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'''Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay''' (23 July 1898<ref>{{YouTube|nZ_47TVGpiM|Documentary on tarashankar Bandopadhyay}}</ref> – 14 September 1971) was an Indian novelist who wrote in the [[Bengali language]]. He wrote 65 novels, 53-story-books, 12 plays, 4 essay-books, 4 autobiographies, 2 travel stories and composed several songs. He was awarded [[Rabindra Puraskar]], [[Sahitya Akademi]] Award, [[Jnanpith Award]], [[Padma Shri]] and [[Padma Bhushan]].<ref>https://www.thestatesman.com/bengal/west-bengal-birbhum-home-writer-tarashankar-bandopadhyay-renovated-1502666319.html/amp</ref><ref>https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4401668.Tarashankar_Bandyopadhyay</ref><ref>http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Bandyopadhyay,_Tarashankar</ref> | '''Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay''' (23 July 1898<ref>{{YouTube|nZ_47TVGpiM|Documentary on tarashankar Bandopadhyay}}</ref> – 14 September 1971) was an Indian novelist who wrote in the [[Bengali language]]. He wrote 65 novels, 53-story-books, 12 plays, 4 essay-books, 4 autobiographies, 2 travel stories and composed several songs. He was awarded [[Rabindra Puraskar]], [[Sahitya Akademi]] Award, [[Jnanpith Award]], [[Padma Shri]] and [[Padma Bhushan]].<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.thestatesman.com/bengal/west-bengal-birbhum-home-writer-tarashankar-bandopadhyay-renovated-1502666319.html/amp| title = Birbhum {{!}} Dhatridebata, the ancestral home of writer Tarashankar Bandopadhyay, to be renovated - The Statesman}} </ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4401668.Tarashankar_Bandyopadhyay |title = Tarashankar Bandyopadhyay (Author of কবি)}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Bandyopadhyay,_Tarashankar |title = Bandyopadhyay, Tarashankar - Banglapedia}}</ref> | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
Bandyopadhyay was born at his ancestral home at [[Labhpur]] village in [[Birbhum district]], [[Bengal Presidency|Bengal Province]], [[British India]] (now West Bengal, India) to Haridas Bandyopadhyay and Prabhabati Devi. | Bandyopadhyay was born at his ancestral home at [[Labhpur]] village in [[Birbhum district]], [[Bengal Presidency|Bengal Province]], [[British India]] (now West Bengal, India) to Haridas Bandyopadhyay and Prabhabati Devi.{{Citation needed|date= May 2022}} | ||
[[File:House_of_Tarashankar.jpg|thumb|House of Tarashankar Banerjee at Labhpur, Birbhum]] | [[File:House_of_Tarashankar.jpg|thumb|House of Tarashankar Banerjee at Labhpur, Birbhum]] | ||
He passed the Matriculation examination from Labhpur Jadablal H. E. School in 1916 and was later admitted first to [[St. Xavier's College, Calcutta]] and then to South Suburban College (now [[Asutosh College]]). While studying in intermediate at St. Xavier's College, he joined the [[non-co-operation movement]]. He could not complete his university course due to ill health and political activism.<ref name="MahaswetaDevi77-79">{{cite book |last1=Devi |first1=Mahashweta |title=Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay |edition=2nd |series=Makers of Indian Literature |year=1983 |orig-year= 1975 |publisher= Sahitya Akademi |location= New Delhi |pages=77–79 }}</ref> During these college years, he was also associated with a radical militant youth group and was arrested and interned in his village.<ref>{{cite book|editor-first=Kalpana|editor-last=Bardhan|title=Of Women, Outcastes, Peasants, and Rebels: A Selection of Bengali Short Stories|url=https://www.questia.com/read/125229827/of-women-outcastes-peasants-and-rebels-a-selection|location=Berkeley, CA|publisher=University of California Press|year=1990|page=22|url-access= | He passed the Matriculation examination from Labhpur Jadablal H. E. School in 1916 and was later admitted first to [[St. Xavier's College, Calcutta]] and then to South Suburban College (now [[Asutosh College]]). While studying in intermediate at St. Xavier's College, he joined the [[non-co-operation movement]]. He could not complete his university course due to ill health and political activism.<ref name="MahaswetaDevi77-79">{{cite book |last1=Devi |first1=Mahashweta |title=Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay |edition=2nd |series=Makers of Indian Literature |year=1983 |orig-year= 1975 |publisher= Sahitya Akademi |location= New Delhi |pages=77–79 }}</ref> During these college years, he was also associated with a radical militant youth group and was arrested and interned in his village.<ref>{{cite book|editor-first=Kalpana|editor-last=Bardhan|title=Of Women, Outcastes, Peasants, and Rebels: A Selection of Bengali Short Stories|url=https://www.questia.com/read/125229827/of-women-outcastes-peasants-and-rebels-a-selection|location=Berkeley, CA|publisher=University of California Press|year=1990|page=22|url-access=|via=|isbn= }} {{dead link|date=July 2021}}{{ISBN?}}</ref> | ||
