Manoj Basu | |
Native Name: | মনোজ বসু |
Birth Date: | 25 July 1901 |
Birth Place: | Dongaghat, Jessore, British India |
Death Date: | 26 December 1987 (Age 86) |
Death Place: | Calcutta, West Bengal, India |
Alma Mater: | Asutosh College |
Occupation: | Writer |
Nationality: | Indian |
Awards: | Sahitya Akademi Award (1966) |
Manoj Basu (Bengali: মনোজ বসু; 25 July 1901 – 27 December 1987) was an Indian writer of Bengali novels and short stories. He is most well known for his novelNishi-Kutumba. He won the 1966 Sahitya Akademi Award in Bengali for this novel.[1]
Manoj Basu was born on 25 July 1901. He wrote many novels and short stories in Bengali. He established the well known Bengal Publishers Pvt. Ltd. in Calcutta (now Kolkata). He died on 27 December 1987.