Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay was an Indian novelist and short story writer in the Bengali language, born in 1894 and died in 1950. He is best known for his largely autobiographical novels Pather Panchali (Song of the Road), Aparajito (Undefeated), Chander Pahar (Mountain of the Moon) and Aranyak (Of the Forest), which follow the hardships and small joys of rural Bengali family life. His most celebrated works were adapted into films by the director Satyajit Ray, forming the acclaimed Apu Trilogy beginning with Pather Panchali in 1955, which brought international recognition to Bengali literature and helped establish Bandyopadhyay's novels as classics of Indian fiction.
Facts
AwardRabindra Puraskar (1951, posthumous) 1 Classification
Original Language Connections
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: India, nationality there.
- Also in Language Atlas: Hindi, original language there.
Sources
1. Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay, Wikipedia
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12 September 1894 - 1 November 1950
Critical reception
He was posthumously awarded the Rabindra Puraskar in 1951
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