Author | Sankar |
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Original title | চৌরঙ্গী |
Translator | Arunava Sinha |
Language | Bengali |
Genre | Fiction |
Publisher | Dey's Publishing in Bengali, Penguin books and Atlantic Books in English |
Publication date | 1962 |
Published in English | 2007 |
Pages | 360 in Bengali (Dey's Publishing 1994 edition), 403 (Penguin 2007 edition) and 416 (Atlantic 2009 edition) in English |
ISBN | 978-1-84354-914-7 |
OCLC | 551425289 |
Chowringhee is a novel by Bengali author Sankar. First published in Bengali in 1962, the novel became a bestseller and was translated into a number of Indian languages and made into a film and a play.[1]
It is considered arguably Sankar's most popular book,[2] a classic novel in Bengali.[3] The novel, translated into English by Arunava Sinha, won the Vodafone Crossword Book Award 2007 for the best translation.[4] The novel was shortlisted for Independent Foreign Fiction Prize in 2010.This book inspired by Real Incidents.