Tapan Bandyopadhyay
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Tapan Bandyopadhyay (born 7 June 1947) is an eminent Bengali novelist. He won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2022 for his novel Birbal.{{Cite web |date=2022-12-31 |title=সাহিত্য অকাদেমি পুরস্কার পেলেন সাহিত্যিক তপন বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়, 'বীরবল'ই এনে দিল সম্মান {{!}} Tapan Bandyopadhyay Got Sahitya Akademy Award |url=https://www.thewall.in/news/tapan-bandyopadhyay-got-sahitya-akademy-award/ |access-date=2023-01-01 |language=en-US |archive-date=1 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230101155130/https://www.thewall.in/news/tapan-bandyopadhyay-got-sahitya-akademy-award/ |url-status=live }}
Early life
Tapan Bandyopadhyay was born in 1947 in Satkhira District. His family migrated from East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) in 1947 and settled in Baduria near Basirhat. Bandyopadhyay passed School final examination from Baduria London Missionary Society High School. He joined in Asutosh College in Kolkata and passed Mathematics Hon's with first class.{{Cite web |date=2016-01-21 |title=অভিজ্ঞতাই লেখার উপকরণ ॥ তপন বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায় {{!}} চিন্তাসূত্র |url=https://www.chintasutra.com/interview/%e0%a6%85%e0%a6%ad%e0%a6%bf%e0%a6%9c%e0%a7%8d%e0%a6%9e%e0%a6%a4%e0%a6%be%e0%a6%87-%e0%a6%b2%e0%a7%87%e0%a6%96%e0%a6%be%e0%a6%b0-%e0%a6%89%e0%a6%aa%e0%a6%95%e0%a6%b0%e0%a6%a3-%e0%a5%a5-%e0%a6%a4/ |access-date=2023-01-01 |language=en-US |archive-date=1 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230101162245/https://www.chintasutra.com/interview/%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9E%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%87-%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%96%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A3-%E0%A5%A5-%E0%A6%A4/ |url-status=live }} Bandyopadhyay joined in WBCS service in 1972 and retired as Secretary of Shishu Kishore Akademy under the Government of West Bengal.{{Cite web |title=Tapan Bandyopadhyay |url=http://www.tapanbandyopadhyay.com/aboutme.php |access-date=2023-01-01 |website=tapanbandyopadhyay.com |archive-date=11 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220411040522/http://tapanbandyopadhyay.com/aboutme.php |url-status=live }}
Literary career
Initially Bandyopadhyay started his literary career as poet, latter he was known as a novelist and short story writer. Almost three hundred short stories of Bandopadhyay were published in various magazine and books. In 2010 he delegated Beijing 17th International Book fair, as an Indian author.{{Cite web |title=Cultural Exchange – Sahitya Akademi |url=http://sahitya-akademi.org.in/?page_id=6829 |access-date=2023-01-01 |language=en-US |archive-date=25 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125183157/http://sahitya-akademi.org.in/?page_id=6829 |url-status=live }} He created a lady Bengali detective character Goenda Gargi. In 2019, Bandopadhyay received Sahitya Akademi translation award for translating Sitakanta Mahapatra’s Odia poem collection Bharatbarsha.{{Cite web |agency=TNN |date=Jan 1, 2023 |title=Sahitya Akademihonour For 'birbal' Author {{!}} Kolkata News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/sahitya-akademihonour-for-birbal-author/articleshow/96656496.cms |access-date=2023-01-01 |website=The Times of India |language=en |archive-date=1 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230101160018/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/sahitya-akademihonour-for-birbal-author/articleshow/96656496.cms |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=Sahitya Akademi Organises Kathasandhi With Eminent Novelist Tapan Bandyopadhyay |url=https://pib.gov.in/pib.gov.in/Pressreleaseshare.aspx?PRID=1576143 |access-date=2023-01-01 |website=pib.gov.in}}
Notable awards
- Amritalok Award (2001){{fact|date=May 2023}}
- Bankim Puraskar (2002){{Cite web |agency=TNN |date=Oct 8, 2002 |title=Four authors share literary awards {{!}} Kolkata News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/four-authors-share-literary-awards/articleshow/24507055.cms |access-date=2023-01-01 |website=The Times of India |language=en |archive-date=1 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230101162753/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/four-authors-share-literary-awards/articleshow/24507055.cms |url-status=live }}
- Panchajanya Award (2003){{fact|date=May 2023}}
- BFJA Award (2004){{fact|date=May 2023}}
- Roygunakar Bharatchandra Award (2005){{fact|date=May 2023}}
- Rupashi Bangla Award (2009){{fact|date=May 2023}}
- Tarashankar Smriti Award (2011){{fact|date=May 2023}}
- Sahitya Akademi Award (2022){{Cite web |title=बांग्ला के लिए तपन बनर्जी को मिला साहित्य अकादमी पुरस्कार |url=https://www.hindusthansamachar.in/Encyc/2022/12/31/Tapan-Bandyopadhyay-has-been-HDTV-zoo-cl.php |access-date=2023-01-01 |website=hindusthansamachar.in |language=en |archive-date=1 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230101160655/https://www.hindusthansamachar.in/Encyc/2022/12/31/Tapan-Bandyopadhyay-has-been-HDTV-zoo-cl.php |url-status=live }}
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Category:Bengali-language writers
Category:People from North 24 Parganas district
Category:Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Bengali