Subodh Ghosh

Subodh Ghosh
Subodh Ghosh
Born	14 September 1909; Hazaribagh, Bengal Presidency, British India; (present-day Jharkhand, India)
Died	10 March 1980 (aged 70); Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation(s)	Journalist, writer

Subodh Ghosh (14 September 1909 – 10 March 1980)^[1] was a noted Indian author of Bengali literature and a journalist associated with the Kolkata-based daily newspaper Anandabazar Patrika. His best known work, Bharat Premkatha, is about the romances of epic Indian characters and has remained very popular in the Bengali literary world. Many of his stories have been adapted in Indian films, most notably Ritwik Ghatak's Ajantrik (1958) and Bimal Roy's Sujata (1959).^[2] He won the Filmfare Award for Best Story twice, for Bimal Roy's Sujata (1960) and for Gulzar's Ijaazat in 1989. He was selected as a recipient for the Bharatiya Jnanpith Award (1977) but he refused it.^[3]

Early life

Born on 14 September 1909 at Hazaribagh in present-day Jharkhand, Ghosh studied at St. Columba's College and was also privately tutored by scholar Mahesh Chandra Ghosh. At the beginning of his career, he worked as a bus conductor to financially support himself while pursuing writing as a secondary job.

Selected works

Novels

Tilanjoli
Gangotri
Trijama
Preyoahy
Satkiya
Sujata
Suno Boronari
Bosonto Tilok
Jiavorli
Bagdatta

Story-Book

Fossil
Parshuramer Kuthar
Gotrantar
Suklavishar
Gram Jamuna
Bonikornika
Jatugriha
Mon Vramar
Thirbijuri
Kusumeshu
Bharat Premkatha
Jalkamal

Others

Bharityo Foujer Itihash
Kingbodontir Deshe
Amritopothojatri

References

^ Sisir Kumar Das (1 January 1995). History of Indian Literature: 1911–1956, struggle for freedom : triumph and tragedy. Sahitya Akademi. pp. 276–. ISBN 978-81-7201-798-9. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
^ Gulzar; Govind Nihalani; Saibal Chatterjee (2003). Encyclopaedia of Hindi cinema. Encyclopedia Britannica. p. 337. ISBN 81-7991-066-0.
^ Dr. Sibsankar Pal. Subodh Ghosh-er Chhotogalpe Manobik Mulyobodh.

External links

Subodh Ghosh at IMDb
Works by Subodh Ghosh at Open Library

[Das1995-1] Sisir Kumar Das (1 January 1995). History of Indian Literature: 1911–1956, struggle for freedom : triumph and tragedy. Sahitya Akademi. pp. 276–. ISBN 978-81-7201-798-9. Retrieved 12 July 2012.

[2] Gulzar; Govind Nihalani; Saibal Chatterjee (2003). Encyclopaedia of Hindi cinema. Encyclopedia Britannica. p. 337. ISBN 81-7991-066-0.

[3] Dr. Sibsankar Pal. Subodh Ghosh-er Chhotogalpe Manobik Mulyobodh.

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Subodh Ghosh

Born	(1909-09-14)14 September 1909 Hazaribagh, Bengal Presidency, British India (present-day Jharkhand, India)
Died	10 March 1980(1980-03-10) (aged 70) Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation(s)	Journalist, writer