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Since early life he had struggled with poverty and epilepsy. The signs of epilepsy first surfaced when he was engaged in writing ''Padma Nadir Majhi'' and ''Putul Nacher hatikotha''. Continued and unabated ailment, problems and crises devastated his mental disposition. Eventually he resorted to alcohol for respite, adding to his misery. On 3 December 1956, he collapsed and went into a coma. He was admitted to the Nilratan Government Hospital on 2 Octoberwhere he died the next day. He was 48. His [[funeral]] took place at Nimtala Crematorium in North Calcutta. A huge crowd attended the memorial meeting for Manik Bandopadhyay held on 9 Dec. 2011 |
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Revision as of 13:33, 9 December 2012
Manik Bandopadhyay | |
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| Born | Prabodh Kumar Bandhopaddhay 19 May 1908 |
| Died | 3 December 1956 (aged 48) |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Spouse | Kamala Devi |
| Parent(s) | Harihar Bandyopadhyay (Father) Neeroda Devi (Mother) |
Manik Bandopadhyay (Template:Lang-bn ⓘ; 19 May 1908[1] – 3 December 1956) was an Indian Bengali novelist and is considered one of the leading lights of modern Bengali fiction. During a short lifespan of 48 years, plagued simultaneously by illness and financial crisis, he produced 36 novels and 177 short stories. His important works include Padma Nadir Majhi[2] (The Boatman on The River Padma, 1936) and Putul Nacher Itikatha (The Puppet's Tale, 1936), Shahartali (Suburbia, 1941) and Chatushkone (The Quadrilateral, 1948).[3]
Education
Manik passed the entrance examination from the Midnapore Zilla School in 1926, securing first division with letter marks in compulsory and optional mathematics. In the same year he got admitted in Welleslyan Mission College at Bankura. Earlier he studied in Kanthi Model School in Tangail.
In Welleslyan College, Manik came in contact with a professor called Jackson. Influenced by him, Manik read the Bible and overcame his religious inferiority. In 1928 he passed I.Sc. (Intermediate in Science) with first division.
He got admitted to the B.Sc. course in Physics at the Presidency College, Calcutta with the help and support of his father.
Career
In 1923 he started his career as the Headmaster of Moymonshingho Teachers Training School.[1] But, throughout his life, writing was the only source of income for Manik Bandopadhyay and, hence, he languished perpetual poverty. However, for a short while he tried to enhance his earning through involvement with one or two literary magazines. He worked as editor of Nabarun for a few years in 1935. During 1937–38, he worked as assistant editor of literary magazine Banglaitri. He established a publishing house in 1936 which turned out to be a short-lived try. Also, he worked as publicity assistant for the government of India in 1947.
Literary life
Once while he was with his friends in their college canteen, one of them asked him if he could publish a story in the magazine Bichitra. The would-be novelist replied that his first story would be good enough for the purpose. At that time, Bichitra was a leading periodical which carried stories only by eminent authors. Manik walked into the office of the periodical and dropped the story "Atashimami (Aunt Atashi)" in their letter box. At the end of the story he signed off as Manik Bandhopadhay. After four months, publication of the story (in 1928) created sensation in the literary circles of Bengal and, from then on, the nom de plume stuck.
Later, Manik's contemporary sukumar ray, himself a leading litterateur of Bengal, had this to say about the debut story of Manik: "He had both virtuosity and vision: he was both logical and magical; he seemed to be wanting in nothing, and we thought there was none like him, none."
His stories and novels were published in seacom magazines They included Bichitra, Banglatri, Purbasha, AnandaBazaar Patrika, Jugantor, Satyajug, Probashi, Desh, Chaturanga, NoroNari, Notun Jiban, Bosumati, Golp-Bharati, Mouchak, Pathshala, Rang-Mashal, NoboShakti, Swadhinata, Agami, Kalantar, Parichaya, Notun Sahitya, Diganta, Sanskriti, Mukhopotro, Provati, Ononnya, Ultorath, Elomelo, Bharatbarsha, Modhyabitta, Sharodi, Sonar Bangla, Agami, Ononya, Krishak, Purnima, Rupantar and Swaraj.
Manik published as many as 57 volumes. He also wrote poetry, but not much is heard about his poems.
Social and political views
Manik carefully read Marx and Engels and became a Marxist. He became an active politician of Marxism by joining the Communist Party of India in 1944. But he regretted being part of the increasingly hollow and tyrannical organisation the Communist Party, later in his life.[citation needed]
Death
Since early life he had struggled with poverty and epilepsy. The signs of epilepsy first surfaced when he was engaged in writing Padma Nadir Majhi and Putul Nacher hatikotha. Continued and unabated ailment, problems and crises devastated his mental disposition. Eventually he resorted to alcohol for respite, adding to his misery. On 3 December 1956, he collapsed and went into a coma. He was admitted to the Nilratan Government Hospital on 2 Octoberwhere he died the next day. He was 48. His funeral took place at Nimtala Crematorium in North Calcutta. A huge crowd attended the memorial meeting for Manik Bandopadhyay held on 9 Dec. 2011
Works
Novels
He wrote 34 novels and around 180 short stories in his short, stormy, and intensely prolific literary career of 27 years.
Short stories
Play
- Bhite-Mati (The Homestead, 1946)
Essay
- Lekhoker Katha (The Writer's Statement, 1957)
Poetry
References
- ^ a b Subodh Kapoor (2002). The Indian Encyclopaedia: Mahi-Mewat. Cosmo Publications. pp. 4605–. ISBN 978-81-7755-272-0. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
- ^ Malashri Lal; Sukrita Paul Kumar (1 September 2007). Interpreting Homes in South Asian Literature. Pearson Education India. pp. 254–. ISBN 978-81-317-0637-4. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
- ^ Nirmal Kanti Bhattacharjee: "Manik Bandopadhyay: A Centenary Tribute" in the Indian Literature, November/December, 2008
Further reading
- Jugantor Chakrabarty (editor), Oprokashito Manik Bandopadhyay, 1976.
- Saroj Dutta, Ouponnasik Manik Bandopadhyay, 1993
- Nitai Basu, Manik Bandopadhyay'er Somaj Jijnasa, 1978.
- Nirmal Kanti Bhattacharjee, Manik Bandopadhyay: A Centenary Tribute in the Indian Literature, Nov/Dec, 2008
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