Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay

Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay

Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay (Bengali: শরদিন্দু বন্দোপাধ্যায়; 30 March 1899 – 22 September 1970) was a Bengali writer. He was also actively involved with Bengali cinema as well as Bollywood. His most famous creation is the fictional detective Byomkesh Bakshi.

He wrote different forms of prose: novels, short stories, plays and screenplays. However, his forte was short stories and novels. He wrote historical fiction like Kaler Mandira, GourMollar (initially named as Mouri Nodir Teere), Tumi Sandhyar Megh, Tungabhadrar Teere (all novels), Chuya-Chandan, Maru O Sangha (later made into a Hindi film namedTrishangni) and stories of the supernatural with the recurring character Baroda, the Ghost Hunter. Besides, he wrote many songs and poems.

He was born to Tarabhushan and Bijaliprabha Bandyopadhyay at his maternal grandparents' home in Jaunpur, United Province, India. The family hailed from Purnea, Bihar, India. He passed the matriculation examination in 1915 and took admission in Vidyasagar College, Calcutta. While studying there, he published his first work, Jaubansmriti, a collection of poems, at the age of 20. In 1919, he passed the B.A. examination. He studied law in Patna and then devoted his time to writing.

Bibliography

Novels

Historical

Kaler Mandira [কালের মন্দিরা] (1951)
GaurMallar [গৌড়মল্লার] (1954)
Tumi Sandhyar Megh [তুমি সন্ধ্যার মেঘ] (1958)
Kumarsambhaber Kabi [কুমারসম্ভবের কবি] (1963)
Tungabhadrar Teere [তুঙ্গভদ্রার তীরে] (1965)

Social

Jhinder Bondi [ঝিন্দের বন্দী]
Dadar Kirti [দাদার কীর্তি]

Short stories

Jatismar [জাতিস্মর] (1933)
Chuya-Chandan [চুয়া-চন্দন] (1935)
BishKonya [বিষকন্যা] (1942)
Sada Prithibi [সাদা পৃথিবী] (1948)
Emon Dine [এমন দিনে] (1963)
ShankhaKankan [শঙ্খকঙ্কণ] (1963)
Kortar Kirti [কর্তার কীর্তি]
Timingil [তিমিঙ্গিল]
Protidwondee [প্রতিদ্বন্দী]
Adim Nrityo [আদিম নৃত্য]
Kutub Shirshe [কুতুব শীর্ষে]
Vendeta [ভেনডেটা]
Mone Mone [মনে মনে]
Jhi [ঝি]
Toothbrush [টুথব্রাশ]
Arob Sagorer Rosikota [আরব সাগরের রসিকতা]
Premik [প্রেমিক]
Roopkotha [রূপকথা]
GronthiRohosyo [গ্রন্থিরহস্য]
Bhutor Chondrobindu [ভূতোর চন্দ্রবিন্দু]
SondehoJonok Byapar [সন্দেহজনক ব্যাপার]
Sekalini [সেকালিনী]
Asomapto [অসমাপ্ত]
Mukhos [মুখোস]
Poriksha [পরীক্ষা]
Vokti Vajon [ভক্তি ভোজন]
Bohu Bighnani [বহু বিঘ্নানি]

Collected works

Sharadindu Omnibus [শরদিন্দু অমনিবাস] (in 12 volumes) (edited by Pratul Chandra Gupta, Bandyopadhyay's friend and published by the Ananda Publishers, Kolkata).

Awards

Bandyopadhyay was awarded the Rabindra Puraskar in 1967 for the novel Tungabhadrar Tirey. The Calcutta University honoured him with the Sarat Smriti Purashkar in 1967.


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