Prafulla Roy
{{Short description|Indian writer (1934–2025)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2023}}
{{infobox writer
| name = Prafulla Roy
| notable_works = Keya Patar Nouko
| occupation = Writer
| birth_date = {{birth date|1934|9|11|df=y}}
| birth_place = Dhaka, Bengal Presidency, British India
| nationality = Indian
| language = Bengali
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2025|6|19|1934|9|11|df=y}}
| death_place = Kolkata, West Bengal, India
| image = Prafulla Roy - Kolkata 2014-02-07 8656.JPG
}}
Prafulla Roy{{Cite web |title=Prafulla Roy |url=https://www.beebooks.in/prafulla-roy/ |access-date=2021-12-26 |website=Beebooks |language=en-US}} (11 September 1934 – 19 June 2025) was a Bengali author, lived in West Bengal, India. He was born in the then Bangladeshi province of undivided British India. He had to struggle hard to set foot in a new land. He travelled all over the country to experience the struggles of the people. And for this purpose he lived for some time among the indigenous people of Nagaland, who were the untouchables of Bihar and the rootless people of the mainland of the Andamans, most of which later appeared flawlessly in his writings.{{Cite web |title=Prafulla Roy |url=https://www.beebooks.in/prafulla-roy/ |access-date=2021-08-31 |website=Beebooks |language=en-US}}
Roy died on 19 June 2025, at the age of 90.[https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/eminent-bengali-writer-prafulla-roy-dies-at-91-mamata-condoles-death-of-roy-101750345674739.html Eminent Bengali writer Prafulla Roy dies at 91, Mamata condoles death of Roy]
Early life
Prafulla Roy was born on 11 September 1934 in the village of Atpara, Bikrampur, in 1934 in the former East Bengal, district of Dhaka. He moved to India in 1950 and resided in Kolkata.{{Cite news |date=2019-04-26 |script-title=bn:প্রফুল্ল রায় ও কেয়াপাতার নৌকো |url=https://www.bd-pratidin.com/first-page/2019/04/26/418941 |access-date=2021-12-26 |work=Bangladesh Pratidin |language=bn}}
Author
Roy's writings portray powerful realities in both urban and rural conditions. He wrote over 150 books, including novels and short stories. His first novel was Purva Parvati, written in Nagaland and published in 1956. He penned novels on refugee life, such as Keya Patar Nauko (2003), Shatdharay Boye Yay (2006), Uttal Samayer Itikatha (2014), Nona Jal Mithe Mati (Bang 136). Although it differs in form and name from Kayapatar Nauka, Shatdharaya Boye Yaya, Uttal Samay Itikatha, it is actually a trilogy.
From 1986 to 1989, at the initiative of Monindra Roy, Keya patar Nauko was continuously published in Amrit Patrika.
Adaptations
About 45 telefilms, tele-series, and number of feature-films were made based on his novels. Among his notable works are Ekhane Pinjor (1971), Bagh Bondi Khela (1975), Mohana Dike (1984), Aadmi Aur Aurat (1984), Ekanta Apan (1987), Charachar (1994), Target (1996), Mondo Meyer Upakhyan (2003), Krantikaal (2005), Pitribhumi (2007).
India produced a serial drama of the same name based on his novel Keya Patar Nouko, which aired on Indian Channel Zee Bangla.{{citation needed|date=May 2023}}
Awards
- Bankim Puraskar for his novel Akasher Neeche Manush (1985)
- Ekushey Padak for his novel Muktijoddha Kaji Faisal (2001){{Cite web |last=নিউজ |first=সময় |title=চিরনিদ্রায় কথা-সাহিত্যিক প্রফুল্ল রায় {{!}} বিনোদন |url=https://www.somoynews.tv/news/2025-06-19/QG4ZHQCD |access-date=2025-06-19 |website=Somoy News |language=bn}}
- Sahitya Akademi Award for his novel Krantikal (2003){{Cite web |title=..:: SAHITYA : Akademi Awards ::.. |url=http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/awards/akademi%20samman_suchi.jsp |access-date=2021-08-31 |website=sahitya-akademi.gov.in}}
- Bhualka Puraskar
- Matilal Puraskar{{Cite web |title=Prafulla Roy |url=https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/64526.Prafulla_Roy |access-date=2021-09-21 |website=www.goodreads.com}}
References
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See also
External links
- {{IMDb name|1433589}}
- [https://www.bengalitranslator.net/blogliterary/manush-short-story-prafulla-roy/ Man], a short story by Prafulla Roy translated from Bengali by Subhamay Ray.
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Category:Bengali-language novelists
Category:Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Bengali