Entering into the world of Bengali literature in his thirties, Subodh Ghosh inspired the fiction writing into a new height focusing on the mix of scholastic with deep sensitivities in story telling. He stormed into writing when on request returned to his friend next day with his immortal story ‘Ajantrik’ (later filmed by Ritwik Ghatak), which follwed with many more outstanding stories and fictions. After finishing his college Subodh Ghosh took up all kinds of works for his and his family’s living. He worked with a Circus troupe, was a ticket vendor in buses, vaccination volunteer, overseer in mines etc. His path to fiction writing opend up once he joined a newspaper press as its proofreader. Later he became the assistant editor of this newspaper and also was one of the editorial writers of this largest circulated Bengali newspaper. Many of his stories are treasure of Bengali literature, so are his fictions, many of which are filmed by leading directors. Subodh Ghosh is also known for his scholastic writing like, ‘Bharater Adibasi (Tribals of India)’, ‘Bahratiya Fouzer Itihas (History of Indian army)’ and fictions like, ‘Bharatpremkatha’ based on the love stories spread in Mahabharata and ‘Kingbadantir Deshe’.
Awards
Jagattarini Gold Medal from Kolkata University, Ananda Puraskar
Critics View
‘After Saratchandra none has entered the Bengali literary field with so much admiration’ – Shankar, writer
SUBODH GHOSHER BACHAI GOLOPO
SHUNO BORONAREE
BHARAT PREM O KATHA
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