Samaresh Majumdar is an eminent Bengali author of the twentieth and twenty first centuries. He has authored numerous novels which are widely read by the Bengalis. Animesh and Arjun are two of his famous fictional characters.
Early life of Samaresh Majumdar
Samaresh Majumdar was born in 1944 in Jalpaiguri in North Bengal. Samaresh Majumdar completed his formal schooling from Jalpaiguri District School. Subsequently he did his graduation in Bengali from Scottish Church College in Kolkata.
Samaresh Majumdar Literary works
'Dour' (Run) was the first novel written by this master novelist and published in 1976. However, he started writing short stories initially, the first of which was published in 'Desh' a Bengali periodical.
Author Samaresh Majumdar is equally adept in writing novels and short stories. Some of the famous literary works of this Bengali author include:
- Dour – The first novel written by Samaresh Majumdar and published in 1976
- Uttaradhikar – This is the story of Animesh a boy and then a youth who grows up in the tea gardens of North Bengal. This is the first of the Animesh trilogy.
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- Kalbela – In this novel, Animesh the hero arrives in Calcutta and struggles to adjust himself to Calutta's culture, politics and society. He is handicapped, and falls in love with Madhabilata a Bangladeshi girl whom he marries.
- Samaresh Majumdar won the prestigious Sahitya Academy Award for Kalbela in 1984.
- Kalpurush - The last of Animesh trilogy, this novel explores the conflict of Arko, the son of Animesh and Madhabilata, who tries to adjust between his parents idealisms and present day's consumerism.
- Arjun Beriye Elo - Arjun is another fictional character created by Samaresh Majumdar. Arjun is science fiction hero and a detective.
Other novels of Samaresh Majumdar include Sharonagoto, Saat Kahon I and II and Tero Parbon. Swapner Bazar, Ujaan Ganga, Tirtha Jaatri, Victoriar Bagaan, Aat Kuthuri Noy Darja, Attiyoswajan, Anuraag, Cinemawallah, Derdin, Ekmukhi Rudraksha, Garbha Dharini and Ekadosh Aswarohi are some of the other books written by the great literary personality.
Samaresh Majumdar has written about sixty noels and more than one hundred short stories.
Samaresh Majumdar won the Ananda Purashkar in 1982 and the Sahitya Academy Award in 1984.
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