Sanjib Chattopadhyay should not be confused with Sanjib Chandra Chattopadhyay.
| Sanjib Chattopadhyay সঞ্জীব চট্টোপাধ্যায় | |
| Native Name: | সঞ্জীব চট্টোপাধ্যায় |
| Birth Date: | 1936 10, df=yes[1] |
| Birth Place: | Calcutta, British India |
| Occupation: | Writer |
| Language: | Bengali |
| Nationality: | Indian |
| Education: | Graduate, University of Calcutta |
| Alma Mater: | Scottish Church College, Calcutta |
| Period: | Contemporary |
| Genre: | Novel, Story, Spiritual, Fiction, Humanitarian |
| Notableworks: |
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| Spouse: | Geeta Chattopadhyay |
| Children: | Apurba Chattopadhyay |
| Relatives: |
(wife)
(son)
(daughter in law)
(grand-daughter)
(grand-daughter) |
Sanjib Chattopadhyay (Bengali: সঞ্জীব চট্ট্যোপাধ্যায়; born 24 October 1936 in Kolkata, India) is an Indian Bengali novelist and writer of short stories. His style is characterized by use of short satirical sentences mixed with very lively language.
Sanjib Chattopadhyay spent his childhood in the hilly terrain of Chota Nagpur Plateau[2] under the care of his father after his mother died when he was five. They relocated to Calcutta and he was admitted to Victoria Institution school which he joined at grade seven. He later graduated from the Scottish Church College where he studied chemistry.[3] [4]
The subjects of his fiction are mostly families living in Calcutta city. Within the confines of these homes, he challenges the moral values of the fast-changing middle class of the city. Chattopadhyay frequently uses old men as his protagonists. These aged characters create the spiritual and philosophical edge found in his novels Lotakambal (The Vessel and Quilt) and Shakha Prasakha (Branches). Arguably the most famous of his creations is Lotakambal. His most famous novella Swet Patharer Table (The Ivory Table) is an example of his characteristic style of story-telling which mixes tension, dilemma, curiosity, pity, humor, and satire. He has written fiction for children and continues to write for magazines and newspapers. Chattopdhyay's current writing is related to Ramkrishna Paramhansa Sarada Devi and Swami Vivekananda. Some of his major works apart from the above-mentioned are:
Apart from these, his notable juvenile literature includes the Ruku-Suku and Badomama-Mejomama series (recompiled & published as Mama Samagra by KGB Prakashani) which are fun-filled and analyse various philosophical aspects of life through the eyes of children.