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'''Annada Shankar Ray''' (15 March1904 &nbsp;– 28 October 2002) was an Indian poet and essayist in [[Bengali language|Bengali]]. He also wrote some Odia poetry.<ref>{{cite web|title=Annadashankar Roy |work=southasianmedia.net |url=http://www.southasianmedia.net/profile/Bangladesh/bangladesh_lp_literature.cfm#18h |access-date=2006-10-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060908204621/http://www.southasianmedia.net/profile/Bangladesh/bangladesh_lp_literature.cfm |archive-date=8 September 2006 }}</ref>
'''Annada Shankar Ray''' (15 March 1904 – 28 October 2002) was an Indian poet and essayist in [[Bengali language|Bengali]]. He also wrote some Odia poetry.<ref>{{cite web|title=Annadashankar Roy |work=southasianmedia.net |url=http://www.southasianmedia.net/profile/Bangladesh/bangladesh_lp_literature.cfm#18h |access-date=2006-10-24 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060908204621/http://www.southasianmedia.net/profile/Bangladesh/bangladesh_lp_literature.cfm |archive-date=8 September 2006 }}</ref>


He wrote several Bengali poems criticising the [[Partition of India]]. Most notable is "''Teler shishi bhaanglo bole khukur pare raag karo''. Among his many essays, the book ''Banglar Reneissance'' has an analytical history of the cultural and social revolution in Bengal. Ray's best known work is ''Pathe Prabaase'', a diary of his trip in Europe in 1931. He died in [[Kolkata]] on 28 October 2002.
He wrote several Bengali poems criticising the [[Partition of India]]. Most notable is "''Teler shishi bhaanglo bole khukur pare raag karo''. Among his many essays, the book ''Banglar Reneissance'' has an analytical history of the cultural and social revolution in Bengal. Ray's best known work is ''Pathe Prabaase'', a diary of his trip in Europe in 1931. He died in [[Kolkata]] on 28 October 2002.


== Family history ==
== Family history ==
This [[Bengali people|Bengali]] icon's ancestral place is Kotrung ( present-day [[Uttarpara Kotrung]] ) in the [[Hooghly district]] of [[West Bengal]]. His ancestors migrated from Kotrung to [[Balasore]] district of [[Odisha]]. His grandmother , Durgamoni , was the daughter of an aristocrat Bengali Sen family of Jajpur . Annada Shankar Ray's  father was Nimaicharan Ray  and his mother was the daughter of an aristocrat Bengali Palit family of Cuttack. Nimaicharan Ray shifted his base to [[Dhenkanal]] following a family feud.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://banglarmamatimanush.com/annada-sankar-roy-jyoti-bandyopadhyay/      |title=অন্নদাশঙ্কর রায়}}</ref>
This [[Bengali people|Bengali]] icon's ancestral place is Kotrung (present-day [[Uttarpara Kotrung]]) in the [[Hooghly district]] of [[West Bengal]]. His ancestors migrated from Kotrung to [[Balasore]] district of [[Odisha]]. His grandmother, Durgamoni, was the daughter of an aristocrat Bengali Sen family of Jajpur . Annada Shankar Ray's  father was Nimaicharan Ray  and his mother was the daughter of an aristocrat [[Kayasth]] family of Cuttack. Nimaicharan Ray shifted his base to [[Dhenkanal]] following a family feud.<ref>{{cite web       |url=https://banglarmamatimanush.com/annada-sankar-roy-jyoti-bandyopadhyay/      |title=অন্নদাশঙ্কর রায়       |access-date=4 September 2020      |archive-date=11 May 2020      |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200511133459/https://banglarmamatimanush.com/annada-sankar-roy-jyoti-bandyopadhyay/      |url-status=dead      }}</ref>


