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Kamakhkhi Prasad Chattopadhyay
Born(1917-03-27)27 March 1917
Kolkata, India
Died30 May 1976(1976-05-30) (aged 59)
OccupationWriter
NationalityIndian
CitizenshipIndia
Notable awardsBankim Puroshkar

Kamakhkhi Prasad Chattopadhyay (27 March 1917 – 30 May 1976) was an Indian poet. His father Basanta kumar Chattopadhyay[1] served as the first auditor general of Independent India.

Education

Kamakhkhi passed his BA exam and awarded Bankim puroshkar for being first in the BA exam.

Career

He worked as the assistant of Sudhindra Nath Dutta in Damodar Valley Corporation. He spent most of his job life in Mumbai, Delhi and Moscow. He stayed in Moscow for 3 years. During his stay in Moscow, he translated Russian books into Bengali. He was a photographer also. He was editor of the children magazine Rangmashal.

Notable work

Some of his notable books are Mainak, Eka, Chayamurti, Shetchakra, Sonar Kopat, Shoshane Bosonto, Ghanashamer ghora, Paruldi etc. Some of his work published under the name Krittibas Ojha.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sansad Bangla Charitrabhidhan - Vol. 1 - Sahitya Sangsad ISBN 81-85626-65-0