Sankari Prasad Basu, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Indian scholar, writer and critic
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Place of Birth: Howrah, West Bengal, India
About Sankari Prasad Basu
- Sankari Prasad Basu (21 October 1928 – 6 July 2014, also credited as Sankariprasad Basu) is an Indian scholar, writer and critic who writes mainly in the Bengali language.
- He is a researcher on Swami Vivekananda and his books on the subject include Sahashya Vivekananda and Bandhu Vivekananda.
- One of his notable publications is his seven-volume research work Vivekananda o Samakalin Bharatbarsha, for which he won the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award in 1978.He was born in Howrah, West Bengal, and studied at the Howrah Vivekananda Institution.
- He was a student and professor at Calcutta University, and retired in 1993 as the Head of the Bengali Language Department there.
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