Swapnamoy Chakraborty Explained

Swapnamoy Chakraborty (born 24 August 1951) is a Bengali novelist and essayist.

Career

Chakraborty was born in Kolkata. He worked in the Land Department under the Government of West Bengal and Akashvani Kolkata as an executive director.[1] He started his writing career with short stories. His first short story was published in 1972 in Amrita magazine.[2] Chakraborty's first book Bhumi Sutra was published in 1982. His book Abantinagar won the Bankim Puraskar in 2005.[3] He received Ananda Puraskar in 2012 for Holde Golap, a research based novel on LGBT communities.[4] [5] In February 2019, Chakraborty alleged that Kaushik Ganguly’s film Nagarkirtan was plagiarised from his novel titled Holde Golap[6] but later he revised his views on the film.[7] [8]

Awards

Notes and References

  1. Web site: চক্রবর্তী. গৌতম. হলুদ গোলাপ ফুলে স্বপ্নময় আনন্দ-সুঘ্রাণ. 2021-09-07. www.anandabazar.com. bn. 7 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210907143150/https://www.anandabazar.com/west-bengal/swapnamoy-chakraborty-gets-ananda-puraskar-1.134852. live.
  2. Web site: চক্রবর্তী. স্বপ্নময়. হেডমাস্টার শ্বশুর বললেন, পড়া গেল না. 2021-09-07. www.anandabazar.com. bn. 7 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210907140803/https://www.anandabazar.com/rabibashoriyo/swapnamoy-chakraborty-writes-about-his-first-book-1.185453. live.
  3. Web site: chakraborty. swapnamoy. The fathers of Jangalmahal. 2021-09-07. @businessline. en. 7 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210907144444/https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/blink/cover/the-fathers-of-jangalmahal/article8135404.ece. live.
  4. Web site: Swapnamoy Chakraborty :: Two micro-stories The International Writing Program. 2021-09-07. iwp.uiowa.edu. 7 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210907145427/https://iwp.uiowa.edu/91st/vol9-num1/swapnamoy-chakraborty-two-micro-stories. live.
  5. Web site: রায়চৌধুরী. যশোধরা. যৌনতার ধারণা বদলে দিতে চেয়েছেন. 2021-09-07. www.anandabazar.com. bn. 7 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210907143041/https://www.anandabazar.com/culture/book-reviews/%E0%A6%AF-%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%A4-%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%A7-%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A3-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%A6-%E0%A6%A4-%E0%A6%9A-%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC-%E0%A6%9B-%E0%A6%A8-1.199768. live.
  6. Web site: Kaushik has plagiarised from my Holde Golap: Swapnamoy Chakraborty - Times of India. 2021-09-07. The Times of India. en. 7 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210907141448/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/kaushik-has-plagiarised-from-my-holde-golap-swapnamoy-chakraborty/articleshow/68184987.cms. live.
  7. Web site: I'm grateful that Swapnamoy has revised his view: Kaushik Ganguly - Times of India. 2021-09-07. The Times of India. en. 7 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210907142433/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/im-grateful-that-swapnamoy-has-revised-his-view-kaushik-ganguly/articleshow/68202942.cms. live.
  8. Web site: Nagarkirtan is not a cinematic adaptation of my novel: Swapnamoy Chakraborty - Times of India. 2021-09-07. The Times of India. en. 7 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210907141916/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/nagarkirtan-is-not-a-cinematic-adaptation-of-my-novel-swapnamoy-chakraborty/articleshow/68196897.cms. live.
  9. Web site: 'অবিশ্বাস্য', সাহিত্য অকাদেমি পেয়ে প্রথম এই সময় ডিজিটালে প্রতিক্রিয়া স্বপ্নময় চক্রবর্তীর . 2023-12-20 . Eisamay . bn . 20 December 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231220185052/https://eisamay.com/nation/swapnamoy-chakraborty-bengali-writer-wins-sahitya-akademi-award-shares-his-experience/articleshow/106159731.cms . live .
  10. Web site: 2023-12-20 . বাংলা সাহিত্যে ‘স্বপ্নময়’ দিন, সাহিত্য অ্যাকাডেমি সম্মান বর্ষীয়ান সাহিত্যিকের . 2023-12-20 . Hindustantimes Bangla . bn . 20 December 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231220185449/https://bangla.hindustantimes.com/lifestyle/novelist-swapnamoy-chakraborty-receives-sahitya-akademi-award-31703075205741.html . live .