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Shakti Chattopadhyay
Shakti Chattopadhyay
	Shakti Chattopadhyay
Born	25 November 1933; Jaynagar Majilpur, Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died	23 March 1995 (aged 61); Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Pen name	Sphulinga Samaddar
Occupation	Poet
Language	Bengali
Nationality	Indian
Period	1961–1995
Literary movement	Hungry movement, Krittibas
Notable works	Abani Bari Achho; Jete Pari Kintu Keno Jabo
Notable awards	Ananda Puraskar; Sahitya Akademi Award

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Shakti Chattopadhyay (25 November 1933 – 23 March 1995) was an Indian poet and writer who wrote in Bengali.^[5] He is known for his realistic depictions of rural life. He was a green poet, many of his poems raised the issue of nature in crisis. Through his poems he urged to protect Mother Nature and plant trees.^[6]

The huge surprise and controversy surrounding his poetry have repeatedly moved the readers. The omnipotent humanity of the American Beatniks moved him at one time.

Early life[edit | edit source]

Shakti Chattopadhyay was born in Jaynagar Majilpur, to Bamanath Chattopadhyay and Kamala Devi. He lost his father at the age of four and was brought up by his maternal grandfather. He passed Matriculation Examination in 1951 and got admitted to the City College to study commerce as his maternal uncle, who was a businessman and also his guardian, promised him a job of an accountant. In 1953, he passed Intermediate Commerce Examination, but gave up studying commerce and got admitted to the Presidency College (now Presidency University, Kolkata) with Honours in Bengali literature but he did not appear in the examination.

Shakti Chattopadhyay worked with Ananda Bazar Patrika from 1970 to 1994, and was a visiting professor at Visva Bharati University after his retirement.^[7]

Literature career[edit | edit source]

He started writing novels to make a living from literature. Kuyotala was his first novel. His first collection of poems, Hey prem, Hey naishyabda (O love, O silence), published in 1956. Abani Bari Achho is a poem by Shakti Chattopadhyay. It is included in his seminal early collection Dhôrmeo achho jirafeo achho published in 1965.^[8] He also published 10 novels, several collections of travel writing, a collection of essays and Bengali translations.

Notable works[edit | edit source]

Kuyotala
Hey prem, Hey naishyabda (O love, O silence)
Jwalanta Rumal
Āmāke jāgāo
Dhôrmeo achho jirafeo achho : Abani Bari Achho
Jete Pari Kintu Keno Jabo
Padyasamagra
Sakale pratyeke ekā
Kabira galpa
Agranthita padya
Sandhyāra se-śānta upahāra
Jongole Pahare
Amar Rabindranath

Awards[edit | edit source]

Ananda Puraskar
Sahitya Akademi Award^[9]

References[edit | edit source]

↑ Sengupta, Samir (2005). Shakti Chattopadhyay. Makers of Indian Literature (1st ed.). New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi. p. 5. ISBN 978-81-260-2003-4.
↑ Akademi Bidyarthi Bangla Abhidhan [Akademi Students' Bengali Dictionary] (in Bengali) (2nd ed.). Kolkata: Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi. 2009 [1999]. p. 875. ISBN 978-81-86908-96-9.
↑ Sengupta, Samir (2005). Shakti Chattopadhyay. p. 93
↑ Sengupta, Samir (2005). Shakti Chattopadhyay. p. 94
↑ "Back Matter". Mahfil. 3 (4). 1966. ISSN 0025-0503.
↑ Chakrabarti, Kunal; Chakrabarti, Shubhra (2013). Historical Dictionary of the Bengalis. Historical Dictionaries of Peoples and Cultures. Lanham: Scarecrow Press. pp. 127–128. ISBN 978-0-8108-5334-8.
↑ Historical Dictionary of the Bengalis. Scarecrow Press, USA. 22 August 2013. ISBN 9780810880245. Retrieved 2 September 2019. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
↑ "Poem: Abani, Are You Home by Shakti Chattopadhay".
↑ "Shakti Chattopadhyay: An iconoclastic poet of Bengal and Sahitya Akademi award winner". India Today. 15 March 1984. Retrieved 15 June 2025.

External links[edit | edit source]

https://www.anandabazar.com/topic/shakti-chattopadhyay

[1] Sengupta, Samir (2005). Shakti Chattopadhyay. Makers of Indian Literature (1st ed.). New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi. p. 5. ISBN 978-81-260-2003-4.

[2] Akademi Bidyarthi Bangla Abhidhan [Akademi Students' Bengali Dictionary] (in Bengali) (2nd ed.). Kolkata: Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi. 2009 [1999]. p. 875. ISBN 978-81-86908-96-9.

[3] Sengupta, Samir (2005). Shakti Chattopadhyay. p. 93

[4] Sengupta, Samir (2005). Shakti Chattopadhyay. p. 94

[5] "Back Matter". Mahfil. 3 (4). 1966. ISSN 0025-0503.

[:0-6] Chakrabarti, Kunal; Chakrabarti, Shubhra (2013). Historical Dictionary of the Bengalis. Historical Dictionaries of Peoples and Cultures. Lanham: Scarecrow Press. pp. 127–128. ISBN 978-0-8108-5334-8.

[7] Historical Dictionary of the Bengalis. Scarecrow Press, USA. 22 August 2013. ISBN 9780810880245. Retrieved 2 September 2019. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)

[8] "Poem: Abani, Are You Home by Shakti Chattopadhay".

[9] "Shakti Chattopadhyay: An iconoclastic poet of Bengal and Sahitya Akademi award winner". India Today. 15 March 1984. Retrieved 15 June 2025.

