{"id":82,"count":18,"description":"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.\r\n\r\nHe passed the Matriculation examination from Labhpur Jadablal H. E. School in 1916 and was later admitted first to St. Xavier\u2019s College, Calcutta, and then to South Suburban College (now Asutosh College).\r\n\r\nHe 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.","link":"https:\/\/rabindranath.in\/?genres=tarasankar-bandyopadhyay","name":"Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay","slug":"tarasankar-bandyopadhyay","taxonomy":"genres","parent":0,"meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rabindranath.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/genres\/82","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rabindranath.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/genres"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rabindranath.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/genres"}]}}