Shaktipada Rajguru | |
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Born | Bankura District, Bengal Presidency, British India | 1 February 1922
Died | 12 June 2014 Kolkata, West Bengal, India | (aged 92)
Occupation | Novelist, essayist |
Period | 1934–2014 |
Notable works | Meghe Dhaka Tara Amanush Barsaat Ki Ek Raat |
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Shaktipada Rajguru (Bengali: শক্তিপদ রাজগুরু) (1 February 1922 – 12 June 2014) was an Indian Bengali writer. Several of his novels have been adapted for the screen including the Ritwik Ghatak-directed Meghe Dhaka Tara[1] and the Shakti Samanta-directed Amanush.[2] His stories have been translated into Hindi, Tamil, and Malayalam.