Gajendrakumar Mitra

Gajendra Kumar Mitra
Born	India
Died	Calcutta, India
Occupation	Novelist, playwright, poet, essayist
Language	Bengali
Notable works	Kolkatar Kāchhei, Pānchajanya

Gajendra Kumar Mitra (Bengali: গজেন্দ্র কুমার মিত্র) (11 November 1908 – 16 October 1994) was a Bengali author. In the year 1959, he won the Sahitya Akademi Award in Bengali for his novel, Kolkatar Kāchhei (A Stone's Throw from Kolkata).

Life

Gajendra Kumar Mitra was born on 11 November 1908. He was a versatile writer. He wrote many novels, short stories, plays, essays and poems. Mitra also translated a few English novels into Bengali, such as Dickens's A Tale of Two Cities. He used to write with his left hand. His genuine love and concern for Bengali literature inspired him to co-found the famous Mitra and Ghosh Publishers. Mitra was childless. He passed away on 16 October 1994 in Calcutta (now Kolkata).

Mitra & Ghosh Publishers

Mr Mitra along with his friend Sumathanath Ghosh established Mitra & Ghosh Publishers on March 9, 1934.

Novels

• Kanta Prem
• Pānchajanya
• Rai Jāgo Rai Jāgo
• Kolkatar Kāchei (Trabslated as A Stone's Throw from Kolkata)
• Paush Phāguner Pālā
• Upakanthe
• Bahnibanyā
• Rātrir Tapashyā

References

• Aupanyāsik Gajendrakumar Mitra: Jīban O Sāhitya (Kolkata: Pustaka Bipaṇi, 2006.)