About Kumar Roy
Lived 1926 – 2010 (aged 83–84). Kumar Roy was an Indian writer.
Kumar Roy (1926–2010) was a Bengali theatre actor, director and playwright. In 1983 he won the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award. He was associated with the group Bohurupee. In 1989 he directed the re-creation of the classic play Nabanna. He was the president of the PashchimBanga Natya Akademi (West Bengal State Theatre Academy) from 2006 till his death in 2010. Kumar Roy was also professor of drama at Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata and visiting professor at Sangeet Bhavan, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan. (2003)
National Theatre Award of India (1985)
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Bengali theatre personality
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Kumar Roy was born in 1926 in Dinajpur.
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Kumar Roy died in 2010.
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Kumar Roy was a writer.
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