Kolkata Book Fair to introduce award in Gangopadhyay's memory
Fp Archives • 12 years agoKolkata Book Fair organiser The Publishers and Booksellers Guild is planning to introduce a lecture and an award in the memory of legendary Bengali writer Sunil Gangopadhyay who passed away recently.
Sunil Gangopadhyay to be cremated tomorrow in Kolkata
Fp Archives • 13 years agoHis body would first be taken to the office of Anandabazar Patrika, where he had begun his career as a sub-editor.
Aranyer Din Ratri to Kakababu: Sunil Gangopadhyay's gifts to Bengal
Anurag • 13 years agoFrom Aranyer Din Ratri to the character of Kakababu, Bengali writer Sunil Gangopadhyay had redefined the literature in Bengali.
Sunil Gangopadhyay in translation: What his death robbed literature of
Fp Archives • 13 years agoSunil Gangopadhyay wrote an iconic series of poems around an imagined woman named Nira, with the collective title Hothat Nirar Jonno (For Nira, Suddenly). Here is an unpublished translation of a poem from this series by Arunava Sinha.
Writer Sunil Gangopadhyay passes away
Fp Staff • 13 years agoProlific Bengali writer Sunil Gangopadhyay breathed his last today morning in Kolkata. He was 78-years-old.