Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay
Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay | |
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| Born | 30 March 1899 Jaunpur, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, British India (now in Uttar Pradesh, India) |
| Died | 22 September 1970 (aged 71) Pune, Maharashtra, India |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Language | Bengali |
| Alma mater | Vidyasagar College |
| Notable works | Byomkesh Bakshi |
Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay (30 March 1899 – 22 September 1970) was an Indian Bengali-language writer. He was actively involved with Bengali cinema as well as Bollywood. The creator of the Bengali detective Byomkesh Bakshi, Sharadindu composed stories of a wide array of varieties including: novels, short stories, crime and detective stories, plays and screenplays. He wrote historical fiction like Kaler Mandira, Gourmollar (initially named as Mouri Nodir Teere), Tumi Sandhyar Megh, Tungabhadrar Teere, Chuya-Chandan, Maru O Sangha (later made into a Hindi film named Trishagni), Sadashib series and stories of the unnatural with the recurring character Baroda. Besides, he composed many songs and poems.