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"name": "Balai Chand Mukhopadhyay",
"bio": "\nBalai Chand Mukhopadhyay (19 July 1899 – 9 February 1979) was an Indian Bengali-language novelist, short story writer, playwright, poet, and physician who wrote under the pen name of Banaphul (meaning \"the wild flower\" in Bengali). He was a recipient of the civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan.\nMukhopadhyay was born in Manihari village of Purnia district (now Katihar District), Bihar on 19 July 1899. His family originally hailed from Sehakhala situated in Hooghly District of present-day West Bengal. His father, Satyacharan Mukhopadhyay, was a doctor, and his mother was Mrinalini Devi. He originally took the pen name Banaphul (\"the wild flower\") to hide his literary activities from a disapproving teacher. He attended Hazaribag College and was later admitted in the Calcutta Medical College. He was assigned to Patna Medical College and Hospital after completing his medical degree, and later practised at Azimganj Hospital and worked as a pathologist at Bhagalpur. He moved to Lake Town, Calcutta, in 1968, and died there on 9 February 1979. He is the elder brother of famous Bengali film Director Arabinda Mukhopadhyay.\nHe is most noted for his short vignettes, often just half-page long, but his body of work spanned sixty-five years and included \"thousands of poems, 586 short stories (a handful of which have been translated to English), 60 novels, 5 dramas, a number of one-act plays, an autobiography called Paschatpat (Background), and numerous essays.\"",
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"bio": "\nBimal Kar (19 September 1921 — 26 August 2003) was an Indian writer and novelist who wrote in Bengali. He received the 1975 Sahitya Akademi Award presented by the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, for his novel Asamay.\nBimal Kar was born in Taki in the North 24 Parganas, in 1921. Bimal Kar had lived in various places in and around Bihar like Jabalpur, Hazaribagh, Gomoh and Dhanbad. He died on 26 August 2003.\nBimal Kar has written many Bengali classics. He also wrote dramas depicting society.",
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"bio": "Bimal Mitra (18 March 1912 – 2 December 1991) was an Indian writer in Bengali. Bimal Mitra was equally adept in writing in Bengali as well as in Hindi, and wrote more than one hundred novels and short stories. Many of Bimal Mitra's novels have been made into successful films. One of his most popular works, Shaheb Bibi Golam (January 1953) which was adapted into a hugely popular movie. He also earned a Filmfare nomination for Best Story for the film.\r\nSet in the last years of the nineteenth century, the novel tells the story of the sumptuous lifestyle and the decay of a feudal family. It is the story of Pateshwari, aka Chhoto Bou, a woman who wants to experience romance, to be a real wife, to invent for herself and live a new kind of conjugality. The book also tells the story of Calcutta, now Kolkata, and of all the people who lived there.\r\nAsami Hazir is another popular work of Bimal Mitra. The novel is based on the true story of a man who wants to repent for the sins of his father and grandfather. The novel was adapted into a TV series for Doordarshan - Mujrim Hazir.",
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"bio": "\nBuddhadeva Bose (Bengali: বুদ্ধদেব বসু; 1908–1974), also spelt Buddhadeb Bosu, was an Indian Bengali writer of the 20th century. Frequently referred to as a poet, he was a versatile writer who wrote novels, short stories, plays and essays in addition to poetry. He was an influential critic and editor of his time. He is recognised as one of the five poets who moved to introduce modernity into Bengali poetry. It is said that since Rabindranath Tagore, there has not been a more versatile talent in Bengali literature.\nBose studied English language and literature at the University of Dhaka. He was a resident of Jagannath Hall. As a student of Dhaka University, he, along with fellow student Nurul Momen (who later became the Natyaguru), obtained the highest possible marks in the first Binnet Intelligence Test (which later came to be known as IQ test). Only the two of them were able to achieve that distinction. After completing his MA in English there, with distinction marks that remain unsurpassed as of 2007, he moved to Calcutta in 1931. Initially he had no regular job and offered private lessons to earn his livelihood.\nWhile a student he became associated with the famous poetry magazine Kallol (কল্লোল). The modernist literary movement of the 1930s is often referred to as the Kallol era. He also worked as an editor of the literary magazine Pragati (started 1926).",
