Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay

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Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay (Bangla: শরৎচন্দ্র চট্টোপাধ্যায় Shôrotchôndro Chôţţopaddhae), also known as Saratchandra Chattopadhyay or Sharat Chandra Chatterjee (15 September, 1876 - 16 January, 1938) was an author from India. He was one of the the most popular Bengali novelists of early part of the 20th century.

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 Debanandapur, 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 (Pishemosai) house.

His work represented rural Bengali society and he often wrote against social superstitions and oppression. For a short period, he was a sannyasi, 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

Baradidi, 1907
Bindur Chhele, 1913
Parinita/Parineeta, 1914
Biraj Bou, 1914
Ramer Shumoti, 1914
Palli Shomaj, 1916
Arakhsanya, 1916
Debdas/Devdas, 1917 (written in 1901)
Choritrohin, 1917
Srikanto, (4 parts, 1917, 1918, 1927, 1933)
Datta, 1917-19
Grihodaho, 1919
Dena Paona, 1923
Pather Dabi, 1926
Ses Prasna, 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
Prithwindra Mukherjee. "Introduction" in Mahesh et autres nouvelles by Saratchandra Chatterji. Paris: Unesco/Gallimard, 1978. (French translation of Mahesh, Bindur chhele and Mejdidi by Prithwindra Mukherjee. Foreword by Jean Filliozat)

[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.