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Kamakhkhi Prasad Chattopadhyay

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Kamakhkhi Prasad Chattopadhyay
Born(1917-03-27)27 March 1917
Kolkata, India
Died30 May 1976(1976-05-30) (aged 59)
OccupationWriter
NationalityIndian
CitizenshipIndia
Notable awardsBankim Puroshkar

Kamakhkhi Prasad Chattopadhyay (27 March 1917 – 30 May 1976) was an Indian poet. His father Basanta kumar Chattopadhyay[1] served as the first auditor general of independent India.

Education

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Kamakhkhi passed his BA exam and awarded Bankim puroshkar for being first in the BA exam.

Career

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He works as the assistant of Sudhindra Nath Dutta in Damodar valley corporation. He spent most of his job life in Mumbai, Delhi and Moscow. He stayed in Moscow for 3 years. During his Moscow life he translated Russian books into Bengali. He was a photographer also. He was editor of the children magazine Rangmashal.

Notable work

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Some of his notable books are Mainak, Eka, Chayamurti, Shetchakra, Sonar Kopat, Shoshane Bosonto, Ghanashamer ghora, Paruldi etc. Some of his work published under the name Krittibas Ojha.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Sansad Bangla Charitrabhidhan - Vol. 1 - Sahitya Sangsad ISBN 81-85626-65-0