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"name": "Ekram Ali",
"bio": "Ekram Ali (Bengali: একরাম আলি; born 1 July 1950) is an Indian Bengali poet and critic.\nAli was born in Teghoria (Dist. Birbhum, West Bengal) of a Bengali Muslim parentage. Before he came to Kolkata and took up journalism in a Bengali daily newspaper- Aajkaal, Ekram was brought up in Birbhum.",
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"name": "Kumud Ranjan Mullick",
"bio": "Kumud Ranjan Mullick (1883–1970) was a Bengali writer and poet. He was a poet of the Tagore era of Bengali literature. He was an early mentor and coach to the poet Kazi Nazrul Islam.\nHe was born on 1 March 1883 in a Baidya family in a village named Kogram in Purba Bardhaman district of West Bengal, India. He graduated from the Scottish Church College of the University of Calcutta in 1905 and won the Bankimchandra Gold Medal. He started his teaching career at Mathrun Nabinchandra Vidyaytan in Purba Bardhaman where he later became the headmaster.\nKumud Ranjan's poetry was influenced by Vaishnavism. His poetry is also a portrait of rural Bengal. He was awarded the Jagattarini Gold Medal and the Padma Shri by the Government of India. He died on 14 December 1970.\nOne memorable music album named Kumud Kabya Geeti was released by the Gramophone Co. of India, comprising some of his poems made into songs like 'Ajayer buke saradin', 'Ruper laagi jodi amaare bhalobasho', 'Jhapsa hoye aaschhe kromey', 'Latar bedona' & many more beautiful poems set to music by famous Bengali musical icons like Hemanta Mukherjee, Anup Ghoshal, Haimanti Sukla, Tarun Bandopadhyay and many more.",
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"name": "Moniruddin Khan",
"bio": "\nMoniruddin Khan, born August 1974), is a Bengali poet and writer. He was born in the village Chaitpur in the district of Murshidabad, West Bengal.\nKhan's first poem was published at the age of 15. He has published poems and essays in many magazines published from the different parts of Bengal. His collection of essays Murshidabade Samprodayik Sompritir Ruprekha was appreciated by several Bengali scholars for his neutral outlook of the subject. His translated books include Viswa Dharma Islam (বিশ্ব ধর্ম ইসলাম), Islami Jiboner Saral Path (ইসলামই জীবনের সরল পথ) both published from Mallick Brothers, Kolkata. One of his translated books হিন্দুত্ত্ব ও ইসলাম: একটি তুলনামূলক আলোচনা (\"Hindutva o Islam: Ekti Tulonamulak Alochona\") created a controversy by the West Bengal state BJP. Other essays include Modhyojuger Banglai Sompritir Sur, Bangali Musalmaner Bangalitto Kotokhani, Madar Biye- Rarh Bonger Ekti Mritoprai Loukik Songoskriti, Nakshikantha, Noton Noton Pairagli, Kabirul Islam-kichu smriti kichu kotha, Sukumar Roy, Syed Mustafa Sirajer Kornel Beche Thakbe etc.\nHis literary works have been published in Jhar, Arambha, Kalom, Nuton Goti, Sakalbela, Oikyo, Nilaksar, Trikut Kanya, Orchrestra, Moth, Mouriphul, Deshkal, Angangi, Hijalpare, Nini, Kabita Troimasik, Ayan, Dristi, Srijani, Hijibiji, Bhagirathi, charulata, Abar esechi fire, Anubhab, Robi Asar, Nayan, Udar Akash, Banglar kathamukh etc.",
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"name": "Narayan Gangopadhyay",
"bio": "\nNarayan Gangopadhyay (4 February 1918 – 8 November 1970), also known as Narayan Ganguly, was an Indian novelist, poet, essayist, and short story writer, and one of the leading writers of modern Bengali literature. He introduced the endearing character of Tenida in his famous stories of children's literature. He took up \"Narayan\" as his pen name. He married his brother in law's niece Renuka Devi, with whom he had his only daughter Basabi (Bani). His wife Renuka Ganguly and daughter Basabi Roy Chowdhury were also eminent writers and teachers. Renuka Ganguly died on 10 February 2010 whereas, Basabi Roy Chowdhury recently died on 17 December 2021, and was survived by 6 children, and grandchildren.\nHe was awarded the literary awards Basumati Literary Prize (1968).