Bani Basu Explained

Bani Basu
Birth Date:1939 3, df=yes
Birth Place:Calcutta, British India
Nationality:Indian
Occupation:Writer, professor in English
Notable Works:Maitreya Jātak, Khanamihirer Dhipi, Gandharbi, Ekushe paa

Bani Basu (born 11 March 1939[1] Bengali: বাণী বসু) is a prolific Bengali Indian author, essayist, critic, poet, translator and professor.

Life

She received her formal education from the well-known Lady Brabourne College, Scottish Church College and at the University of Calcutta where she received M.A. in English.[2]

Career

Basu began her career as a novelist with the publication of Janmabhoomi Mātribhoomi. A prolific writer, she started her professional career as an author from 1980, first in “Anandamala”, a juvenile magazine, then in “Desh” and other periodicals of the time.

She is known as a novelist, short story writer, essayist, and writings for children and teenagers. Some of her fictions have been made into films & TV Serials.[3] The broad range of her fiction deals with gender, history, mythology, society, psychology, adolescence, music, sexual orientation, the supernatural, and more. Her major works include Swet Pātharer Thālā (A Plate of White Marble),[4] [5] Ekushe Pā (Turning Twenty One), Maitreya Jātak (published as The Birth of the Maitreya by Stree), Gāndharvi, Pancham Purush (The Fifth Generation) and Ashtam Garbha (The Eighth Pregnancy). She also writes poetry, and translates extensively into Bengali.

She was awarded the Tarashankar Award for Antarghāt (Treason), and the Ananda Purashkar for Maitreya Jātak. She is also the recipient of the Sushila Devi Birla Award and the Sahitya Setu Puraskar. In 2010 she was awarded Sahitya Academy for her contributions to Bengali literature.

Bibliography

Film and television serial based on her books

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Awards

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bani Basu - Bengali Writer: The South Asian Literary Recordings Project (Library of Congress New Delhi Office) . Loc.gov . 1939-03-11 . 2012-07-15.
  2. Web site: Bani Basu. 2021-10-01. veethi.com.
  3. Web site: Basu, Bani.
  4. News: Singh . Smita . Book Review: Bani Basu's A Plate of White Marble Offers A Strong Commentary On The Plight Of Widows In India . 11 July 2021 . . November 10, 2020.
  5. News: Basu . Bani . With A Plate of White Marble, Bani Basu's Bengali classic Swet Patharer Thala finds first English translation . 11 July 2021 . FirstPost . September 30, 2020.
  6. News: Bengali Novel Adapted Into Aparna Sen Film Now In English . 11 July 2021 . News18 . PTI . November 6, 2020.
  7. Web site: Film and TV serials based on her work.

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