Banaphool

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Banaphool (sometimes translated as Banaphul or Bonoful) is the pen name of the Bengali author, playwright and poet, Balāi Chānd Mukhopādhyāy (1899–1979).

Born in Manihari, Bihar, Mukhopādhyāy began writing as a teenager and adopted the his pen name (wild-flower in Bengali) to hide his work from his tutors. He is most noted for his short vignettes, often just one page long, but his body of work spanned sixty five years and included "thousands of poems, 586 short stories, 60 novels, 5 dramas, a number of one-act plays, an autobiography, and numerous essays."[1][2]

In addition to his literary works, Mukhopādhyāy was also a physician, and practiced medicine throughout his life.[3] He died in 1979 and, on the 100th anniversay of his birth, India issued a postage stamp featuring his image.[4]

Contents

[edit] Selected works

[edit] Novels

  • Trinokhondo
  • Boitorini Tire
  • Kichukhon
  • Se O Ami
  • Jangam
  • Ogni
  • Doiroth
  • Mrigoya
  • Nirmok
  • Mandonda
  • Nobodigondo
  • Koshtipathar
  • Sthabor
  • Pancha Parba
  • Lokhir Agomon

[edit] Short story collection

  • Bonofuler Golpo
  • Bonofuler Aro Golpo
  • Bahullo
  • Bindu Bishorgo
  • Adrisholok
  • Anugamini
  • Tonni
  • Nobomonjori
  • Urmimala
  • Soptomi
  • Durbin
  • Bonofuler Sreshto Golpo
  • Bonofuler Golpo Songroho-1
  • Bonofuler Golpo Songroho-2

[edit] See also

[edit] Further reading

  • 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.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Spectrum of Bengali literature (modern period), Indiaheritage.org, Retrieved May 1, 2007.
  2. ^ Ananta Ghosh, Great writers, Bengali Association of Greater Chicago Newsletter, Volume 25: Issue 2 : April 2000. Retrieved May 1, 2007.
  3. ^ Literature, SouthAsianMedia.net, Retrieved May 1, 2007.
  4. ^ India, 1999. Postbeeld.com, Retrieved May 1, 2007.

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