\nNarayan Gangopadhyay was born as Taraknath Gangopadhyay in Baliadingi in Dinjapur district of Bengal in 1918. His paternal side had their roots in the village of Basudebpara, Nalchira in Gournadi thana of Barisal district. His father, Pramathnath Gangopadhyay, was a police officer. Because his father was transferred often, he studied in Dinajpur, Faridpur, Barisal and Kolkata. Narayan Gangopadhyay matriculated from Dinajpur Zila School in 1933. He then took admission at Rajendra College in Faridpur but had to leave the town on 1 May 1935 on political grounds. He was interned as a 'revolutionary suspect' and could not appear in the college examinations. Later he took admission in the second year at B M College in Barisal and passed Intermediate Arts (IA) as a non-collegiate candidate in 1936. He passed the Bachelor of Arts with distinction from the same college in 1938. Famous poet Jibanananda Das was his teacher there. In 1941, he completed the MA from the University of Calcutta, receiving the Brahmamayee Gold Medal for his outstanding results. He earned DPhil from the same university in 1960, for his research in the field of short stories in Bengali literature.",
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"name": "Narendranath Mitra",
"bio": "\nNarendranath Mitra (30 January 1916 – 14 September 1975) was an Indian writer and poet, best known for his short stories in the Bengali-language. Several of his works have been adapted into films, such as Mahanagar directed by Satyajit Ray.\nNarendranath Mitra was born in Sadardi village, Faridpur, Bengal Presidency (in modern-day Bangladesh). His father was a lawyer's clerk. His mother died when he was very young and he was brought up by his stepmother. He was based in Kolkata, now in India at the time of partition in 1947, and chose to remain in India when his birthplace fell to the share of East Pakistan.\nIn 1933, he passed S. S. C. Level from Vanga High School obtaining first division marks. After doing his I. A. from Rajendra College, Faridpur, he went to Calcutta for further studies. He completed his B. A. from Bangabasi College, of the University of Calcutta.",
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"name": "Priyanath Mukhopadhyay",
"bio": "\nPriyanath Mukhopadhyay (4 June 1855—20 June 1947) was a Bengali writer and police detective in Calcutta during the British era. He is considered a pioneer in the field of mystery and detective fiction in Bengali literature.\nMukhopadhyay was born in Chuadanga, undivided Nadia in British India. He was an inspector at Lalbazar Police Station in the detective department of the Calcutta Police. He worked in the department for 33 years, from 1878 to 1911. He was a detective of the Calcutta Police. The British Government gave him the title of Roybahadur (রায়বাহাদুর) for his excellent record in solving crimes in the city.\nIn 1889, he began writing accounts of some of his cases in the journal Anusandhaan, before moving in 1892 to Darogar Daptar (The Inspector's Files) devoted solely to his stories, writing 206 stories over the next 11 years. Many of his self-proclaimed experiences written in Darogar Daptar were actually stories heavily inspired by foreign authors like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and others.",
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"name": "Sachin Sengupta",
"bio": "\nSachindranath Sengupta (1891 - 1961), also known as Sachin Sengupta was a prominent Bengali playwright and the producer and director of theatrical plays in Calcutta, India. His works include the dramatization of the works of poets Rabindranath Tagore and Kazi Nazrul Islam. Some of his famous plays include- Raktakamal, Rashtrabirohi, Desher dabi. Sirajdullah was his most famous work. It was staged both as a Natak and Jatra all over Bengal and was very popular among the contemporary Bengali society. He had travelled Russia, China, Ceylon etc. as the part of the non governmental troupe. He died on 5 March 1961 (Bhupen Bose Avenue, Kolkata).\nSon's name- Rabindranath Sengupta, Surendranath Sengupta & Dipendra Sengupta/Dipen Sengupta (family lives in now Behala, Kolkata).\nFor farther information -\"তরঙ্গ উৎসব সংখ্যা২০১৩\" little magazine: writer Abhirup Dasgupta, Page (23-25)(sachin Sengupta's sister Protiva moye debi is great grand mother of Abhirup Dasgupta)\n",
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