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Mihir Sengupta

ミヒール・セングプタ

Mihir Sengupta

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1946-09-01 （Keora, Barisal, British India）
Died
2022-01-17 （Kolkata, India） age 75
Nationality
India
Languages
Bengali
Residence History
Barisal (birthplace) → Kolkata (residence)

Career

Occupations
Bank employee, Writer
Active Years
1970-2022

Education

Brojomohun College
Country: British India (present-day Bangladesh)

Awards

Ananda Purashkar
2005
Work: Bishaad Brikkho (Tree of Sorrow)
Organization: Ananda Bazar Patrika
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Bishaad Brikkho (Tree of Sorrow)

2005 Autobiography / Memoir

A memoir recounting the author's experience as a refugee and testifying to the violence and devastation in post-partition East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). It describes being uprooted from his native Barisal and relocating to Calcutta, and is regarded as an important document of post-partition atrocities.

PartitionRefugeesViolence and memoryHomeland and loss

Bibliography

  • Bishaad Brikkho (Tree of Sorrow)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Testimonial and memoiristic proseRealist, direct descriptions
Recurring Motifs
LossHomelandMemoryDisplacement and migration

Health

  • Blood cancer (reported as blood cancer)
    晩年
    Died in January 2022 due to blood cancer.

Legacy

Bishaad Brikkho is regarded as an important literary testimony documenting violence and refugee experiences in post-partition East Pakistan, and is positioned as a significant work in post-partition Bengali literature in India.

Trivia

  • He worked as a bank employee and was also active as a writer.
  • Won the Ananda Purashkar in 2005 for his autobiography Bishaad Brikkho.