Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay
Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay | |
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| Born | 23 July 1898 Labhpur, Birbhum district, Bengal Presidency, British India |
| Died | 14 September 1971 (aged 73) Calcutta, West Bengal, India |
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| Nationality | Indian |
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| Spouse |
Umashashi Devi (m. 1916) |
| Member of Parliament of the Rajya Sabha | |
| In office 3 April 1960 – 2 April 1966 | |
| Constituency | Nominated |
Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay (23 July 1898 – 14 September 1971) was an Indian novelist who wrote in the Bengali language. He wrote 65 novels, 53-story-books, 12 plays, 4 essay-books, 4 autobiographies, 2 travel stories and composed several songs. He was awarded Rabindra Puraskar, Sahitya Akademi Award, Jnanpith Award, Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan. He was nominated for Nobel Prize in Literature in 1971 and posthumously nominated in 1972.