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+'''Shakti Chattopadhyay''' (25 November 1933 – 23 March 1995) was an Indian poet and writer who wrote in [[Bengali language|Bengali]].<ref>{{Cite journal |date=1966 |title=Back Matter |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/23030809 |journal=Mahfil |volume=3 |issue=4 |issn=0025-0503}}</ref> He is known for his realistic depictions of rural life. He was a green poet, many of his poems raised the issue of nature in crisis. Through his poems he urged to protect Mother Nature and plant trees.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Chakrabarti |first=Kunal |title=Historical Dictionary of the Bengalis |last2=Chakrabarti |first2=Shubhra |date=2013 |publisher=[[Scarecrow Press]] |isbn=978-0-8108-5334-8 |series=Historical Dictionaries of Peoples and Cultures |location=Lanham |pages=127-128}}</ref>
+The huge surprise and controversy surrounding his poetry have repeatedly moved the readers. The omnipotent humanity of the American Beatniks moved him at one time.
+==Early life==
+Shakti Chattopadhyay was born in [[Jaynagar Majilpur]], to Bamanath Chattopadhyay and Kamala Devi. He lost his father at the age of four and was brought up by his maternal grandfather. He passed Matriculation Examination in 1951 and got admitted to the [[City College, Kolkata|City College]] to study commerce as his maternal uncle, who was a businessman and also his guardian, promised him a job of an accountant. In 1953, he passed Intermediate Commerce Examination, but gave up studying commerce and got admitted to the [[Presidency College, Kolkata|Presidency College]] (now [[Presidency University, Kolkata]]) with Honours in [[Bengali literature]] but he did not appear in the examination.
 Shakti Chattopadhyay worked with [[Ananda Bazar Patrika]] from 1970 to 1994, and was a visiting professor at [[Visva Bharati University]] after his retirement.<ref>{{cite book | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=QVOFAAAAQBAJ&q=Shakti+Chattopadhyay+Santiniketan&pg=PA127| title = Historical Dictionary of the Bengalis |work= Sakti Chattopadhyay, Pages 127-128| publisher =  Scarecrow Press, USA |access-date =  2 September 2019| isbn = 9780810880245 | date = 22 August 2013 }}</ref>
+==Literature career==
+He started writing novels to make a living from literature. ''Kuyotala'' was his first novel. His first collection of poems, ''Hey prem, Hey naishyabda (O love, O silence)'', published in 1956. ''[[Abani Bari Achho]]'' is a poem by Shakti Chattopadhyay. It is included in his seminal early collection ''Dhôrmeo achho jirafeo achho'' published in 1965.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.poetrynook.com/poem/abani-are-you-home | title=Poem: Abani, Are You Home by Shakti Chattopadhay }}</ref> He also published 10 novels, several collections of travel writing, a collection of essays and Bengali translations.
+==Notable works==
+*''Kuyotala''
+*''Hey prem, Hey naishyabda (O love, O silence)''
+*''Jwalanta Rumal ''
+*''Āmāke jāgāo''
+*''Dhôrmeo achho jirafeo achho'' :     ''[[Abani Bari Achho]]''
+*''Jete Pari Kintu Keno Jabo''
+*''Padyasamagra''
+*''Sakale pratyeke ekā''
+*''Kabira galpa''
+*''Agranthita padya''
+*''Sandhyāra se-śānta upahāra''
+*''Jongole Pahare''
+*''Amar Rabindranath''
+==Awards==
+*''[[Ananda Puraskar]]''
+*''[[Sahitya Akademi Award]]''<ref>{{Cite web |date=1984-03-15 |title=Shakti Chattopadhyay: An iconoclastic poet of Bengal and Sahitya Akademi award winner |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-and-the-arts/story/19840315-shakti-chattopadhyay-an-iconoclastic-poet-of-bengal-and-sahitya-akademi-award-winner-803565-1984-03-14 |access-date=2025-06-15 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref>
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+* https://www.anandabazar.com/topic/shakti-chattopadhyay

v t e Gangadhar National Award For Poetry
1991-2009	Ali Sardar Jafri (1991) Nabakanta Barua (1992) Shakti Chattopadhyay (1993) Jayanta Mahapatra (1994) Kedarnath Singh (1995) Ayyappa Paniker (1996) Sitakant Mahapatra (1997) Nirupama Kaur (1998) Vinda Karandikar (1999) Ramakanta Rath (2000) K. Satchidanandan (2001) Sankha Ghosh (2002) Sitanshu Yashaschandra (2003) Dilip Chitre (2004) Gulzar (2005) Nilmani Phookan Jr (2006) Haraprasad Das (2007) Akhlaq Mohammed Khan (2008) Surjit Patar (2009)
2010-2029	Rajendra Kishore Panda (2010) Balraj Komal (2011) Vasdev Mohi (2012) Soubhagya Kumar Misra (2013) Subodh Sarkar (2014) Leeladhar Jagudi (2015) K. Siva Reddy (2016) Chandrashekhara Kambara (2017) Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari (2018) Sheen Kaaf Nizam (2019)
(awarded by Sambalpur University)

Shakti Chattopadhyay
Shakti Chattopadhyay
Born	(1933-11-25)25 November 1933 Jaynagar Majilpur, Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India^[1]
Died	23 March 1995(1995-03-23) (aged 61) Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Pen name	Sphulinga Samaddar^[2]
Occupation	Poet
Language	Bengali
Nationality	Indian
Period	1961–1995
Literary movement	Hungry movement, Krittibas
Notable works	Abani Bari Achho Jete Pari Kintu Keno Jabo
Notable awards	Ananda Puraskar^[3] Sahitya Akademi Award^[4]