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Sandipan Chattopadhyay
Writer

Sandipan Chattopadhyay

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Experimental Bengali fiction and the Hungry Generation

Kritadas Kritadasi · Hiroshima, My Love

Born
25 October 1933
Birthplace
Howrah
Died
12 December 2005

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Sandipan Chattopadhyay

Sandipan Chattopadhyay challenged conventional Bengali fiction through experimental stories and novels. He participated in the Hungry Generation movement before separating from it over literary differences.

Early life

Family background

Was the seventh child of Upendranath and Narayani Chattopadhyay.

Career

  1. 1961

    First collection

    Published Kritadas Kritadasi.

  2. Late 1960s

    Independent publishing

    Began issuing a series of his own works.

  3. 2000

    Literary award

    Ami O Banabihari received the Sahitya Akademi Award.

Selected work

Kritadas Kritadasi

An early collection of short fiction.

Hiroshima, My Love

One of his novels.

Beyond work

Family

Married Rina Chattopadhyay in 1965; their daughter Trina was born the following year.

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