Buddhadeb Guha - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family

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Jun 29, 1936 Barisal, Barisal Division, Bangladesh 88 years old

Indian writer

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About Buddhadeb Guha

  • Buddhadeb Guha (Bengali: ???????? ??? Buddhodeb Guho) (born 29 June 1936 in Calcutta) is a Bengali fiction writer.
  • He studied at the St Xavier's College of the University of Calcutta.
  • He spent his early years in various districts of East Bengal (now Bangladesh).
  • Those days in Rangpur, Jaypurhat and Barisal are depicted in his Rivu series.
  • Some of the Rivu books are dedicated to his early-age friends in Bangladesh. His novels and short stories are characterized by their dreamy abstractness and romantic appeal.
  • His essays reveal the soul of a true wanderer providing some of the most beautiful renditions of travel in Bengal.
  • His love for forests and nature provide the background for many of his novels. A highly successful chartered accountant by profession, and an accomplished musician, Guha is very urbane in his lifestyle.
  • He was one of the first to create characters representing easy-going, upper middle-class modern Bengali families, whom readers could identify with, and that gave him instant popularity. He is the recipient of many awards including Ananda Puraskar, 1976; Shiromani Puraskar; and Sharat Puraskar. The Library of Congress has over fifty titles by him. His most famous novel, according to many, is Madhukori.
  • It is considered a milestone in Bengali literature. He is also the creator of Rijuda, an imaginary character who moves about in jungles with his sidekick Rudra.
  • The jungles that he wrote about were mainly in Eastern India.

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