Nationality Indian Name Balai Mukhopadhyay | Role Novelist Died February 9, 1979, Kolkata | |
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Full Name Balai Chand Mukhopadhyay Alma mater Calcutta Medical CollegePatna Medical College and Hospital Movies Bhuvan Shome, Hatey Bazarey, Arjun Pandit Books Neem Tree: A Bouquet of Short Stories, Niranjana Parents Satyacharan Mukhopadhyay, Mrinalini Devi Education Patna University, Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata Similar People Utpal Dutt, Mrinal Sen, Tapan Sinha, Sanjeev Kumar, Hrishikesh Mukherjee | ||
বনফুল | বলাইচাঁদ মুখোপাধ্যায় | Balai Chand Mukhopadhyay | Banaphul
Balāi Chānd Mukhopādhyāy (Bengali: বলাইচাঁদ মুখোপাধ্যায়) (1899–1979) was a Bengali novelist, short story writer, playwright, poet, and physician who wrote under the pen name of Banaphul (Bengali: বনফুল) (meaning "the wild flower" in Bengali). He was a recipient of the civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan. He got d.lit(Doctor of literature)
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- Balai Chand Mukhopadhyay Banaphul
- balai chand mukhopadhyay
- Life
- Literary works
- Novels
- Short stories
- Film adaptation of his literature
- Postage stamp
- References
balai chand mukhopadhyay
Life
Mukhopādhyāy was born in Manihari village of Purnia district (now Katihar District), Bihar on 19 July 1899. His father, Satyacharan Mukhopadhyay, was a doctor, and his mother was Mrinalini Devi. He originally took the pen name Banaphul ("the wild flower") to hide his literary activities from a disapproving teacher. He attended Hazaribag College and was later admitted in the Calcutta Medical College. He was assigned to Patna Medical College and Hospital after completing his medical degree, and later practised at Azimgaunge Hospital and worked as a pathologist at Bhagalpur. He moved to Salt Lake, Calcutta, in 1968, and died there on 9 February 1979.
Literary works
He is most noted for his short vignettes, often just half-page long, but his body of work spanned sixty five years and included "thousands of poems, 586 short stories, 60 novels, 5 dramas, a number of one-act plays, an autobiography called Paschatpat (Background), and numerous essays."
Novels
Short stories
Film adaptation of his literature
Postage stamp
On the 100th anniversary of his birth, the Government of India issued a postage stamp featuring his image.