Lokenath Bhattacharya, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Lokenath Bhattacharya

Bengali author and translator

Date of Birth: 09-Oct-1927

Place of Birth: Bhatpara, West Bengal, India

Date of Death: 23-Mar-2001

Profession: writer, poet, translator

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Lokenath Bhattacharya (Bengali: ?????? ??????????; 1927–2001) was a prolific Bengali writer who chose to remain in isolation.
Though 15 of his books have been translated into French, only 'Babughater Kumari Maach' (The Virgin Fish of Babughat) has been translated into English.
He finished his doctorate study in Paris.
After spending his working life in India, he went back to France to spend the last decade of his life with his wife who is French.
He has translated the poetry of Rimbaud, Henri Michaux into Bengali.
He died in Egypt in a car accident.