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{{Short description|Indian poet}}
{{Short description|Indian poet (1932–2021)}}
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{{infobox person
| name       = Shankha Ghosh
| name               = Shankha Ghosh
| image       = Sankha Ghosh  - Kolkata 2011-05-09 3039.JPG
| image             = Sankha Ghosh  - Kolkata 2011-05-09 3039.JPG
| caption     = Ghosh in 2011
| caption           = Ghosh in 2011
| birth_name = Chittapriyo Ghosh
| birth_name         = Chittapriya Ghosh
| birth_date = {{birth date |1932|02|05|}}
| birth_date         = {{birth date |1932|02|05|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Chandpur District|Chandpur]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]
| birth_place       = [[Chandpur District|Chandpur]], Bengal Presidency, British India
| death_date = {{death date and age |2021|4|21 |1932|02|05|df=yes}}
| death_date         = {{death date and age |2021|4|21 |1932|02|05|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Kolkata, West Bengal]], India
| death_place       = [[Kolkata, West Bengal]], India
| known_for   = Bengali Literature
| known_for         = Bengali literature
| title       = Poet
| 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>
| spouse             = Pratima Ghosh (''[[Birth name|née]]'' Biswas)
| awards     = [[Padma Bhushan]] (2011)<br />[[Jnanpith Award]] (2016)<br />[[Sahitya Akademi Award]] (1977)<br />[[SahityaBramha Award]] (2015) [[World Forum for Journalists and Writers, Kolkata]]
| awards             = [[Padma Bhushan]] (2011)<br />[[Jnanpith Award]] (2016)<br />[[Sahitya Akademi Award]] (1977)<br />
| alma_mater = [[University of Calcutta]]
| alma_mater         = [[University of Calcutta]]
| signature   = শঙ্খ ঘোষের স্বাক্ষর.jpg
| signature         =  
}}
}}
'''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>
'''Sankha Ghosh''' (born '''Chittapriya 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] |website=Parabaas |access-date=5 January 2017}}</ref> was an Indian poet and literary critic.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Datta |first=Amaresh |title=The Encyclopaedia Of Indian Literature |publisher=Sahitya Akademi Publications |year=2006 |isbn=9788126011940 |pages=1404–1405}}</ref><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> He was born in [[Chandpur District]] of the then [[Bengal Presidency]], present day [[Bangladesh]]. His ancestral home was at [[Banaripara Upazila]] in [[Barisal District]]. He spent his childhood and adolescence in [[Ishwardi Upazila]] of [[Pabna District]], which was his father's workplace.<ref name="pa20Apr2021" />


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.
Ghosh passed matriculation from Chandraprabha Vidyapitha, [[Pabna]].<ref name="pa20Apr2021">{{Cite news |script-title=bn:কবি শঙ্খ ঘোষ আর নেই |url=https://www.prothomalo.com/world/india/কবি-শঙ্খ-ঘোষ-আর-নেই |access-date=2022-09-27 |work=Prothom Alo |date=20 April 2021 |language=bn}}</ref> He got his undergraduate degree in Arts in [[Bengali language|Bengali]] from [[Presidency College, Kolkata]] in 1951 and subsequently his master's degree from the [[University of Calcutta]] in the year 1954.
 
Acclaimed in [[India]], his work lacks global recognition due to poor English translations.<ref>{{Cite news |last=গোস্বামী |first=জয় |title=দেশকালের 'আগ্নেয় জীবন' |url=https://www.anandabazar.com/editorial/joy-goswami-remembering-about-the-book-of-shankha-ghosh-which-he-bought-once/cid/1263881 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204003737/https://www.anandabazar.com/editorial/joy-goswami-remembering-about-the-book-of-shankha-ghosh-which-he-bought-once/cid/1263881 |archive-date=2023-12-04 |access-date=2025-03-22 |language=bn}}</ref>


