Mihir Sengupta
Appearance
Mihir Sengupta | |
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Born | 1 September, 1946 Keora, Barisal, British India |
Died | 17 January, 2022 (Age 75) Kolkata, India |
Nationality | Indian |
Alma mater | Brojomohun College |
Occupation(s) | Bank employee, writer |
Notable work | Bisadbrikhho |
Awards | Ananda Purashkar (2005) |
Mihir Sengupta (1946 – 17 January 2022) was an Indian writer of Bengali literature.
He was best known for his 2005 autobiography Bishaad Brikkho ('Tree of Sorrow').[1][2] It describes the atrocities of post-partition East Pakistan as seen by the author, who was uprooted from his native Barisal in present-day Bangladesh and ended up in Calcutta as a refugee. Bishaad Brikkho is regarded as an important literary document of the atrocities of post-partition West Pakistan and won the Ananda Puroshkar literary prize. Sengupta died in Kolkata of blood cancer on 17 January 2022, at the age of 75.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group document
- ^ Kafila essay
- ^ "Mihir Sengupta: ভাটিপুত্রের কথা ফুরোল". Anandabazar Patrika. 18 January 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2022.