| Himanish Goswami | |
| Birth Date: | 18 March 1926 |
| Birth Place: | Kalikapur, Faridpur, Bengal Province, British India (now in Bangladesh) |
| Death Place: | Kolkata, India |
| Alma Mater: | Vidyasagar College |
| Occupation: | Writer, Journalist and cartoonist |
| Parents: | Parimal Goswami (Father) Jyotsna Debi (Mother) |
| Spouse: | Enakshi Goswami |
Himanish Goswami (18 March 1926 – 14 March 2012), was an Indian writer, journalist, and cartoonist.[1]
Goswami was born at his maternal uncle's house on 18 March 1926 at Kalikapur in Faridpur District, British India (now Bangladesh). His father, Parimal Goswami, was a popular Bengali writer, newspaper editor, and photographer. Goswami's maternal grandfather was the Bengali poet Jatindra Nath Bagchi and his uncle, Jnanendra Nath Bagchi, wrote for several Bengali magazines. His family settled in Kolkata in 1937. His schooling was started at Rani Bhabani School at Sinthi. He matriculated from high school in 1944 and graduated from Vidysagar College under University of Calcutta in 1948.In 1951 he went to England to learn cartoon and drawing. He spent three years there.[1]
After return from England in 1953, Goswami worked in various organizations, publication houses that include McGraw-Hill before taking a job with the Anandabazar Patrika newspaper. He was a journalist from 1972 to 1986. His use of humor is evident in such works as Kittu Lahiri & Bagha Kaka, Goenda De & Goenda Daa, Jeebram, Tetul Mama, and Maharaja Singh. In 2008, he held an exhibition of his photographs of London and Calcutta in Gaganendra Pradarshashala.[2] In addition to the All India Honor in Children's Literature, he received the 'Oriental Art Center Award' (Prachyo Kalakendra Puraskaar) in 2001.[3]
Goswami died on 14 March 2012 in a hospital in Kolkata after a long battle with prostate cancer.[4]