidency, [[British India]]
| death_date = 15 December 2020 (aged 86)
| death_place = [[Kolkata]], West Bengal
| occupation = Literary, teacher, educator, music specialist
| language = [[Bengali language|Bengali]], India
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| alma_mater = B.A [[Krishnagar Government College]], M.A. [[University of Calcutta]], Ph.D. [[Jadavpur University]]
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{{endplainlist}} Gabhir Nirjan Pathe
Baul Fakir Katha
Ganer Lilar Sei Kinare
Sadar Mafaswal
| spouse = Nivedita Chakravarti
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| children = Sananda Chakravarti
Sreya Chakravarti
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| awards = [[Ananda Puraskar]] [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] (1985) Shiromani Award Acharya Dinesh Chandra Sen Award Narashinga Das Award Sarojini Basu Gold Medal
| signature = সুধীর চক্রবর্তীর স্বাক্ষর.pdf
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'''Sudhir Chakravarti''' (19 September 1934 – 15 December 2020) was a [[Bengalis|Bengali]] educationist and essayist. He made a vast contribution in Bengal's [[Folklore|folk culture]] development and research.

==Early life and career==
Sudhir Chakravarti or Sudhir Prasad Chakravarti was born on 19 September 1934 at Shibpur. His father's name was Ramaprasad Chakravarti and his mother Beenapani Chakravarti. He was the youngest of the nine sons of Ramaprasad. Due to the fear of the Japanese bombardings in Kolkata, Chakravarti's father had shifted to Dignagar, [[Nadia district|Nadia]], (where they had ancestral lands as Zamindars) from [[Shibpur]], [[Howrah district|Howrah]] in his childhood. After that his family came to [[Krishnanagar, Nadia]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.anandabazar.com/state/special-write-up-of-sudhir-chakraborty-1.189804|title=কোথায় গেল সে সব আশ্চর্য পড়শিরা|website=anandabazar.com|access-date=27 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=হালদার|first=সুস্মিত|title=রোজ পৌঁছতেন কাঠিবনে|url=https://www.anandabazar.com/west-bengal/memories-related-to-sudhir-chakraborty-1.1244386|access-date=2021-03-08|website=www.anandabazar.com}}</ref> Chakravarti completed his studies in Calcutta University. Chakravarti is known for his research works on [[Folk religion]], [[Lalan Fakir]] and Cultural Anthropology in [[Bengal]]. He spent 30 years researching the folk culture by traveling to different villages all over the [[West Bengal]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/their-music-inspired-tagore-bob-dylan-this-book-tells-you-all-about-bauls-of-bengal/story-OVqPMeId6Ei59BblbbEKYM.html|title=Their music inspired Tagore, Bob Dylan: This book tells you all about Bauls of Bengal|website=Hindustan Times|access-date=27 April 2018}}</ref> He was a professor of [[Bengali literature]] since 1958 to 1994, but even after retirement kept on teaching until 2011. Chakravarti worked in [[Krishnagar Government College]], guest lecturer of [[Jadavpur University]] and was also associated with the Institute of Development Studies, Kolkata. He wrote and edited more than 85 books on various subjects like music, art, folk-religion, cultural anthropology. He was the editor of Bengali literary Magazine ''Dhrubapada''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://nadia.gov.in/DICO/NOTABLEPERSONALITIES.html|title=Dr. Sudhir Chakraborty|website=nadia.gov.in|access-date=27 April 2018}}</ref> He died on 15 December 2020 in [[Kolkata]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=MP|first=Team|date=2020-12-16|title=Sahitya Akademi awardee Sudhir Chakraborty passes away|url=http://www.millenniumpost.in/kolkata/sahitya-akademi-awardee-sudhir-chakraborty-passes-away-426657|access-date=2020-12-16|website=www.millenniumpost.in|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=সংবাদদাতা|first=নিজস্ব|title=লোকসংস্কৃতি গবেষক সুধীর চক্রবর্তী প্রয়াত|url=https://www.anandabazar.com/state/researcher-of-folk-religion-and-cultural-anthropology-sudhir-chakravarti-passes-away-dgtl-1.1243879|access-date=2020-12-16|website=anandabazar.com|language=bn}}</ref>

==Works==
[[File:Sudhir Chakraborty 02.jpg|thumb|Sudhir Chakraborty]]
* ''Sahebdhoni Somproday o tader gan''
* ''Gobhir Nirjon Pothey''
* ''Baul Fakir Katha''
* ''Sadar Mafassal''
* ''Nirjan Ekaker Gan Rabindra Sangeet''
* ''Akkhaner Khoje''
* ''Bangla Flimer Gan O Satyajit Roy''
* ''Rabikararekha''
* ''Lalan''
* ''Bratyo Lokayata Lalan''
* ''Dekha Naa Dekhay Mesha''
* ''Bangla Dehatatter Gaan''
* ''Roope Barne Chhande''
* ''Nirjan Sajane''
* ''Loksamaj O Lokchitra''
* ''Nirbas''
* ''Lekha pora kore je''
* ''Bangla ganer alokporbo''
* ''Anek diner anek katha''
* ''Bolahari somproday ar tader gaan''
* ''barne barne pushpe parne''
* ''charano ei jibon''
* ''Manini rupmati kubir gosai''
* ''Gaane Gaane gaoya''
* ''Nirjon sojone''
* ''Lalon sai kubir gosai o tader 100 gaan''
* ''Shamuk jhinuk''
* ''Gaaner leelar sei kinare''
* ''Mati prithibir taane''
* ''sahityer lokayato path''
* ''Lokayoter onyo baanke''
* ''Nirbachito akhyan''
* ''Nibhrito moner chaya''
* ''Panchagramer korocha''
* ''Poschimbonger melamohotsav''
* ''Shilper khoje''
* ''Dwijendralal roy Smaran Bismaran''
* ''Along deep lonely alleys (English translation of gobhir nirjon pothe)''
* ''Elem Notun Deshe''
* ''Meghe Meghe Taray Taray''
* ''Utsabe Melay Itihase''
* ''shata Shata Geeta Mukharita''
* ''Krishnagarer Mritshilpo o Mritshilip Samaj''
* ''Shata Ganer Gan mela''
* ''Eksho Gaaner Mormo kotha''
* ''Koto ronger bokshi katha''
* ''Six volumes of Sudhir Chakravarti Rachanavali''

==Awards==
Chakravarti received the [[Ananda Purashkar]] in 2002 for his book ''Baul Fakir Katha'' and the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] 2004.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/awards/akademi%20samman_suchi.jsp|title=AKADEMI AWARDS (1955–2016)|website=sahitya-akademi.gov.in|access-date=27 April 2018}}</ref> He got the awards of Eminent Teacher from [[Calcutta University]] in 2006,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.caluniv.ac.in/about/Eminent-teacher.html|title=Recipient of Eminent Teacher Awards|access-date=27 April 2018}}</ref> Narasimha Das award Medal from [[Delhi University]] and the Dr. Sukumar Sen Gold Medal from the [[Asiatic Society]]. He has also been awarded by the Tagore research Institute the title of ''Rabindratatvacharya''.

==References==
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