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Syed Mustafa Siraj
Writing Aleek Manush and creating detective Colonel Niladri Sarkar.
Aleek Manush · Colonel Niladri Sarkar
- Born
- 14 October 1930
- Birthplace
- Murshidabad
- Died
- 4 September 2012
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Syed Mustafa Siraj
Syed Mustafa Siraj was an Indian Bengali novelist and short-story writer.
Early life
Literary childhood
Grew up in Khoshbaspur in a multilingual household where his mother wrote poetry.
Career
- 1950–1956
Folk performance
Travelled with an Alkap troupe as a flautist and teacher.
- 1960s
Writing and journalism
Moved into short stories, novels and newspaper work.
- 1966
First novel
Published Neel Gharer Nati.
- 1994
Sahitya Akademi Award
Received the award for Aleek Manush.
Selected work
Aleek Manush
His Sahitya Akademi-winning work.
Colonel Niladri Sarkar
Created the recurring investigator.
Ranirghater Brittanto
Adapted into the Bengali film Faltu.
Beyond work
Family
Was married to Hasne Ara Siraj. Contemporary reporting of his death in 2012 recorded that he was survived by his wife, two sons and two daughters.
Sources & photo credit
Biography and career ↗Biographical references ↗Family — biographical source ↗Original photograph. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
Photo: Shibaji007. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.