== Career ==
== 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 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 was a member of the [[Social Network for Assistance to People]] (informally Association SNAP) that published a ground-breaking survey in 2014 that revealed the extent of poverty among the Muslim community of [[West Bengal]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bagchi |first=Suvojit |date=2014-06-01 |title=Bengal's Muslims worse off: study |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/bengals-muslims-worse-off-study/article6071068.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226155403/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/bengals-muslims-worse-off-study/article6071068.ece |archive-date=2021-02-26 |website=The Hindu}}</ref>
 
== Death ==
Ghosh and his wife tested positive for COVID-19 on 14 April 2021. Later he suffered from several complications and died on 21 April 2021, at his home in Kolkata.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=April 21, 2021 |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 |magazine=India Today |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |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 |magazine=Frontline |date=21 April 2021}}</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> 8 days after poet's death, his wife Pratima Ghosh also died from COVID-19 complications.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://bangla.hindustantimes.com/bengal/kolkata/shankha-ghosh-s-wife-pratima-ghosh-passes-away-was-infected-with-covid19-31619668088415.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210429040631/https://bangla.hindustantimes.com/bengal/kolkata/shankha-ghosh-s-wife-pratima-ghosh-passes-away-was-infected-with-covid19-31619668088415.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 April 2021 |script-title=bn:প্ৰয়াত শঙ্খ ঘোষেৰ স্ত্ৰী, কবিৰ প্ৰয়াণেৰ ৮ দিনেৰ মাথায় জীবনাবসান প্ৰতিমাদেবীৰ |work=Hindustan Times |date=29 Apr 2021 |language=bn |access-date=30 April 2021}}</ref>
 
==Literary contributions==
Shankha Ghosh made contribution to the world of Bengali poetry. 'Days and Nights', 'Babar's Prayer', 'Face Covered in Advertisement', 'Gandharva Poems' are his notable books of poetry. Although Shankha Ghosh was initially known as a 'poet', his prose works are numerous. He has combined poetry and prose.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024|reason=source needed to verify}} He was an eminent Rabindra expert, noting Rabindranath Tagore's 'Ocampore Rabindranath', 'A Amir Awaran', 'Kaler Matra O Rabindra Natak', 'Chhander Baranda' and 'Damini's Song'. 'Words and Truth', 'Urvashir Hasi', and 'Ahan Sab Alik' are his other notable prose works. His writings have been studied and popular in Bengali for years. The poetic mind of Shankha Ghosh, its speed is two-way. On the one hand, that mind is always aware of the repercussions of all the socio-political events of the day. Ghosh's sensitive poetry roared against any unjust injustice in the society. The people of the lower classes, the poor can get the poetry of Shankha Ghosh as a companion to their daily suffering. Shankha Ghosh work identifies inequality of society, lack of justice with his infallible poems.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024|reason=source needed to verify}}
 
==Works==
'''Poetics'''
 
