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Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay | |
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| Born | 23 July 1898 Labhpur, Birbhum district, Bengal Presidency, British India |
| Died | 14 September 1971 (aged 73) Calcutta, West Bengal, India |
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| Nationality | Indian |
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| Spouse |
Umashashi Devi (m. 1916) |
| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
| In office 3 April 1960 – 2 April 1966 | |
| Constituency | Nominated |
Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay (23 July 1898[1] – 14 September 1971) was an Indian novelist who wrote in the Bengali language. He wrote 65 novels, 53-story-books, 12 plays, 4 essay-books, 4 autobiographies, 2 travel stories and composed several songs. He was awarded Rabindra Puraskar, Sahitya Akademi Award, Jnanpith Award, Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan.[2][3][4] He was nominated for Nobel Prize in Literature in 1971 and posthumously nominated in 1972.[5]
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