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Sankar
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Sankar

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Writing Chowringhee and stories of urban Bengali life.

Chowringhee · Eka Eka Ekashi

Born
7 December 1933
Birthplace
Bangaon
Died
20 February 2026

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Sankar

Bengali writer born Mani Sankar Mukherjee, whose fiction drew on workplaces and social ambition.

Early life

Howrah

After his father’s death, worked in several jobs and as a clerk to barrister Noel Barwell while studying at Surendranath College.

Career

  1. First novel

    Kato Ajanare

    Turned memories of Barwell into fiction.

  2. 1962

    Chowringhee

    Published his celebrated hotel novel.

  3. 2021

    Literary recognition

    Received the Sahitya Akademi Award for Eka Eka Ekashi.

Selected work

Chowringhee

Set its story around a fictional Kolkata hotel.

Eka Eka Ekashi

Reflected on his own life.

Beyond work

Public service

Also served as Sheriff of Kolkata.

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