1. Dinguli rātaguli ({{langx|bn|দিনগুলি রাতগুলি}}) (1956)
 
2. Ekhan samaẏa naẏ ({{langx|bn|এখন সময় নয়}}) (1967)
 
3. Nihita pātālachāẏā ({{langx|bn|নিহিত পাতালছায়া}}) (1967)
 
4. Saṅkha ghōṣēr śrēṣṭha kabitā ({{langx|bn|শঙ্খ ঘোষের শ্রেষ্ঠ কবিতা}}) (1970)
 
5. Adima latāgulmamaẏ ({{langx|bn|আদিম লতাগুল্মময়}}) (1972)
 
6. Mūrkha baṛa sāmājika naẏa ({{langx|bn|মূর্খ বড় সামাজিক নয়}}) (1974)
 
7. Baburēr prārthanā ({{langx|bn|বাবরের প্রার্থনা}}) (1976)
 
8. Minibook[ মিনিবুক] (1978)
 
9. Tumi to temon  gaurī na'ō [তুমি তেমন গৌরী নও  ](1978)
 
10. Panjarē dāṛēr Shabda [পাঁজরে দাঁড়ের শব্দ ](1980)
 
11. Kabitāsangraha -1[ কবিতাসংগ্রহ -১ ] (1980)
 
12. Praharajōṛā tritāla [ প্রহরজোড়া ত্রিতাল](1982)
 
13. Mukh  ḍhēkē jay Bigyapanē[মুখ ঢেকে যায় বিজ্ঞাপনে ] (1984)
 
14. Bandhurā māti tarajāẏa [বন্ধুরা মাতি তরজায়  ](1984)
 
15. Dhuma lēgēchē hr̥idakamalē  [ধুম লেগেছে হৃদকমলে  ](1984)
 
16. Kabitāsaṅgraha - 2[ কবিতাসংগ্রহ - ২ ] (1991)
 
17.Lainei chilāma bābā [ লাইনেই ছিলাম বাবা](1993)
 
18. Gāndharva kabitāguccha[ গান্ধর্ব কবিতাগুচ্ছ ] (1994)
 
19.Saṅkha ghōṣēr nirbācita prēmēr kabitā[ শঙ্খ ঘোষের নির্বাচিত প্রেমের কবিতা] (1994)
 
20. Mini kabitār boi[মিনি কবিতার বই  ] (1994)
 
21. Saber uparē śāmiẏānā [ শবের উপরে শামিয়ানা](1996)
 
22.Chhandēr bhitarē ēto andhakār [ ছন্দের ভিতরে এত অন্ধকার](1999)
 
23. Jol'i pāṣāṇ hoẏē āchē [ জলই পাষাণ হয়ে আছে ](2004)
 
24. Samasta khatēr mukhē pali [ সমস্ত ক্ষতের মুখে পলি ](2007)
 
25. Māṭikhōm̐ṛā purōnō karōṭi[ মাটিখোঁড়া পুরোনো করোটি] (2009)
 
26. Gōṭādēśajōṛā ja'ughara [ গোটাদেশজোড়া জউঘর ](2010)
 
27. Hāsikhuśi mukhē sarbanāś[ হাসিখুশি মুখে সর্বনাশ] (2011)
 
28. Prati praśnē jēgē ōṭhē bhiṭē [ প্রতি প্রশ্নে জেগে ওঠে ভিটে](2012)
 
29.Bahus Various stabdha paṛē āchē[বহুস্বর স্তব্ধ পড়ে আছে  ] (2014)
 
30.prēmēra kabitā [প্রেমের কবিতা ](2014)
 
31 . śaṅkha ghōṣēra kabitāsaṅgraha[শঙ্খ ঘোষের কবিতাসংগ্রহ ] (2015)


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>
32. śuni nīraba ciṯkāra[ শুনি নীরব চিৎকার ] (2015)


==Poems==
33. ē'ō ēka byathā upaśama [এও এক ব্যথা উপশম ](2017)
* {{transl|bn|Dinguli Raatguli}} (First Story)
 
