Raghab Bandyopadhyay

Raghab Bandyopadhyay (14 November 1948 – 8 February 2017) was an Indian Bengali prose writer and columnist.

Life Raghab was born on 14 November 1948 at Bhawanipore in Kolkata, one year after India's Independence. Brought up in north Kolkata, he came in touch with rural Bengal in the late 60s by virtue of his close association with the Naxalite movement. About this time he started writing. In 1970, he was arrested and spent three years in jail. This experience was reflected in his first novel, Komunis . The publication of Komunis got an encouraging reaction from intellectuals including Ashok Rudra and Malini Bhattacharya. In the late 1970s and 1980s, Raghab Bandyopadhyay continued publishing. His works of the period include Baadar galpo , a collection of short stories, and his second novel Shaishab . During this time Raghab also began his career as a professional journalist. Since his retirement in 2007 he has been heading a publishing house named Charchapada Publication Private Limited. He also edits a half-yearly Bengali magazine called Charcha .

Works

Collection of stories Akaalbodhan O Anyanya Galpo Badar galpo Angshagrahan Galpo 33 Ashmani Katha: Uchchheder 5 Kahon Galpo Sangraha Daladas

Novels Komunis Shoishab Tahara Mudran soundarya Sahar sanskaran Satik jadunagar Chor Challisha Medhabi Bhut O Madhabilata Operation Rajarhat Kata jibher brittanta Raktajaba rahasya

Contribution in edited volumes Memory's Gold, Writings on Calcutta, edited by Amit Chaudhuri, Penguin Viking, 2008. Calcutta The Living City, Vol:2, edited by Sukanta Chaudhuri, Oxford University Press, 1990.

Special issue on Raghab Bandyopadhyay Kathak , edited by Shatadal Mitra, January 2012. Some of the contributors are Dipesh Chakrabarty, Ashok Sen, Debesh Roy, Hiran Mitra, Swapan Chakrabarty, Pradip Basu, Sanjoy Mukhopadhyay, Sumita Chakrabarty, Ranabir Lahiri, Nabarun Bhattacharya, Debarshi Talukdar.

Essays Kamalkumar Kolkata: Pichhutaaner itihas Marjiner Lekha Lekhar Marjine

Journalistic and other writings Banglar mukh Babu Bibi o Tahara Prantojaner Katha Journal 70