Buddhadeb Guha Explained

Buddhadeb Guha
Birth Date:1936 6, df=yes
Birth Place:Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British Raj
Death Date:[1]
Death Place:Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Occupation:Writer, chartered accountant
Nationality:Indian
Alma Mater:St. Xavier's College, University of Calcutta
Notableworks:Madhukari, Sabinoy Nibedon, Chaprash
Spouse:Ritu Guha (Born : 24 March 1937 - Died : 24 December 2011)

Buddhadeb Guha (29 June 1936 – 29 August 2021) was an Indian Bengali language fiction writer,[2] [3] singer and painter.[4]

Career

Born in Calcutta,[5] Guha studied at St. Xavier's College of the University of Calcutta. He spent his early years in various districts of Eastern Bengal (now Bangladesh). Those days in Rangpur, Jaipurhat and Barisal are depicted in his Rivu series, some books from which are dedicated to friends from his youth.

Guha created Rijuda, an imaginary character who, with his sidekick Rudra, explores jungles mainly in Eastern India.[6] He won the Ananda Puraskar in 1976 and was a chartered accountant by profession.[7] [8]

Apart from writing, Guha was trained to sing by Rabindra Sangeet at the Tagore school of music, Dakshinee. He learned Hindustani classical music and old-style Tappa songs from Ramkumar Chattopadhyay and Chandidas Mal. He was also a painter and toward the end of his life, when his eyesight began to fail and he dictated his writings, he fell back on this art.[9]

Bibliography

Novels

Rivu

Rijuda

Death

Buddhadeb Guha died on 29 August 2021 after developing post-COVID-19 health complications.[11] [12]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Noted writer Buddhadeb Guha passes away. 30 August 2021.
  2. Web site: Chattopadhyay. Suhrid Sankar. Acclaimed Bengali writer Buddhadeb Guha passes away at the age of 85. live. 2021-08-30. 30 August 2021 . Frontline. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20210830145352/https://frontline.thehindu.com/dispatches/acclaimed-bengali-writer-buddhadeb-guha-passes-away-at-the-age-of-85/article36185659.ece . 30 August 2021 .
  3. https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/lifestyle/people/story/noted-bengali-author-buddhadeb-guha-dies-at-85-in-kolkata-1847182-2021-08-30 Noted Bengali author Buddhadeb Guha dies at 85 in Kolkata
  4. Web site: Tribute: Buddhadeb Guha, the iconic writer who was a trained singer and good painter too. 31 August 2021.
  5. Web site: Buddhadeb Guha, 1936- . Library of Congress. One of the most popular Bengali fiction writers, Buddhadeb Guha was born on June 29, 1936, in Calcutta..
  6. Web site: Rijudar_Songe_Labangibone . Calcuttaweb.com . 15 July 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120222045823/http://www.calcuttaweb.com/js/popup.php?pic=%2Fshop%2Fusa%2Fbook%2Fbuddhadeb_guha.jpg&picdesc=RIJUDAR_SONGE_LABANGIBONE . 22 February 2012 .
  7. News: PTI. 30 August 2021. Eminent Bengali writer Buddhadeb Guha is no more. en-IN. The Hindu. 30 August 2021. 0971-751X.
  8. Web site: 30 August 2021. Noted Bengali writer Buddhadeb Guha dies in Kolkata. 30 August 2021. Hindustan Times. en.
  9. Web site: Tribute: Buddhadeb Guha, the iconic writer who was a trained singer and good painter too. 31 August 2021.
  10. Web site: Ananda Publishers - Category - Books for Children . Anandapub.com . 15 July 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100617013640/http://www.anandapub.com/category/chotoder_boi/choto5.htm . 17 June 2010 . dead .
  11. Web site: Noted writer Buddhadeb Guha passes away. 30 August 2021.
  12. News: Buddhadeb Guha: বুদ্ধদেব গুহ প্রয়াত, কোভিড পরবর্তী অসুস্থতা কেড়ে নিল প্রবীণ সাহিত্যিককে . www.anandabazar.com . bn.

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