He was arrested in 1930 for actively supporting the [[Indian independence movement]], but released later that year. After that he decided to devote himself to literature.<ref>Sengupta, Subodh Chandra and Bose, Anjali (editors), (1976/1998), ''Samsad Bangali Charitabhidhan'' (Biographical dictionary) Vol I, {{in lang|bn}}, Kolkata: Sahitya Samsad, {{ISBN|81-85626-65-0}}, p 195</ref> In 1932, he met [[Rabindranath Tagore]] at [[Santiniketan]] for the first time. His first novel ''Chaitali Ghurni'' was published on the same year.<ref name=MahaswetaDevi77-79/> | He was arrested in 1930 for actively supporting the [[Indian independence movement]], but released later that year. After that he decided to devote himself to literature.<ref>Sengupta, Subodh Chandra and Bose, Anjali (editors), (1976/1998), ''Samsad Bangali Charitabhidhan'' (Biographical dictionary) Vol I, {{in lang|bn}}, Kolkata: Sahitya Samsad, {{ISBN|81-85626-65-0}}, p 195</ref> In 1932, he met [[Rabindranath Tagore]] at [[Santiniketan]] for the first time. His first novel ''Chaitali Ghurni'' was published on the same year.<ref name=MahaswetaDevi77-79/> | ||
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Bandyopadhyay died at his Calcutta residence early in the morning on 14 September 1971. His last rites were performed at the Nimtala Cremation Ground, North Calcutta.<ref name=MahaswetaDevi77-79/> | Bandyopadhyay died at his Calcutta residence early in the morning on 14 September 1971. His last rites were performed at the Nimtala Cremation Ground, North Calcutta.<ref name=MahaswetaDevi77-79/> | ||
In 2021, Bandhopadhyay's ancestral home in Labhpur was converted into a museum in his memory by local residents as well as his family. It archives several personal artifacts, and photographs.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Labhpur Dhatridebata Museum: A small homage to a giant of Bengali literature|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/my-kolkata/places/tarashankar-bandyopadhyays-ancestral-house-in-labhpur-birbhum-dhatridebata-beckons-visitors/cid/1841255|access-date=2021-12-01|website=www.telegraphindia.com}}</ref> | |||
==Family members and relatives== | ==Family members and relatives== | ||
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==Awards== | ==Awards== | ||
* 1955 - [[Rabindra Puraskar]] for his novel ''[[Arogya Niketan]]'' | * 1955 - [[Rabindra Puraskar]] for his novel ''[[Arogya Niketan]]''{{Citation needed|date= May 2022}} | ||
* 1956 - [[Sahitya Akademi Award to Bengali Writers|Sahitya Akademi Award]] | * 1956 - [[Sahitya Akademi Award to Bengali Writers|Sahitya Akademi Award]]{{Citation needed|date= May 2022}} | ||
* 1966 - [[Jnanpith Award]] for his novel ''[[Ganadevata (novel)|Ganadebata]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jnanpith.net/laureates/index.html|title=Jnanpith Laureates Official listings|publisher=[[Jnanpith]] Website|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013122739/http://jnanpith.net/laureates/index.html|archive-date=13 October 2007|df=dmy-all}}</ref> | * 1966 - [[Jnanpith Award]] for his novel ''[[Ganadevata (novel)|Ganadebata]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jnanpith.net/laureates/index.html|title=Jnanpith Laureates Official listings|publisher=[[Jnanpith]] Website|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013122739/http://jnanpith.net/laureates/index.html|archive-date=13 October 2007|df=dmy-all}}</ref> | ||
* 1962 - [[Padma Shri]] | * 1962 - [[Padma Shri]]{{Citation needed|date= May 2022}} | ||
* 1969 - [[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 | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | date=2015 | access-date=July 21, 2015}}</ref> | * 1969 - [[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 | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | date=2015 | access-date=July 21, 2015}}</ref> | ||
* ---- - ''Sharat Smriti Puraskar'' | * ---- - ''Sharat Smriti Puraskar'' {{Citation needed|date= May 2022}} | ||
* ---- - ''Jagattarini Gold Medal'' from the [[Calcutta University]] | * ---- - ''Jagattarini Gold Medal'' from the [[Calcutta University]]{{Citation needed|date= May 2022}} | ||
==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
===Poetry=== | ===Poetry=== | ||
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===Discography=== | ===Discography=== | ||
List of all songs for which Lyrics were composed by Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay | List of all songs for which Lyrics were composed by Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay | ||
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| 1954 || ''Shiba he shiba he'' || Manabendra Mukherjee || ''Chaapa Dangar Bou'' || Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay || Manabendra Mukherjee | | 1954 || ''Shiba he shiba he'' || Manabendra Mukherjee || ''Chaapa Dangar Bou'' || Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay || Manabendra Mukherjee | ||
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[[Category:Novelists from West Bengal]] | [[Category:Novelists from West Bengal]] | ||
[[Category:20th-century Indian male writers]] | [[Category:20th-century Indian male writers]] | ||
[[Category:Writers from Kolkata]] | |||