About Manindra Ray
Lived 1919 – 2000 (aged 80). Manindra Ray was an Indian poet.
Manindra Ray (4 October 1919 – 28 August 2000) was an Indian Bengali poet and editor.
Career Ray was born in Sitlai village in Pabna District in British India. His parents are Shachandra Ray and Subhasini Devi. Ray studied in Surendranath College, Kolkata and attracted to communism. His first book of poems Trishanku was published in 1939. Ray edited a number of little magazines. He was awarded Sahitya Akademi Award for his poetry 'Mohini Aral' in 1969. In 1993, he was awarded the Rabindra Puraskar for his book 'Sonnet Samagra'. Ray was the co-editor of a Weekly literary magazine Amrita.
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Who was Manindra Ray?
Bengali poet
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Manindra Ray was born on 4 October 1919 in Bengal Presidency, British India, Pabna.
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Manindra Ray died on 28 August 2000 in Kolkata, West Bengal.
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Manindra Ray was a poet.
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Manindra Ray was Indian.
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