Sasthi Brata Explained
| Sasthibrata Chakravarti Bhattacharya |
| Birth Date: | 1939 |
| Death Date: | 2015 |
| Occupation: | Writer |
| Nationality: | British-Indian |
| Education: | Calcutta Boys' School, Presidency College (Physics) |
| Genre: | Fiction, short stories, poetry, memoir, travel |
| Notable Works: | Confessions of an Indian Woman Eater |
Sasthibrata Chakravarti Bhattacharya (1939–2015), known as Sasthi Brata, was a British-Indian Indo-Anglian writer of fiction. He is best known for his best selling novel Confessions of an Indian Woman Eater.
Early life and education
Sasthibrata was educated at Calcutta Boys' School, Kolkata and then at Presidency College, Kolkata, where read Physics.[1] [2] [3]
Post literary career
Sasthibrata lived a checkered life. After his literary career, he had worked as a salesman for air conditioners, a lavatory attendant, a postman, a kitchen porter, to supplement his pension.[4] He died in 2015 at the age of 75.
Works
Novels
- 1971. Confessions of an Indian Woman Eater
- 1973. She and He
- 1980. The Sensuous Guru: The Making of a Mystic President
Short stories
Poetry
Memoir and Autobiography
- 1968. My God Died Young
- 1975. A Search for Home
- 1976. Traitor to India: A Search for Home
Travel
- 1985 Labyrinths in the Lotus Land
- 1986 India: The Perpetual Paradox
Notes and References
- Web site: Seven types of Calcutta. https://web.archive.org/web/20090928144634/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090920/jsp/7days/story_11518890.jsp. dead. 28 September 2009. 21 December 2008. The Telegraph. 8 April 2010.
- News: His World Divided. https://web.archive.org/web/20121026085819/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courant/access/939724152.html?dids=939724152:939724152&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Nov+03,+1968&author=&pub=Hartford+Courant&desc=His+World+Divided&pqatl=google. dead. 26 October 2012. COMANS. GRACE P. Hartford Courant. 3 November 1968. 8 April 2010 . 3 November 1968.
- Web site: Sasthi Brata Biography. penguin.co.in. 4 February 2022.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20160227115147/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1160227/jsp/opinion/story_71509.jsp#.VtG-jPl97IU Rebel at seventy-one - Eternal quest of a thinking mind