* {{transl|bn|Nihito Patal Saya}}
'''Prose'''
* {{transl|bn|Pajore Darer Sabdo}}
 
* {{transl|bn|Jol e Pasan hoye ache}}
1. kālēra mātrā ō rabīndranāṭak [  কালের মাত্রা ও রবীন্দ্রনাটকএ](1969)
* {{transl|bn|Dhum legeche rith kamole}}
2. niḥśabdēra tarjanī[ নিঃশব্দের তর্জনী ] ,1972
* {{transl|bn|Gota desh jora joughar}}
2. Chhonder Baranda (ছন্দের বারান্দা) 1972
* {{transl|bn|Proti prosne kepe othe vite}}
3. E Amir Aboron (এ আমির আবরণ) 1980
* {{transl|bn|Hashi khushi mukhe sarbonash}}
4. Urbashir Hasi (উর্বশীর হাসি) 1981
* {{transl|bn|Adim lata-gulmomay}} (Ancient vines and trees)
5. Shobdo Ar Satya (শব্দ আর সত্য) 1982
* {{transl|bn|Murkha baro, samajik nay}} (Big fool, not social)
6. Nirmhan Ar Srishti (নির্মাণ আর সৃষ্টি) 1982
* {{transl|bn|Kabir abhipray}} (The poet's intention)
7. Kalpanar Historia (কল্পনার হিস্টোরিয়া) 1984
* {{transl|bn|Mukh dheke jay bigyapane}} (Faces are hidden by advertisements)
8. Journal (জার্নাল) 1985
* {{transl|bn|Babarer prarthana}} (Babur's prayer)
9. Ghumiye Pora Album (ঘুমিয়ে পড়া এলবাম) 1986
* ''[[The Neel Manush Series]] (Story of the blue giant)''
10. Kobitar Muhurto (কবিতার মুহূর্ত) 1987
11. Kobitalekha Kobitapora (কবিতালেখা কবিতাপড়া) 1988
12. Aitihyer Bistar (ঐতিহ্যের বিস্তার) 1989
13. Chhandamoy Jibon (ছন্দময় জীবন) 1993
14. Kobir Abhipray (কবির অভিপ্রায়) 1994
15. Ekhono Shob Alik K (এখন সব অলীক ক) 1994
16. Boiyer Ghor (বইয়ের ঘর) 1996
17. Somoyer Jolchhobi (সময়ের জলছবি) 1998
18. Kobir Barmā (কবির বর্ম) 1998
19. Ishara Abirat (ইশারা অবিরত) 1999
20. Ei Shahar Rakhal (এই শহর রাখাল) 2000
21. Ichhamatir Mosha: Bhraman (ইচ্ছামতির মশা : ভ্রমণ) 2002
22. Daminir Gan (দামিনির গান) 2002
23. Gadyasangraha 1-6 (গদ্যসংগ্রহ ১-৬) 2002
24. Abishwase’r Bastab (অবিশ্বাসের বাস্তব) 2003
25. Gadyasangraha - 7 (গদ্যসংগ্রহ - ৭) 2003
26. Saman’yo Asaman’yo (সামান্য অসামান্য) 2006
27. Prem Padabali (প্রেম পদাবলী) 2006
28. Chhera Kambiser Bag (ছেঁড়া ক্যামবিসের ব্যাগ) 2007
29. Somaypote Shankha Ghosh: Kobita Sonkolon (সময়পটে শঙ্খ ঘোষ : কবিতা সংকলন) 2008
30. Bhinna Rucir Adhikar (ভিন্ন রুচির অধিকার) 2009
31. Aroop Ar Udbhavon (আরোপ আর উদ্ভাবন) 2011
32. Bot Pakur Er Phena (বট পাকুড়ের ফেনা) 2011
33. Gadyasangraha - 8 (গদ্যসংগ্রহ - ৮) 2013
34. Dekhar Drishti (দেখার দৃষ্টি) 2014
35. Ayowar Diary (আয়ওয়ার ডায়েরি) 2014
36. Nirbachito Prabandha: Rabindranath (নির্বাচিত প্রবন্ধ : রবীন্দ্রনাথ) 2014
37. Nirbachito Prabandha: Nana Prasanga (নির্বাচিত প্রবন্ধ : নানা প্রসঙ্গ) 2014
38. Nirbachito Gadyalekha (নির্বাচিত গদ্যলেখা) 2015
39. Gadyasangraha - 9 (গদ্যসংগ্রহ - ৯) 2015
40. He Mahajiban: Rabindra Prasanga (হে মহাজীবন : রবীন্দ্র প্রসঙ্গ) 2016
41. Berate Jabar Sinri (বেড়াতে যাবার সিঁড়ি) 2016
42. Alpo Swalpo Katha (অল্প স্বল্প কথা) 2016
43. Nirahang Shilpi (নিরহং শিল্পী) 2017
44. Gadyasangraha-10 (গদ্যসংগ্রহ-১০) 2018
45. Lekha Jakhan Hoy Na (লেখা যখন হয় না) 2019
46. Param Bandhu Pradyumna (পরম বন্ধু প্রদ্যুমন) 2019
47. Sandhyandir Jole: Bangladesh Sonkolon (সন্ধ্যানদীর জলে :বাংলাদেশ সংকলন) 2019
48. Chhere Rekhei Dhore Rakha (ছেড়ে রেখেই ধরে রাখা) 2021


