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Gautam Bhadra
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Gautam Bhadra (Bengali: গৌতম ভদ্র) is a historian of South Asia and was a member of the erstwhile Subaltern Studies collective. Bhadra was born in Kolkata in 1948. He obtained education at Presidency College (Bengali: প্রেসিডেন্সি কলেজ, কলকাতা), Jadavpur University and Jawaharlal Nehru University (Bengali: জওহরলাল নেহরু বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়).[1] He started teaching at the Department of History, University of Calcutta (Bengali: কলিকাতা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়) and continued there for more than 15 years. After that, he became the professor of history at Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta (Bengali: সেন্টার ফর স্টাডিজ ইন সোশাল সায়েন্সেস) (1996-2010). He was the second Tagore National Fellow at the National Library in Kolkata.[2] Currently he is Honorary Professor at the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences (Jadunath Bhavan Museum and Resource Centre).
Awards and honours[edit]
In 2011, Bhadra was conferred with the prestigious Bengali literary award, Ananda Puraskar (Bengali: আনন্দ পুরস্কার), for his book 'Nyara Bot-tolaye Jai Ko-bar?' (Bengali: ন্যাড়া বটতলায় যায় কবার?) [3]
References[edit]
- ↑ Chhatim Books. "Gautam Bhadra, Author Profile". Archived from the original on 18 July 2013. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ↑ National Library. "Message from the Director General".
- ↑ TwoCircles.net. "Historian Gautam Bhadra awarded Bengali literary prize".