Manindra Gupta
Manindra Gupta | |
|---|---|
| Died | January 31, 2018 (aged 91) |
| Occupation | novelist |
| Language | Bengali |
| Notable awards | Rabindra Puraskar (2010) Sahitya Academy Award (2011) |
Manindra Gupta (Bengali: মনীন্দ্র গুপ্ত; 24 September 1926 – 31 January 2018)[1] was an Indian Bengali poet, essayist, novelist and painter. He received the Rabindra Puraskar from the Government of West Bengal in 2010 and the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2011 for his poetry collection Bane Aaj Concerto.[2][3]
Early life
[edit | edit source]Manindra Gupta was born in Gaila village, Barisal District (now in Bangladesh), in undivided Bengal during British India. He lost his mother at ten months old. After his paternal grandparents' deaths in 1933, he was raised in Silchar, Barak Valley, Assam at his maternal uncle's home. He completed school education in 1941 before moving to Kolkata. He joined the British Indian Army in 1943, received engineering training, and was posted at Lahore Cantonment until his service ended in 1946. He graduated from the University of Calcutta in 1956, then worked in the West Bengal Government's Industries Department until retiring in 1984.[4]
Literary career
[edit | edit source]His autobiographical trilogy Akshay Malberi (1981–2004), featuring his own illustrations, was critically acclaimed for its profound exploration of memory and identity.[5] His 1991 essay collection Chander Opith (The Far Side of the Moon) created significant literary impact.[4]
According to his Sahitya Akademi profile, Gupta's work is characterized by "a unique blend of visual artistry and poetic imagination" that creates "multilayered textual landscapes."[6]
Works
[edit | edit source]- Nuri Bandor (2015, ISBN 978-93-8073-241-1)[7]
- Akshay Malberi (3 volumes: 1981, 1998, 2004)[5]
- Rong Kankar Ramkinkar (2014)[6]
Awards and honours
[edit | edit source]- Bishnu Dey Memorial Award (2005)
- Rabindra Puraskar (2010) for Tung Tang Shabdo Nishshabdo[2]
- Sahitya Akademi Award (2011) for Bane Aaj Concerto[2]
Personal life and death
[edit | edit source]Gupta married poet Debarati Mitra in 1975 after an earlier unsuccessful marriage. He died in Kolkata on 31 January 2018.[1]
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- 1926 births
- 2018 deaths
- 20th-century Indian poets
- 21st-century Indian poets
- Indian male poets
- Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Bengali
- Recipients of the Rabindra Puraskar
- University of Calcutta alumni
- People from Goila
- Writers from Kolkata
- Indian essayists
- Indian male novelists
- 20th-century Indian novelists
- Writers from Barisal District
- 20th-century Bengali poets
- 21st-century Bengali poets
- Bengali male poets
- 20th-century Indian male writers
- 21st-century Indian male writers