==Awards==
==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>
* 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>
* [[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"/>
* [[Rabindra Puraskar]] (1989, for Dhum legechhe hrit kamale)<ref name="aa"/>
* [[Saraswati Samman]] for his anthology ''Gandharba Kabitaguccha''<ref>{{cite web
* [[Saraswati Samman]] for his anthology ''Gandharba Kabitaguccha''<ref>{{cite news |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>
|url = http://www.tribuneindia.com/1999/99feb07/nation.htm#5
* [[Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize]] for translation of [[Taledanda]] (Kannada) Play into Bengali named ''Raktakalyan'' (1999)<ref name=":0" />
|title = Saraswati Samman for Shankha Ghosh
|work=The Tribune
|date=6 February 1999
|access-date=26 October 2008
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* [[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>
* 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)
* [[D.Litt.]] by [[Vidyasagar University]] (2010)
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* Hall of Fame Lifetime Achievement "Sahityabrahma" Award by the World Forum for Journalists and Writers (WFJW) (2015)
* 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)
* [[D.Litt.]] by [[Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology]], [[Shibpur]], India (2015)
*[[Jnanpith Award]] by the Government of India (2016)<ref>{{cite web
*[[Jnanpith Award]] by the Government of India (2016)<ref>{{cite news |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>
|url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Jnanpith-award-for-veteran-poet-Shankha-Ghosh/articleshow/56146837.cms
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==References==
==References==
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Shankha Ghosh
Ghosh in 2011
Born
Chittapriya Ghosh

(1932-02-05)5 February 1932
Chandpur, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died21 April 2021(2021-04-21) (aged 89)
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Alma materUniversity of Calcutta
Known forBengali literature
TitlePoet
Spouse(s)Pratima Ghosh (née Biswas)
AwardsPadma Bhushan (2011)
Jnanpith Award (2016)
Sahitya Akademi Award (1977)

Sankha Ghosh (born Chittapriya Ghosh; 5 February 1932 – 21 April 2021)[1][2] was an Indian poet and literary critic.[3][4] He was born in Chandpur District of the then Bengal Presidency, present day Bangladesh. His ancestral home was at Banaripara Upazila in Barisal District. He spent his childhood and adolescence in Ishwardi Upazila of Pabna District, which was his father's workplace.[5]

Ghosh passed matriculation from Chandraprabha Vidyapitha, Pabna.[5] He got his undergraduate degree in Arts in Bengali from Presidency College, Kolkata in 1951 and subsequently his master's degree from the University of Calcutta in the year 1954.

Acclaimed in India, his work lacks global recognition due to poor English translations.[6]

Career[edit | edit source]

Ghosh taught at many educational institutions, including Bangabasi College, 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, 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 in 2016. His pen name was Kuntak.[7] Among the most respected names in contemporary Bengali literature, Ghosh was one of the '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 was a member of the Social Network for Assistance to People (informally Association SNAP) that published a ground-breaking survey in 2014 that revealed the extent of poverty among the Muslim community of West Bengal.[8]

Death[edit | edit source]

Ghosh and his wife tested positive for COVID-19 on 14 April 2021. Later he suffered from several complications and died on 21 April 2021, at his home in Kolkata.[9][10][11] 8 days after poet's death, his wife Pratima Ghosh also died from COVID-19 complications.[12]

Literary contributions[edit | edit source]

