Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay

Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay was born on 23 July 1898, in Labhpur, Birbhum district, Bengal Presidency, British India. He was an Indian novelist who wrote in the Bengali language.

He passed the Matriculation examination from Labhpur Jadablal H. E. School in 1916 and was later admitted first to St. Xavier’s College, Calcutta, and then to South Suburban College (now Asutosh College).

He wrote 65 novels, 53 story books, 12 plays, 4 essay-books, 4 autobiographies, and 2 travel stories, and composed several songs. He was awarded Rabindra Puraskar, Sahitya Akademi Award, Jnanpith Award, Padma Shri, and Padma Bhushan.