Amalendu Chakraborty
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{{Short description|Indian writer (1934–2009)}}
{{Infobox writer
| name = Amalendu Chakraborty
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1934|12|07}}
| birth_place = Baghai village,
Dhaka, Bengal Presidency, British Raj
| death_date = {{death date and age|2000|
6|15|df=yes|1934|12|07}}
| death_place = Baguiati, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
| alma_mater = Central Calcutta College, Calcutta University
|years_active = 1948-2009
| occupation = {{hlist| Novelist|short story writer}}
| nationality = Indian
| awards = Bankim Puraskar (1987)
| parents =
| children = 1
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| spouse = Gita Chakraborty
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Amalendu Chakraborty (December 7, 1934 ― June 15, 2009) was an Indian Bengali writer and novelist in the late 20th Century.{{Cite news |script-title=bn:সব জট খোলেনি, কিন্তু তাগিদটা ছিল নিখাদ |url=https://www.anandabazar.com/culture/book-reviews/%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%AC-%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%9F-%E0%A6%96-%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%95-%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%A4-%E0%A6%A4-%E0%A6%97-%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%9F-%E0%A6%9B-%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%96-%E0%A6%A6-1.114744 |work=Anandabazar Patrika |language=bn |access-date=10 March 2025}}
Early life and education
Amalendu Chakraborty was born in the village of Baghai in Dhaka district in British India. In his childhood, he was forced to move to his maternal home in Kolkata with the uprooted people before independence. The renowned poet Sanjay Bhattacharya was his maternal uncle. He studied at Bowbazar High School. He then graduated from Central Calcutta College and received a master's degree in Bengali language and literature from the University of Calcutta.{{Cite news |last=Pratik |date=2024-06-15 |script-title=bn:অমলেন্দু চক্রবর্তী : কথাসাহিত্যিক |url=https://dainikazadi.net/%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%81-%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%80-%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8-2/ |access-date=2025-03-10 |work=Dainik Azadi |language=bn}}
Film adaptation
Renowned film director Mrinal Sen made the famous film Ek Din Pratidin based on Amalendu Chakraborty's short story "Abirat Chenamukh". The film was released in 1979 and screened at the Cannes Film Festival. The highly acclaimed film won many National Awards. After that, Mrinal Sen also made a film based on the novel Akaler Sandhane, written in the backdrop of the 1943 Bengal famine,{{Cite book |last=Chakravorty |first=Amalendu |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.454723 |title=Akaler Sandhane |date=1955}} and the film was released in 1980.{{Cite news |date=2024-05-14 |script-title=bn:দেখতে পারেন মৃণাল সেনের এই ১০ সিনেমা |url=https://www.prothomalo.com/entertainment/world-cinema/jei68b5ywb |access-date=2025-03-10 |work=Prothom Alo |language=bn}} The film was awarded the Silver Bear award at the Berlin Film Festival in 1981. In 1987, he received Bankim Puraskar by the government of West Bengal.
Death
See also
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0149814}}
- [https://journal.panchakotmv.ac.in/published/paper_full_text/443391668483083.pdf Vol-7, No.-2, November 2016 PANCHAKOTesSAYS ISSN : 0976-4968]
- [https://dainikazadi.net/%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%81-%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%80-%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8-2/ অমলেন্দু চক্রবর্তী : কথাসাহিত্যিক]
- [https://abhilashdey.wordpress.com/2020/07/27/%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%81-%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B0/ অমলেন্দু চক্রবর্তীর অবিরত চেনামুখ (গল্প সঙ্কলন)]
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Category:Bengali-language novelists
Category:Novelists from West Bengal