Narayan Gangopadhyay | |
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| Native name | Taraknath Gangopadhyay |
| Born | 4 February 1918 Dinajpur, Bengal, British India |
| Died | November 8, 1970 (aged 52) Calcutta, West Bengal, India |
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| Nationality | Indian |
| Notable awards | Ananda Puraskar (1964) |
| Spouse | Renuka Ganguly, Asha Devi |
| Children | Basabi Roy Chowdhury (Ganguly) (from Renuka Ganguly), Arijit Ganguly |
Narayan Gangopadhyay (4 February 1918 – 8 November 1970), also known as Narayan Ganguly, was an Indian novelist, poet, essayist, and short story writer, and one of the leading writers of modern Bengali literature. He introduced the endearing character of Tenida[1] in his famous stories of children's literature. He took up "Narayan" as his pen name. He married his brother in law's niece Renuka Devi, with whom he had his only daughter Basabi (Bani). His wife Renuka Ganguly and daughter Basabi Roy Chowdhury were also eminent writers and teachers. Renuka Ganguly died on 10 February 2010 whereas, Basabi Roy Chowdhury recently died on 17 December 2021, and was survived by 6 children, and grandchildren.
He was awarded the literary awards Basumati Literary Prize (1968).
- ^ পাগলা দাশু +ঘনাদা = পটলডাঙার সেই মূর্তিমান ?. Ei Samay (in Bengali).