==Educational life==
==Educational life==
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==Literary career==
==Literary career==
After serving in various administrative posts, he sought voluntary retirement in 1951 to devote himself to literary pursuits. Ray was a Gandhian in politics and [[Rabindranath Tagore]] inspired his literature. His first published book was ''Tarunya'' (1928), which gave him a footing as an essayist. In 1928, his first collection of poetry named ''Rakhi'' also got published. It includes poems he composed when was in [[England]] and they are creations based on [[Romantic poetry|Romantic]] imaginations thus involving the innate bond of nature and human emotions.  His first two novels were ''Asamapika'' and ''Agun Niye Khela''. As an essayist, he was urbane and sophisticated and combined in his craft two different styles of prose, represented by Tagore and [[Pramatha Chaudhuri|Pramatha Choudhury.]] A significant breakthrough in his literary career came with the publication of Pathe Prabase, a diary of his Europe trip, in 1931. Ray also established himself as a short-story writer. His collections include ''Prakritir Parihas'' (1934), ''Man Pavan'' (1946), ''Kamini Kanchan'' (1954) and ''Katha''.
After serving in various administrative posts, he sought voluntary retirement in 1951 to devote himself to literary pursuits. Ray was a Gandhian in politics and [[Rabindranath Tagore]] inspired his literature. His first published book was ''Tarunya'' (1928), which gave him a footing as an essayist. In 1928, his first collection of poetry named ''Rakhi'' also got published. It includes poems he composed when was in [[England]] and they are creations based on [[Romantic poetry|Romantic]] imaginations thus involving the innate bond of nature and human emotions.  His first two novels were ''Asamapika'' and ''Agun Niye Khela''. As an essayist, he was urbane and sophisticated and combined in his craft two different styles of prose, represented by Tagore and [[Pramatha Chaudhurijddjdjjdkd|Pramatha Choudhury.]] A significant breakthrough in his literary career came with the publication of Pathe Prabase, a diary of his Europe trip, in 1931. Ray also established himself as a short-story writer. His collections include ''Prakritir Parihas'' (1934), ''Man Pavan'' (1946), ''Kamini Kanchan'' (1954) and ''Katha''.


A Bengali rendering of a short story by Tolstoy and an appraisal of [[Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay|Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay’s]] essay ''Narir Mulya'' marked his debut on the literary scene at the age of 16.
A Bengali rendering of a short story by Tolstoy and an appraisal of [[Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay|Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay’s]] essay ''Narir Mulya'' marked his debut on the literary scene at the age of 16.
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==Award==
==Award==
He received the Vidyasagar Smriti Award from the state government and the [[Padma Bhushan]].<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf|title=Padma Awards|date=2015|publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf|archive-date=15 November 2014|url-status=dead|access-date=21 July 2015}}</ref> He was made a fellow of the [[Sahitya Akademi]] in 1989. The [[Visva Bharati]] conferred on him the Desikottama and an honorary D.Litt. He also received the Rabindra Puraskar, the Ananda Puraskar twice and the Zaibunnisa Award of Bangladesh.
He received the Vidyasagar Smriti Award from the state government and the [[Padma Bhushan]].<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf|title=Padma Awards|date=2015|publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf|archive-date=15 October 2015|url-status=dead|access-date=21 July 2015}}</ref> He was made a fellow of the [[Sahitya Akademi]] in 1989. The [[Visva Bharati]] conferred on him the Desikottama and an honorary D.Litt. He also received the Rabindra Puraskar, the Ananda Puraskar twice and the Zaibunnisa Award of Bangladesh.


==References==
==References==
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* [http://dspace.wbpublibnet.gov.in:8080/jspui/browse?type=author&order=ASC&rpp=20&value=RAY,+ANNADA+SHANKAR Annada Shankar Ray] at the West Bengal Public Library Network
* [http://dspace.wbpublibnet.gov.in:8080/jspui/browse?type=author&order=ASC&rpp=20&value=RAY,+ANNADA+SHANKAR Annada Shankar Ray] at the West Bengal Public Library Network
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927200703/http://www.calcuttaweb.com/cgi-bin/picdispgeneral.pl?%2Fkabita%2Fteler_sisi.gif "''Teler sisi''" poem] at calcuttaweb.com  
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927200703/http://www.calcuttaweb.com/cgi-bin/picdispgeneral.pl?%2Fkabita%2Fteler_sisi.gif "''Teler sisi''" poem] at calcuttaweb.com  
* [http://www.telegraphindia.com/1021029/asp/bengal/story_1334876.asp Master of the rhyme is dead], [[The Telegraph (Kolkata)|The Telegraph]]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20021105130506/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1021029/asp/bengal/story_1334876.asp Master of the rhyme is dead], [[The Telegraph (Kolkata)|The Telegraph]]
* [https://www.andrewwhitehead.net/partition-voices-annada-sankar-ray.html Partition Voices Annada Sankar Ray], Andrew Whitehead
* [https://www.andrewwhitehead.net/partition-voices-annada-sankar-ray.html Partition Voices Annada Sankar Ray], Andrew Whitehead