Shankha Ghosh made contribution to the world of Bengali poetry. 'Days and Nights', 'Babar's Prayer', 'Face Covered in Advertisement', 'Gandharva Poems' are his notable books of poetry. Although Shankha Ghosh was initially known as a 'poet', his prose works are numerous. He has combined poetry and prose.[citation needed] He was an eminent Rabindra expert, noting Rabindranath Tagore's 'Ocampore Rabindranath', 'A Amir Awaran', 'Kaler Matra O Rabindra Natak', 'Chhander Baranda' and 'Damini's Song'. 'Words and Truth', 'Urvashir Hasi', and 'Ahan Sab Alik' are his other notable prose works. His writings have been studied and popular in Bengali for years. The poetic mind of Shankha Ghosh, its speed is two-way. On the one hand, that mind is always aware of the repercussions of all the socio-political events of the day. Ghosh's sensitive poetry roared against any unjust injustice in the society. The people of the lower classes, the poor can get the poetry of Shankha Ghosh as a companion to their daily suffering. Shankha Ghosh work identifies inequality of society, lack of justice with his infallible poems.[citation needed]

Works[edit | edit source]

Poetics

1. Dinguli rātaguli (Script error: The function "langx" does not exist.) (1956)

2. Ekhan samaẏa naẏ (Script error: The function "langx" does not exist.) (1967)

3. Nihita pātālachāẏā (Script error: The function "langx" does not exist.) (1967)

4. Saṅkha ghōṣēr śrēṣṭha kabitā (Script error: The function "langx" does not exist.) (1970)

5. Adima latāgulmamaẏ (Script error: The function "langx" does not exist.) (1972)

6. Mūrkha baṛa sāmājika naẏa (Script error: The function "langx" does not exist.) (1974)

7. Baburēr prārthanā (Script error: The function "langx" does not exist.) (1976)

8. Minibook[ মিনিবুক] (1978)

9. Tumi to temon gaurī na'ō [তুমি তেমন গৌরী নও ](1978)

10. Panjarē dāṛēr Shabda [পাঁজরে দাঁড়ের শব্দ ](1980)

11. Kabitāsangraha -1[ কবিতাসংগ্রহ -১ ] (1980)

12. Praharajōṛā tritāla [ প্রহরজোড়া ত্রিতাল](1982)

13. Mukh ḍhēkē jay Bigyapanē[মুখ ঢেকে যায় বিজ্ঞাপনে ] (1984)

14. Bandhurā māti tarajāẏa [বন্ধুরা মাতি তরজায় ](1984)

15. Dhuma lēgēchē hr̥idakamalē [ধুম লেগেছে হৃদকমলে ](1984)

16. Kabitāsaṅgraha - 2[ কবিতাসংগ্রহ - ২ ] (1991)

17.Lainei chilāma bābā [ লাইনেই ছিলাম বাবা](1993)

18. Gāndharva kabitāguccha[ গান্ধর্ব কবিতাগুচ্ছ ] (1994)

19.Saṅkha ghōṣēr nirbācita prēmēr kabitā[ শঙ্খ ঘোষের নির্বাচিত প্রেমের কবিতা] (1994)

20. Mini kabitār boi[মিনি কবিতার বই ] (1994)

21. Saber uparē śāmiẏānā [ শবের উপরে শামিয়ানা](1996)

22.Chhandēr bhitarē ēto andhakār [ ছন্দের ভিতরে এত অন্ধকার](1999)

23. Jol'i pāṣāṇ hoẏē āchē [ জলই পাষাণ হয়ে আছে ](2004)

24. Samasta khatēr mukhē pali [ সমস্ত ক্ষতের মুখে পলি ](2007)

25. Māṭikhōm̐ṛā purōnō karōṭi[ মাটিখোঁড়া পুরোনো করোটি] (2009)

26. Gōṭādēśajōṛā ja'ughara [ গোটাদেশজোড়া জউঘর ](2010)

27. Hāsikhuśi mukhē sarbanāś[ হাসিখুশি মুখে সর্বনাশ] (2011)

28. Prati praśnē jēgē ōṭhē bhiṭē [ প্রতি প্রশ্নে জেগে ওঠে ভিটে](2012)

29.Bahus Various stabdha paṛē āchē[বহুস্বর স্তব্ধ পড়ে আছে ] (2014)

