Adrish Bardhan
{{Short description|Bengali writer (1932–2019)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2023}}
{{Infobox writer
| name = Adrish Bardhan
| native_name = অদ্রীশ বর্ধন
| image =
| birth_name =
| birth_date = 1 December 1932
| birth_place = Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India
|death_date = 20 May 2019 (aged 86)
|death_place = Kolkata, West Bengal, India
| occupation = Science Fiction Writer, Translator, Editor
| language = Bengali
| nationality = Indian
| education = B.Sc
| alma_mater = University of Calcutta
}}
Adrish Bardhan (1 December 1932 – 20 May 2019) was a Bengali science fiction writer, editor and translator.{{cite web |title=Adrish Bardhan (1932–2019) single-handedly put science-fiction in the Bengali reader's imagination |url=https://scroll.in/article/925278/adrish-bardhan-1932-2019-single-handedly-put-science-fiction-in-the-bengali-readers-imagination |website=Scroll.in|date=2 June 2019 }}
Career
Bardhan was born on 1 December 1932 in Calcutta in British India. He graduated with a BSc from the University of Calcutta. He started his career as purchase manager of a private company in Bangalore. After the resignation of the service Bardhan started writing detective stories and science fiction. His creation, detective Indranath Rudra, lady detective Narayani and Professor Nut Boltu Chakra got huge popularity among the Bengali readers. In 1963 Bardhan edited Ascharya, the first science fiction magazine of India.{{Cite web|url=https://bengali.indianexpress.com/literature/renowned-bengali-science-fiction-writer-adrish-bardhan-dead-104288/|title=পরলোকে বাংলার কল্পবিজ্ঞান কিংবদন্তি অদ্রীশ বর্ধন|website=bengali.indianexpress.com|date=21 May 2019 |access-date=21 May 2019}} He also became the editor of the Fantastic magazine. He received Kishor Gyan Biggan Purashkar, Sudhindranath Raha Awards for his contributions in Bengali science fiction literature.{{Cite book|title=Patay Patay Rahasya|last=Adrish Bardhan|year=1994 |publisher=Ananada Publishers|isbn=81-7215-344-9|location=Kolkata|pages=167}} Bardhan was the founder secretary of Science fiction cine club.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QA1V7sICaIwC&q=Adrish+Bardhan&pg=PA109|title=Who's who of Indian Writers, 1999: A-M|last=Kartik Chandra Dutt|year=1999|publisher=Sahitya Akademi |isbn=9788126008735|access-date=21 May 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7268131.Adrish_Bardhan|title=Adrish Bardhan|access-date=21 May 2019}}
Death
In January 2019, Bardhan was hospitalised to Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital due to physical illness.{{cite web |title=অসুস্থ অদ্রীশ বর্ধনের পাশে দাঁড়ালেন অভিষেক বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায় |url=https://www.kolkata24x7.com/abhishek-banerjee-stands-beside-ailling-adrish-bardhan.html |website=Kolkata24x7|date=17 January 2019|language=bn}} He died on 21 May 2019 at the age of 87 in his own apartment.{{cite web |title=Page 4 - Sangbad Pratidin 26-05-19 |url=https://epaper.sangbadpratidin.in/epaper/m/356385/5ce9e53e3fff7 |website=Epaper Sangbad Pratidin}}{{Cite web|url=https://english.kolkata24x7.com/veteran-writer-adrish-bardhan-passes-away.html/|title=Veteran Writer Adrish Bardhan Passes Away|access-date=21 May 2019}}
Awards
- Sudhindranath Raha Purashkar
- Kisore Jnan-Bijnan Purashkar
- Dineshchandra Smriti Purashkar
- Moumachhi Smriti Purashkar
- Rotary Smriti Puraskar
- Kalpabiswa Sammanana
References
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Category:Bengali-language writers
Category:Bengali-language science fiction writers
Category:University of Calcutta alumni
Category:Bengali detective fiction writers