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Nationality
  
Indian

Awards
  
Ethnicity
  
Name
  
Shankha Ghosh

Known for
  
Poet and critic

Role
  
Poet

Religion
  
Hindu


Shankha Ghosh Poet Shankha Ghosh conferred with honorary doctorate degree

Born
  
6 February 1932 (age 92) (
1932-02-06
)

Education
  
Presidency University, Kolkata, University of Calcutta

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Shankha Ghosh (Bengali: শঙ্খ ঘোষ ; born 6 February 1932) is a Bengali Indian poet and critic. He was born in Chandpur of what is now Bangladesh. Shankha Ghosh is regarded a leading authority on Rabindranath Tagore in addition to being one of the most prolific writers in Bengali.

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Life

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Ghosh got his undergraduate degree in Arts in Bengali language from the Presidency College, Kolkata in 1951 and subsequently his master's degree from the University of Calcutta. He taught at many educational institutions, including Bangabasi College, City College (all affiliated to the University of Calcutta) and at Jadavpur University, all in Kolkata. He retired from Jadavpur University in 1992. In 1967, he participated in the International Writing Program's Fall Residency at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, IA. He has also taught at Delhi University, the Indian Institute of Advanced Studies at Shimla, and at the Visva-Bharati University. He has won a number of prestigious awards, the most recent Jnanpith Award.

Selected works

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  • Adim lata-gulmomay (Ancient vines and trees)
  • Murkha baro, samajik nay (Big fool, not social)
  • Kabir abhipray (The poet's intention)
  • Mukh dheke jay bigyapane (Faces are hidden by advertisements)
  • Babarer prarthana (Babur's prayer)
  • The Storm of Desire (a poem translated from Bengali by Nandini Gupta)
  • Just this one (a poem translated from Bengali by Bhismadev Chakrabarti)
  • Awards


  • Narsingh Das Puraskar (1977, for Murkha baro, samajik nay)
  • Sahitya Akademi Award (1977, for Baabarer praarthanaa)
  • Rabindra Puraskar (1989, for Dhum legechhe hrit kamale)
  • Saraswati Samman for his anthology Gandharba Kabitaguccha
  • Sahitya Akademi Award for translation of Taledanda (Kannada) Play into Bengali named Raktakalyan (1999)
  • Desikottam by Visva-Bharati (1999)
  • D.Litt by Vidyasagar University (2010)
  • Padma Bhushan by the Government of India (2011)
  • Hall of Fame Lifetime Achievement "Sahityabrahma" Award by the World Forum for Journalists and Writers (WFJW) (2015)
  • D.Litt by Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur, India (2015)

  • Shankha Ghosh Bengali poet Shankha Ghosh selected for Jnanpith Award 2016

  • Jnanpith Award by the Government of India (2016)

  • Shankha Ghosh Bengali poet Shankha Ghosh chosen for Jnanpith Award Metrovaartha

    Shankha Ghosh Veteran Bengali poet Shankha Ghosh selected for 2016 Jnanpith Award

    References

    Shankha Ghosh Wikipedia