30.prēmēra kabitā [প্রেমের কবিতা ](2014)

31 . śaṅkha ghōṣēra kabitāsaṅgraha[শঙ্খ ঘোষের কবিতাসংগ্রহ ] (2015)

32. śuni nīraba ciṯkāra[ শুনি নীরব চিৎকার ] (2015)

33. ē'ō ēka byathā upaśama [এও এক ব্যথা উপশম ](2017)

Prose

1. kālēra mātrā ō rabīndranāṭak [ কালের মাত্রা ও রবীন্দ্রনাটকএ](1969) 2. niḥśabdēra tarjanī[ নিঃশব্দের তর্জনী ] ,1972 2. Chhonder Baranda (ছন্দের বারান্দা) 1972 3. E Amir Aboron (এ আমির আবরণ) 1980 4. Urbashir Hasi (উর্বশীর হাসি) 1981 5. Shobdo Ar Satya (শব্দ আর সত্য) 1982 6. Nirmhan Ar Srishti (নির্মাণ আর সৃষ্টি) 1982 7. Kalpanar Historia (কল্পনার হিস্টোরিয়া) 1984 8. Journal (জার্নাল) 1985 9. Ghumiye Pora Album (ঘুমিয়ে পড়া এলবাম) 1986 10. Kobitar Muhurto (কবিতার মুহূর্ত) 1987 11. Kobitalekha Kobitapora (কবিতালেখা কবিতাপড়া) 1988 12. Aitihyer Bistar (ঐতিহ্যের বিস্তার) 1989 13. Chhandamoy Jibon (ছন্দময় জীবন) 1993 14. Kobir Abhipray (কবির অভিপ্রায়) 1994 15. Ekhono Shob Alik K (এখন সব অলীক ক) 1994 16. Boiyer Ghor (বইয়ের ঘর) 1996 17. Somoyer Jolchhobi (সময়ের জলছবি) 1998 18. Kobir Barmā (কবির বর্ম) 1998 19. Ishara Abirat (ইশারা অবিরত) 1999 20. Ei Shahar Rakhal (এই শহর রাখাল) 2000 21. Ichhamatir Mosha: Bhraman (ইচ্ছামতির মশা : ভ্রমণ) 2002 22. Daminir Gan (দামিনির গান) 2002 23. Gadyasangraha 1-6 (গদ্যসংগ্রহ ১-৬) 2002 24. Abishwase’r Bastab (অবিশ্বাসের বাস্তব) 2003 25. Gadyasangraha - 7 (গদ্যসংগ্রহ - ৭) 2003 26. Saman’yo Asaman’yo (সামান্য অসামান্য) 2006 27. Prem Padabali (প্রেম পদাবলী) 2006 28. Chhera Kambiser Bag (ছেঁড়া ক্যামবিসের ব্যাগ) 2007 29. Somaypote Shankha Ghosh: Kobita Sonkolon (সময়পটে শঙ্খ ঘোষ : কবিতা সংকলন) 2008 30. Bhinna Rucir Adhikar (ভিন্ন রুচির অধিকার) 2009 31. Aroop Ar Udbhavon (আরোপ আর উদ্ভাবন) 2011 32. Bot Pakur Er Phena (বট পাকুড়ের ফেনা) 2011 33. Gadyasangraha - 8 (গদ্যসংগ্রহ - ৮) 2013 34. Dekhar Drishti (দেখার দৃষ্টি) 2014 35. Ayowar Diary (আয়ওয়ার ডায়েরি) 2014 36. Nirbachito Prabandha: Rabindranath (নির্বাচিত প্রবন্ধ : রবীন্দ্রনাথ) 2014 37. Nirbachito Prabandha: Nana Prasanga (নির্বাচিত প্রবন্ধ : নানা প্রসঙ্গ) 2014 38. Nirbachito Gadyalekha (নির্বাচিত গদ্যলেখা) 2015 39. Gadyasangraha - 9 (গদ্যসংগ্রহ - ৯) 2015 40. He Mahajiban: Rabindra Prasanga (হে মহাজীবন : রবীন্দ্র প্রসঙ্গ) 2016 41. Berate Jabar Sinri (বেড়াতে যাবার সিঁড়ি) 2016 42. Alpo Swalpo Katha (অল্প স্বল্প কথা) 2016 43. Nirahang Shilpi (নিরহং শিল্পী) 2017 44. Gadyasangraha-10 (গদ্যসংগ্রহ-১০) 2018 45. Lekha Jakhan Hoy Na (লেখা যখন হয় না) 2019 46. Param Bandhu Pradyumna (পরম বন্ধু প্রদ্যুমন) 2019 47. Sandhyandir Jole: Bangladesh Sonkolon (সন্ধ্যানদীর জলে :বাংলাদেশ সংকলন) 2019 48. Chhere Rekhei Dhore Rakha (ছেড়ে রেখেই ধরে রাখা) 2021

