Ramkumar Mukhopadhyay

Ramkumar Mukhopadhyay (born 8 March 1956) is a Bengali writer from India. He has written novels and short stories for both adults and children.

Life Ramkumar Mukhopadhyay was born in Calcutta. His father was Ramangamohan Mukhopadhyay and mother Kanaklata Mukhopadhyay. He graduated from Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandir (a residential college) at Belur before taking a master's in English from The University of Calcutta. He did his PhD from Jadavpur University. Mukhopadhyay started his career as regional secretary, East India, of Sahitya Akademi. Formerly he was convener of the Bengali Advisory Board of the Sahitya Akademi. He was also president of the Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad. He has retired as the director of the Publishing Department, Visva-Bharati. He is associated with a number of Bengali Little Magazines.

Works

His first collection of 14 short stories entitled "Madale Natun Bol" (The New Beats on the Drum) published from Calcutta in 1984. His first novel "Charane Prantare" (At the Grazing Ground, at the Horizon) was published from Calcutta in 1993.

Novel

Short story collection

Travelogue

Book of essays

Compiled and edited

Juvenile literature

Awards

Somenchandra Award of Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi (2000) Galpamela Puraskar (2004) Katha Award (New Delhi, 2005) Bankimchandra Smriti Puraskar of the Department of Higher Education, Govt. of West Bengal (2006) Saratchandra Smriti Puraskar (Bhagalpur, 2007) Sis Puraskar (2008) Participating in a panel discussion on "Publishing in India" at Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi, on 2 February 2019. Ananda Puraskar of the Ananda Bazar Patrika and Desh (2013) D.L.Ray Award (2014) Kusumanjali Award (New Delhi, 2014) Krititwa Samagra Puraskar of Bharatiya Bhasha Parisad (2016) Karmayogi Nanigopal Chakraborty Smriti Sahitya Puraskar (2023) Saraswati Samman (2025)