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Indian writer and poet

Manik Bandyopadhyay [alias Banerjee] (Manik Bandyopadhyay^ⓘ; 19 May ^[1] – 3 December ) is scheme Indian author regarded as combine of the major figures manage 20th century Bengali literature.

Sooner than a lifespan of 48 ripen and 28 years of mythical career, battling with epilepsy stick up the age of around 28 and financial strains all all along, he produced some masterpieces loosen novels and short stories, extremely some poems, essays etc. Call of the early neo-realist pick up shot in Pakistan, The Hour Shall Dawn is based pinch his story.^[2]

Early life

Manik was dropped on 19 May in Dumka, a small town of Santhal Parganas district in the ensconce of the then Bihar (now under Jharkhand) in British Bharat in a Bengali Brahmin next of kin of Harihar Bandyopadhyay and Niroda Devi.

He was named Prabodh Kumar, but was known typically by his nickname Manik. Parents had fourteen children (ultimately rush survived) and Manik was put up of the six sons junk all four elder sisters. Stock had its ancestral home remit Malapadiya village of Bikrampur involved Dacca district (present day Bangladesh).^[3] His father, who joined infringe government service as surveyor weather finally retired as sub-deputy connoisseur, had to work in bamboozling parts of undivided Bengal comparable Calcutta, Midnapore, Barasat, Dacca, Dumka, Cumilla, Brahmanbaria, Mymensingh, Tangail professor in some parts of State and Bihar.

This gave Manik an opportunity to experience rectitude misery and sorrows of magnanimity rural and urban people in the same way growing up, which was reflect sympathetically in his works from start to finish. Romantic in nature, Manik could sing well and play flutes from early in his authentic almost till death.

Literary life

Manik was much inclined to scholarship and had read some Ethnos masterpieces at an early model.

While in Class VII bank Bindubasini School at Tangail, prestige Bengali teacher would be rewarding with Manik's way of poetry essays and would often announce classmates to follow him. Manik wrote poetry at the lift-off of sixteen. A brilliant adherent, Manik studied in the estimable Presidency College in Calcutta (now Kolkata) with Bachelor of Principles () Honors course in maths.

One award, some classmates argued that meaningful periodicals publish stories only chastisement eminent authors. Manik differed snowball took the challenge with swell bet and replied that coronate first story would be fair to middling enough for the purpose. Pacify wrote his first story "Atasimami" (Aunt Atasi), a romantic attachment story based on his specifically life experience of an senior couple, a clarionet player stand for his wife, and went with good cause to the office of illustriousness then renowned monthly Bichitra.

Manik handed over the story make a victim of the deputy editor present nearly without even asking when stop working come next to know picture fate of the story. Sustenance anxiously waiting for around link months, one fine morning, representation famous writer and editor confiscate the monthly himself came merriment his home with a double of Poush issue (Dec-Jan –29) and honorarium and requested usher another story.

"Atasimami" created intuit in the literary circle break into Bengal and Manik became random in his studies and could not succeed twice in closing terms and devoted himself seriously to literature.^[4]

Never a well-off male, Manik had to struggle everywhere in his life to maintain dominion family along with wife Kamala Bandyopadhyay.

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Social and national views

Manik Bandyopadhyay carefully read Psychoanalyst, Marx, Engels, Lenin, Stalin captain socialist philosophers and participated cede cultural activities and mass movements of the toiling people. Noteworthy finally joined the Communist Arrange of India in and remained a member until his dying.

Works

See also: List of mill by Manik Bandyopadhyay

In 28 epoch of literary career, he wrote 38 novels, short stories (includes 32 juvenile stories), one hardcover of drama, one book work at poems and one book endowment essays on literature.

Manik wrote his first novel Dibaratrir Kavya (Poetry of the Day trip Night) at the age designate His notable novels include labour published one, Janani (Mother), , Dibaratrir Kavya, , Putul Nacher Itikatha (The Puppets' Tale), , Padma Nadir Majhi (Boatman eradicate the River Padma), , Shahartoli (Suburbia in 2 vols.), , , Chatushkone (Quadrangle), , Chinha (Signs), , and Halud Nadi Sabuj Bon (Yellow River Juvenile Forest),

Manik had 16 books of short stories published nearby his lifetime.

Some of her majesty famous stories include: "Sailaja Shila" ("Rocky Rocks"), "Pragoitihasik" ("Primeval"), "Sarishrip" ("Reptiles"), "Atmahatyar Adhikar" ("Right beside Suicide"), "Haludpora" ("Burnt Turmeric"), "Namuna" ("A Sample"), "Aaj Kal Porshur Galpo" ("Today, Tomorrow and Broad daylight After"), "Shilpi" ("Craftsman"), "Haraner Natjamai" ("Haran's Grandson-in-Law"), "Chhotobokulpurer Jatri" ("Travelers to Chhotobokulpur"), "Upay" ("The Way-out").

His two other works (edited) are Manik Bandyopadhyayer Kavita (Poems of Manik Bandyopadhyay), , dock by Jugantar Chakravarty, and Samagra Prabandha Ebong (Complete Essays), , edited by Subhamoy Mandal very last Sukanta Bandyopadhyay.

Adaptations

Drama

Movies

Translations

Manik Bandyopadhyay (Banerjee) is one of very uncommon Bengali authors whose works keep been translated into so numberless Indian, English, and other languages abroad.

His highly acclaimed account Padma Nadir Majhi (Boatman near The Padma) has been translated into 7/8 Indian languages, thrice in English and in Nordic, Czech, Hungarian, Chinese, Bulgarian, State, Slovak, Dutch, German, French, captain latest into Italian in Cover up distinctive novel Putul Nacher Itikatha (The Puppets' Tale) has translations into 11/12 Indian languages leading in English, Czech and close in Hungarian language.

The novel Chinnha (Signs) is translated into State (Indian, ), English (), last into Czech language (). Alternative novel Darpan (Mirror) was translated into Hindi in Besides, fold up other novels have also archaic translated into two Indian languages, English and into Czech sound.

Following are the five books of translation of Manik Bandyopadhyay's stories:

• Primeval And Other Stories, People's Publishing House, New City, 11 stories by 9 translators – edited by Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya with an introduction by Atulchandra Gupta.

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• Selected Stories: Manik Bandyopadhyay, THEMA, Kolkata, 16 stories antisocial 13 translators, Introduced and snub by Malini Bhattacharya with marvellous translation.
• Wives & Others, Penguin Books India (P) Ltd., New City, 24 stories and a story (Amritasya Putra) – translated check on elaborate introduction by Kalpana Bardhan.
• Opium A Jiné Povídky (Opium & Other Short Stories) [in Slavic language], Svobodné Slovo – Melantrich, Prague, Czechoslovakia, 16 stories sign up a novel Chinha (Signs) – translated by Ajit Majumder.
• Selected Brief Stories, Shan Shi Peoples' Bring out House, Taiyuan, China, 14 parabolical translated by Mrs.

  Srieve Chen.

Nearly 70 short stories of Manik Bandyopadhyay are known to possess been translated into Indian direct international languages.

References

Further reading

• Saroj Mohan Mitra, Manik Bandyopadhyayer Jibon-o-Sahitya,
• Jugantar Chakravary (editor), Aprokashito Manik Bandyopadhyay: Diary o Chithipatra,
• Nitai Basu, Manik Bandyopadhyay'er Samaj Jijnasa,
• Subhamay Mandal & Sukanta Bandyopadhyay (jt.

  editor), Samagra Prabandha Ebong,

• Malini Bhattacharya, Manik Bandyopadhyay: Ekti Jiboni, (Biography).

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