Awards[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Pharida Kabira (1986). Pañcāsa Bacharera Premera Kabitā: Bāṃlādeśa O Paścimabāṃlāra Kabitāra Panḍulipi Saṃkalana (in Bengali). Signorinā. p. 82.
  2. ↑ "Sankha Ghosh - Biographical Sketch [Parabaas Translation]". Parabaas. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
  3. ↑ Datta, Amaresh (2006). The Encyclopaedia Of Indian Literature. Sahitya Akademi Publications. pp. 1404–1405. ISBN 9788126011940.
  4. ↑ "Sankha Ghosh, 1932-". Library of Congress, New Delhi Office. 11 January 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 কবি শঙ্খ ঘোষ আর নেই. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 20 April 2021. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  6. ↑ গোস্বামী, জয়. "দেশকালের 'আগ্নেয় জীবন'" (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 4 December 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
  7. ↑ "Acclaimed Bengali poet Shankha Ghosh to get 2016 Jnanpith Award". Daily News Analysis. 23 December 2016. Archived from the original on 23 December 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
  8. ↑ Bagchi, Suvojit (1 June 2014). "Bengal's Muslims worse off: study". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 26 February 2021.
  9. ↑ "Celebrated Bengali poet Sankha Ghosh dies of Covid at 89 in Kolkata". India Today. 21 April 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  10. ↑ "Legendary Bengali poet Shankha Ghosh dies of COVID". Frontline. 21 April 2021.
  11. ↑ Atri, Mitra (21 April 2021). "Bengali poet Shankha Ghosh passes away due to Covid-19 complications". The Indian Express.
  12. ↑ প্ৰয়াত শঙ্খ ঘোষেৰ স্ত্ৰী, কবিৰ প্ৰয়াণেৰ ৮ দিনেৰ মাথায় জীবনাবসান প্ৰতিমাদেবীৰ. Hindustan Times (in Bengali). 29 April 2021. Archived from the original on 29 April 2021. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Bengali poet Shankha Ghosh chosen for Jnanpith Award". Hindustan Times. 23 December 2016.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 "Sahitya: Akademi Awards". sahitya-akademi.gov.in. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
  15. ↑ "Saraswati Samman for Shankha Ghosh". The Tribune. 6 February 1999. Retrieved 26 October 2008.
  16. ↑ Kumar, Kuldeep (14 December 2018). "Shankha Ghosh: A gifted and sensitive writer". The Hindu.
  17. ↑ "Jnanpith award for veteran poet Shankha Ghosh". The Times of India. 24 December 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2016.

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