Sahitya Akademi Award to Bengali Writers
1 appearances
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Edition 49 (2006) Winner
Amar Mitra
アマル・ミトラ
Amar Mitra
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1951-08-30 （Basirhat, North 24 Parganas, West Bengal, India）
- Nationality
- India
- Languages
- Bengali
- Residence History
- Basirhat (native) → Kolkata (residence)
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Short story writer, Civil servant
- Active Years
- 1970-
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | Chemistry | — | — | India |
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Chemistry
Country:
India
Studied chemistry; exact institution and dates not publicly documented
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Sahitya Akademi Award | Dhrubaputra | — | Sahitya Akademi | 受賞 |
| 2001 | Bankim Puraskar | Aswacharit | — | Government of West Bengal | 受賞 |
| 2022 | O. Henry Award | The Old Man of Kusumpur | — | O. Henry Award | 受賞 |
| 1998 | Kotha Award for Short Story | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2010 | Mitra O Ghosh Award | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| — | Sarat Puraskar | — | — | — | 受賞 |
Sahitya Akademi Award
2006
Work:
Dhrubaputra
Organization:
Sahitya Akademi
Result:
受賞
Bankim Puraskar
2001
Work:
Aswacharit
Organization:
Government of West Bengal
Result:
受賞
O. Henry Award
2022
Work:
The Old Man of Kusumpur
Organization:
O. Henry Award
Result:
受賞
Kotha Award for Short Story
1998
Result:
受賞
Mitra O Ghosh Award
2010
Result:
受賞
Sarat Puraskar
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
O. Henry Award
1 appearances
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Edition 100 (2022) WinnerWork: The Old Man of Kusumpur
A story about aging, memory, and a community changing around an old man.
A story about aging, memory, and a community changing around an old man.
short storyrelationshipsmemory
Works
Major Works
Dhrubaputra
NovelDhrubaputra is a critically acclaimed novel by Amar Mitra that explores social and familial themes; it earned the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2006.
familysocial issuesindividual and history
Aswacharit
NovelAswacharit portrays the undercurrents of society and personal conflicts; it was recognized with the Bankim Puraskar.
societal contradictionspersonal conflict
The Old Man of Kusumpur
1977 Short storyA short story first published in 1977 that sensitively depicts rural life, aging and social indifference. Its English translation brought international recognition and won the O. Henry Award in 2022.
rural lifeaginghumanity
Bibliography
- Approximately 30 novels plus numerous short story collections and some children's books (complete list not compiled here)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- narrative, realist stylecalm, character-focused prose
- Recurring Motifs
- rural Bengal lifefamily and generational conflictbureaucracy vs. common peoplemigration and partition-related themes
Legacy
Amar Mitra is a veteran figure in Bengali literature whose socially engaged and perceptive works have earned recognition both in India and internationally. His honors include the Sahitya Akademi Award, the Bankim Puraskar, and the O. Henry Award (via translation).
Trivia
- His elder brother is the noted actor Manoj Mitra.
- A short story first published in 1977 was later translated and won the O. Henry Award in 2022.
- His family migrated to Basirhat after the Partition of India (1947) from Satkhira in Khulna.
- He studied chemistry earlier in life.
- Spouse: Mitali Mitra.