Sahitya Akademi Award to Bengali Writers
1 appearances
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Edition 5 (1959) Winner
Gajendra Kumar Mitra
ガジェンドラ・クマール・ミトラ
Gajendra Kumar Mitra
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1908-11-11 （Calcutta (then British India)）
- Died
- 1994-10-16 （Calcutta (Kolkata), India） age 85
- Nationality
- Indian
- Languages
- Bengali
- Residence History
- Calcutta (now Kolkata)
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, playwright, poet, essayist, translator, co-founder of a publishing house
- Active Years
- 1934-1994
- Affiliations
- Mitra & Ghosh Publishers (co-founder)
- Influenced By
- Charles Dickens (he translated Dickens' works into Bengali)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Sahitya Akademi Award (Bengali) | Kolkatar Kāchhei (A Stone's Throw from Kolkata) | — | Sahitya Akademi | Winner |
| — | Rabindra Puraskar | — | — | Government of West Bengal (awarding body) | Winner |
Sahitya Akademi Award (Bengali)
1959
Work:
Kolkatar Kāchhei (A Stone's Throw from Kolkata)
Organization:
Sahitya Akademi
Result:
Winner
Rabindra Puraskar
Organization:
Government of West Bengal (awarding body)
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Rabindra Puraskar
1 appearances
Works
Major Works
Kolkatar Kāchhei (A Stone's Throw from Kolkata)
novelA novel portraying urban life and interpersonal relationships in Calcutta, dealing with social background and individual conflicts.
urban lifesocietyhuman relationships
Translations
- A Stone's Throw from Kolkata
Pānchajanya
novel/short storiesA collection handling various themes, notable for social observation and character depiction.
societyhuman drama
Kanta Prem
novelA long novel themed around love and human relationships.
lovehuman relationships
Bibliography
- Kanta Prem
- Pānchajanya
- Rai Jāgo Rai Jāgo
- Kolkatar Kāchhei
- Paush Phāguner Pālā
- Upakanthe
- Bahnibanyā
- Rātrir Tapashyā
- Pashaner Khuda
Translations by Author
- Bengali translation of Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities
Translations of Works
- English translation of Kolkatar Kāchhei: A Stone's Throw from Kolkata
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- realistic depictionlyrical narrationsocial-observational prose
- Recurring Motifs
- urban lifesocial changehuman drama
Legacy
Gajendra Kumar Mitra was a versatile Bengali writer who produced novels, short stories, plays, poems and translations. He is known for works set in Calcutta and for co-founding Mitra & Ghosh Publishers. He established literary recognition with awards such as the Sahitya Akademi Award.
Trivia
- He wrote with his left hand.
- Co-founded Mitra & Ghosh Publishers in 1934 with Sumathanath Ghosh.
- Translated works of Charles Dickens (e.g., A Tale of Two Cities) into Bengali.