Sandipan Chattopadhyay, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Indian Bengali language writer
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Place of Birth: Howrah, West Bengal, India
About Sandipan Chattopadhyay
- Sandipan Chattopadhyay (25 October 1933 – 12 December 2005) was an Indian Bengali writer.
- His 1961 book "Kritadas Kritadasi" changed the landscape of Bengali fiction and made his name.
- A staunch anti-establishment figure and a supporter of creative freedom, Sandipan for some time refused association with the big Bengali publishing houses. He was one of the pioneers of the Hungryalism Movement ????? ???????, also known as the Hungry generation, during 1961–65, though he, along with Binoy Majumdar, Shakti Chattopadhyay quit the movement over literary differences with fellow members Malay Roy Choudhury, Subimal Basak, Tridib Mitra and Samir Roychoudhury. He was awarded the Sahitya Academy award for his book Ami O Banabihari.
- He died after a prolonged respiratory illness in December 2005. Some of his best known writings include Cholerar Dingulite Prem (lit: Love in the Time of Cholera), "Shaper Chocker Bhitor Diye" (short story), Kukur Samparke Duto Ekta Katha Ja Ami Jani, "Seishab Dinratri" (short story), Hiroshima, My Love, Astitva Atithi Tumi and Esho Nipabane.
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