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Annada Shankar Ray
Native name
অন্নদাশঙ্কর রায়
Born(1904-03-15)15 March 1904
Dhenkanal State, British India
(now in Odisha, India)
Died28 October 2002(2002-10-28) (aged 98)
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
OccupationWriter, poet, essayist
LanguageBengali, English, Odia
NationalityIndian
Notable worksPathe Prabaase, Banglar Reneissance
Notable awardsPadma Bhushan

Annada Shankar Ray (15 March 1904 – 28 October 2002) was an Indian poet and essayist in Bengali. He also wrote some Odia poetry.[1]

He wrote several Bengali poems criticising the Partition of India. Most notable is "Teler shishi bhaanglo bole khukur pare raag karo. Among his many essays, the book Banglar Reneissance has an analytical history of the cultural and social revolution in Bengal. Ray's best known work is Pathe Prabaase, a diary of his trip in Europe in 1931. He died in Kolkata on 28 October 2002.

Family history[edit | edit source]

This Bengali icon's ancestral place is Kotrung (present-day Uttarpara Kotrung) in the Hooghly district of West Bengal. His ancestors migrated from Kotrung to Balasore district of Odisha. His grandmother, Durgamoni, was the daughter of an aristocrat Bengali Sen family of Jajpur . Annada Shankar Ray's father was Nimaicharan Ray and his mother was the daughter of an aristocrat Kayasth family of Cuttack. Nimaicharan Ray shifted his base to Dhenkanal following a family feud.[2]

Educational life[edit | edit source]

Ray graduated in English from Ravenshaw College in Cuttack. He topped the list of Indian Civil Service examinees in 1927. He had failed to make the mark in the previous year, being cut off by one rank. He was the first ICS officer from the territory later forming the state of Orissa.

Literary career[edit | edit source]

After serving in various administrative posts, he sought voluntary retirement in 1951 to devote himself to literary pursuits. Ray was a Gandhian in politics and Rabindranath Tagore inspired his literature. His first published book was Tarunya (1928), which gave him a footing as an essayist. In 1928, his first collection of poetry named Rakhi also got published. It includes poems he composed when was in England and they are creations based on Romantic imaginations thus involving the innate bond of nature and human emotions. His first two novels were Asamapika and Agun Niye Khela. As an essayist, he was urbane and sophisticated and combined in his craft two different styles of prose, represented by Tagore and Pramatha Choudhury. A significant breakthrough in his literary career came with the publication of Pathe Prabase, a diary of his Europe trip, in 1931. Ray also established himself as a short-story writer. His collections include Prakritir Parihas (1934), Man Pavan (1946), Kamini Kanchan (1954) and Katha.

A Bengali rendering of a short story by Tolstoy and an appraisal of Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay’s essay Narir Mulya marked his debut on the literary scene at the age of 16.

In Oriya, the poetry "Sabita" finds place in higher studies of the language at college level, making him one of the few poets to have the distinction of getting such acclaim from two different language speaking states of India.

Works[edit | edit source]

Annadashankar Roy was a contributor of both prose and poetry.

Novels[edit | edit source]

  • Satyasatya (6 Novels)
    1. Jar Jetha Desh
    2. Oggatobash
    3. Kolonkoboti
    4. Dukkhomochon
    5. Morter Sorgo
    6. Opposaron
  • Agun Niye Khela
  • Osomapika
  • Putul Niye Khela
  • Na
  • Konna

Essays[edit | edit source]

  • Tarunno
  • Amra
  • Jibonshilpi
  • Eahara
  • Jiyonkathi
  • Deshkalpatro
  • Prottoy
  • Notun Kore Bacha
  • Adhunikota
  • Art

Autobiography[edit | edit source]

  • Binur Boi
  • Potheprobashe
  • Japane

Short story collections[edit | edit source]

  • Prokritir Porihash
  • Du Kan Kata
  • Hason Sakhi
  • Mon Pahon
  • Jouban Jala
  • Kamini Kanchon
  • Ruper Day
  • Golpo

Award[edit | edit source]

He received the Vidyasagar Smriti Award from the state government and the Padma Bhushan.[3] He was made a fellow of the Sahitya Akademi in 1989. The Visva Bharati conferred on him the Desikottama and an honorary D.Litt. He also received the Rabindra Puraskar, the Ananda Puraskar twice and the Zaibunnisa Award of Bangladesh.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Annadashankar Roy". southasianmedia.net. Archived from the original on 8 September 2006. Retrieved 24 October 2006.
  2. ↑ "অন্নদাশঙ্কর রায়". Archived from the original on 11 May 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  3. ↑ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.

External links[edit | edit source]

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