Sunil Gangopadhyay
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7 September 1934 Faridpur, Bengal Presidency, British India (Now Bangladesh) |
| Died | 23 October 2012 (aged 78) Kolkata, India |
| Pen name | Nil Lohit, Sanatan Pathak, and Nil Upadhyay |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Language | Bengali |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Ethnicity | Bengali |
| Education | Master of Arts (Bengali) |
| Alma mater | University of Calcutta (1954) |
| Period | 1953–2012 |
| Notable works | First Light (Prathama Alo), Those Days (Sei Somoy), East and West (Poorba Pashchim) |
| Notable awards |
Ananda Puraskar (1972, 1989) Sahitya Akademi Award (1985) |
| Spouse | Swati Bandopadhyay (m. 1967) |
| Children | Souvik Gangopadhyay (b. 1967) |
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Sunil Gangopadhyay or Sunil Ganguly (Bengali: সুনীল গঙ্গোপাধ্যায় Shunil Gônggopaddhae), (7 September 1934 – 23 October 2012) was an Indian Bengali poet and novelist based in the Indian city of Kolkata. Born in Faridpur, in what is now Bangladesh, Gangopadhyay obtained his master's degree in Bengali from the University of Calcutta. In 1953 he and a few of his friends started a Bengali poetry magazine, Krittibas. Later he wrote for many different publications.
Ganguly created the Bengali fictional character Kakababu and wrote a series of novels on this character which became significant in Indian children's literature. He received Sahitya Akademi award in 1985 for his novel Those Days (Sei Samaya). Gangopadhyay used the pen names Nil Lohit, Sanatan Pathak, and Nil Upadhyay.
He was born in Faridpur into a Bengali Hindu family in what is now Bangladesh. He came to live in Kolkata from his ancestral town at an early age. Later, his ancestral town fell within East Pakistan after the Partition of India in 1947. He studied at the Surendranath College, Dum Dum Motijheel College, City College, Kolkata - all affiliated with the University of Calcutta. Thereafter, he obtained his master's degree in Bengali from the University of Calcutta in 1954.
He married Swati Banerjee on 26 February 1967. Their only son, Souvik, who stays in Boston, was born on 20 November 1967.
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