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| birth_date = 1 September, 1946 |
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| birth_place = Keora, [[Barisal district|Barisal]], British India |
| birth_place = Keora,Jhalokati district [[Barisal district|Barisal]], British India |
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| death_date = 17 January, 2022 (Age 75) |
| death_date = 17 January, 2022 (Age 75) |
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| death_place = [[Kolkata]], India |
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Mihir Sengupta | |
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| Born | 1 September, 1946 Keora,Jhalokati district 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
- ^ Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group document
- ^ Kafila essay
- ^ "Mihir Sengupta: ভাটিপুত্রের কথা ফুরোল". Anandabazar Patrika. 18 January 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
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