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Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay
Novelist

Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay

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Writing Bengali fiction including Ghunpoka and the Shabor detective stories.

Ghunpoka · Manojder Adbhut Bari

Born
2 November 1935
Birthplace
Mymensingh

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Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay

Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay is an Indian Bengali writer whose books range from adult novels to children’s adventures and detective fiction.

Early life

Childhood

Moved around Bengal, Bihar and Assam with his railway-worker father; later studied Bengali at Calcutta University.

Career

  1. Early career

    Teaching

    Worked as a schoolteacher before joining newspaper and magazine work.

  2. 1959

    First story

    Published Jal Taranga in Desh.

  3. 1967

    First novel

    Published Ghunpoka.

  4. 1989

    Sahitya Akademi

    Received the award for Manabjamin.

Selected work

Ghunpoka

His debut novel.

Manojder Adbhut Bari

His first children’s novel.

Shabor Dasgupta

Created the investigator adapted into Bengali films.

Beyond work

Spiritual life

Has spoken publicly about the influence of Thakur Anukulchandra. During a visit to the teacher's ashram in Pabna, he discussed his connection with Bangladesh and the affection he received from readers there.

Sources & photo creditBiography and career ↗Biographical references ↗Spiritual life — biographical source ↗

Original photograph. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.

Photo: Biswarup Ganguly. CC BY 3.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.