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Sasthibrata lived a checkered life. After his literary career, he had worked as a salesman for air conditioners, a lavatory attendant, a postman, a kitchen porter, to supplement his pension.<ref name=TT>[http://www.telegraphindia.com/1160227/jsp/opinion/story_71509.jsp#.VtG-jPl97IU Rebel at seventy-one - Eternal quest of a thinking mind]</ref> He died in 2015 at the age of 75. | Sasthibrata lived a checkered life. After his literary career, he had worked as a salesman for air conditioners, a lavatory attendant, a postman, a kitchen porter, to supplement his pension.<ref name=TT>[http://www.telegraphindia.com/1160227/jsp/opinion/story_71509.jsp#.VtG-jPl97IU Rebel at seventy-one - Eternal quest of a thinking mind]</ref> He died in 2015 at the age of 75. | ||
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* ''My God Died Young'' | * ''My God Died Young'' | ||
* ''Confessions of an Indian Woman Eater'' | * ''Confessions of an Indian Woman Eater'' | ||
Latest revision as of 16:58, 18 September 2021
Sasthibrata Chakravarti (1939–2015), known as Sasthi Brata, was a British-Indian Indo-Anglian writer of fiction. He is best known for his best selling novel Confessions of an Indian Woman Eater.
Early life and education[edit]
Sasthibrata was educated at Calcutta Boys' School, Kolkata and then at Presidency College, Kolkata, then affiliated with the University of Calcutta.[1][2][3]
Post literary career[edit]
Sasthibrata lived a checkered life. After his literary career, he had worked as a salesman for air conditioners, a lavatory attendant, a postman, a kitchen porter, to supplement his pension.[4] He died in 2015 at the age of 75.
Bibliography[edit]
- My God Died Young
- Confessions of an Indian Woman Eater
- India: Labyrinths in the Lotus Land
- Traitor to India: A search for home
- India: The Perpetual Paradox
References[edit]
- ↑ "Seven types of Calcutta". The Telegraph. 21 December 2008. Retrieved 8 April 2010.
- ↑ COMANS, GRACE P (3 November 1968). "His World Divided". Hartford Courant. 3 November 1968. Retrieved 8 April 2010.
- ↑ "Sasthi Brata Biography". biography.jrank.org. Retrieved 8 April 2010.
- ↑ Rebel at seventy-one - Eternal quest of a thinking mind