Santosh Kumar Ghosh
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Santosh Kumar Ghosh
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| Native name | সন্তোষকুমার ঘোষ |
| Born |
9 September 1920 Faridpur, Bengal, British India |
| Died | 26 February 1985 (aged 64) Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation | Journalist, novelist |
| Parent(s) | Suresh Chandra Ghosh Sarajubala Devi |
Santosh Kumar Ghosh (Bengali: সন্তোষকুমার ঘোষ) (9 September 1920 – 26 February 1985) was an eminent Indian Bengali litterateur and a journalist of repute.
Born in Faridpur district of what is now in Bangladesh, Santosh Kumar had his ancestral house at Barisal district (presently in Bangladesh). Son of Suresh Chandra Ghosh and Sarajubala Devi, he cleared Matric examination with a first division scoring very high percentage in both Bengali and Mathematics. In the year 1940 he passed B.A. examination with a distinction.
In the year 1941 Santosh Kumar started his career as journalist in 'Pratyaha' Daily. Later in his career he worked in Jugantar and The Statesman and finally in the year 1951 went to Delhi to join Hindusthan Standard, the English publication of Anandabazar Patrika. He also worked for 'The Morning News' and 'The Nation'. In 1958 Santosh Kumar returned to Kolkata as the news editor Anandabazar Patrika. In 1964 he was made the associate editor of both the publications, Anandabazar Patrika and Hindusthan Standard. Finally in 1976 he became the joint editor of Anandabazar Patrika. He attended many forums of journalists in America, Europe, Japan, Korea, Pakistan, Russia and many other countries.
Throughout his literary career Santosh Kumar won various awards. He was given the Ananda Puroshkar in the year 1971, Bisesh Ananda in 1972, the Sahitya Akademi Award also in 1972. In 1984 he was given an honorary D.Lit from Taiwan Kobisangha .
Renowned as a short story and novel writer Santosh Kumar also tried his hands in other literary forms like drama, poetry and essays. Two of his plays, 'Ajatak' (1969) and 'Aparthibo' (1971) are worth mentioning. As for poems there is a collection named 'Kabitar Praye' (1980). His first published poem was 'Prithibi' (Nabashakti, 1937) and first published short story was 'Bilaati Dak' (Bharatbarsha, 1937). Amongst essays are 'Rabindrachinta', 1978, 'Rabir kar', 1984. Apart from these Santosh Kumar also tried his hand in Juvenile literature. 'Dupurer Dike' written by him which was published in the year 1980 was meant for such young adults.
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