Tarapada Roy

{{Short description|Indian writer}}

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Tarapada Ray ({{langx|bn|তারাপদ রায়}}) was a Bengali writer of poems, short stories, and essays. He is especially known for his satirical sense of humour.{{Cite book |last1=Chakrabarti |first1=Kunal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QVOFAAAAQBAJ |title=Historical Dictionary of the Bengalis |last2=Chakrabarti |first2=Shubhra |date=2013 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-8024-5 |pages=394 |language=en |chapter=Ray, Tarapada}} He was born on 1 November 1936 in Tangail, now in Bangladesh.{{Cite book |last=Dutt |first=Kartik Chandra |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-W1OAAAAYAAJ |title=Who's who of Indian writers, 1999 |date=1999 |publisher=Sahitya Akademi |isbn=978-81-260-0873-5 |volume=2 |location=New Delhi |pages=1078 |chapter=Ray, Tarapada}} He lived in Kolkata in the Indian state of West Bengal until his death on 25 August 2007.