Balai Chand Mukhopadhyay

Banaphul
Born Balāi Chānd Mukhopādhyāy
19 July 1899
Manihari
Died 9 February 1979
Calcutta
Nationality Indian
Alma mater Calcutta Medical College
Patna Medical College and Hospital

Balāi Chānd Mukhopādhyāy (Bengali: বলাইচাঁদ মুখোপাধ্যায়) (1899–1979) was a Bengali author, playwright, poet, and physician who wrote under the pen name of Banaphul (Bengali: বনফুল) (meaning "the wild flower" in Bengali).

Life

Mukhopādhyāy was born in Manihari village of Purnia district (now Katihar District), Bihar on 19 July 1899. His father, Satyacharan Mukhopadhyay, was a doctor, and his mother was Mrinalini Devi. He originally took the pen name Banaphul ("the wild flower") to hide his literary activities from a disapproving teacher. He attended Hazaribag College and was later admitted in the Calcutta Medical College. He was assigned to Patna Medical College and Hospital after completing his medical degree, and later practised at Azimgaunge Hospital and worked as a pathologist at Bhagalpur. He moved to Salt Lake, Calcutta, in 1968, and died there on 9 February 1979.[1]

Literary works

He is most noted for his short vignettes, often just half-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 named Paschatpat (Background), and numerous essays."[2][3]

Novels

Short stories

Film adaptation of his literature

Postage stamp

On the 100th anniversary of his birth, the Government of India issued a postage stamp featuring his image.[4]

See also

Further reading

References

  1. ↑ "Banaful ( of একশ বছরের সেরা গল্প)". Goodreads. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  2. ↑ Spectrum of Bengali literature (modern period), Indiaheritage.org, Retrieved 1 May 2007.
  3. ↑ Ananta Ghosh, Great writers, Bengali Association of Greater Chicago Newsletter, Volume 25: Issue 2 : April 2000. Retrieved 1 May 2007.
  4. ↑ India, 1999. Postbeeld.com, Retrieved 1 May 2007.

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