Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay

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Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay (Bangla: শরত্চন্দ্র চট্টোপাধ্যায় Shôrotchôndro Chôţţopaddhae), also known as Saratchandra Chattopadhyay or Sharat Chandra Chatterjee (15 September 1876 - 16 January 1938) was an author from India. In the early part of the 20th century, he was considered the most popular Bengali novelist and story-teller after Rabindranth Tagore.

1 Background and writing
2 Works
3 Films
4 Select Awards and Degrees
5 References
- 5.1 General
- 5.2 Textbooks
6 External links

[edit] Background and writing

Swagato Ganguly (2005) and Sreejata Guha (2002) both note that Sarat Chrandra was born into poverty (which Guha describes as "dire" on page vi) in Devanandapur, Hooghly, India. Though his family was occasionally supported by other family members, Saratchandra's lack of financial stability would influence his writing in years to come. Although he began as a fine arts student, Saratchandra left his studies due to his persistent state of poverty. He got his early education residing at his paternal uncle's (Pishemasai) house.

His work represented rural Bengali society and he often wrote against social superstitions, malpractice and oppression. For a short period, he was a sanyashi, a Hindu ascetic who abandons the material and social worlds. His first published story was, 'Mandir'.

He died in Kolkata of liver cancer in 1938.

[edit] Works

Borodidi, 1907
Bindur Chhele, 1913
porineeta, 1914
Biraj Bou, 1914
Ramer Sumoti, 1914
Boikunther Will, 1916
Polli Shomaj, 1916
Arakhsanya, 1916
Debdas, 1917 (written in 1901)
Choritrohin, 1917
Srikanto, (4 parts, 1917, 1918, 1927, 1933)
Datta, 1917-19
Grihodaho, 1919
Dena Paona, 1923
Pother Dabi, 1926
Shesh Proshno, 1931.

[edit] Films

His works have been made into numerous films, particularly Devdas and Parineeta.

[edit] Select Awards and Degrees

Kuntolin (For Mandir)
D-Lit (Given by University of Dhaka, now in Bangladesh)

[edit] References

[edit] General

Ganguly, Swagato. "Introduction." In Parineeta by Saratchandra Chattopadhyay. New Delhi: Penguin Books, 2005. (English translation)
Guha, Sreejata. "Introduction." In Devdas by Saratchandra Chattopadhyay. New Delhi: Penguin Books, 2002. (English translation)
Roy, Gopalchandra. Saratchandra, Ananda Publishers Pvt. Ltd., Kolkata
Sarat Rachanabali, Ananda Publishers Pvt. Ltd., Kolkata

Sharatchandra Smagra ( All books of Sharat in one cover) in Hindi, Published by Hindi Pracharak Sansthan, Varanasi.

[edit] Textbooks

Golpo Songroho (Collected Stories), the national text book of B.A. (pass and subsidiary) course of Bangladesh, published by University of Dhaka in 1979 (reprint in 1986).
Bangla Sahitya (Bengali Literature), the national text book of intermediate (college) level of Bangladesh published in 1996 by all educational boards.