 | This articleneeds additional citations forverification. Please helpimprove this article byadding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Tarapada Roy" – news ·newspapers ·books ·scholar ·JSTOR(November 2024) (Learn how and when to remove this message) |
Tarapada Roy | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born | (1936-11-17)17 November 1936 |
| Died | 25 August 2007(2007-08-25) (aged 70) |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Language | Bengali |
| Nationality | Indian |
Tarapada Ray (Bengali:তারাপদ রায়) was aBengali writer of poems, short stories, and essays. He is especially known for his satirical sense of humour.[1] He was born on 1 November 1936 inTangail, now inBangladesh.[2] He lived inKolkata in theIndian state ofWest Bengal until his death on 25 August 2007.
He had his schooling in Bangladesh where he passed his matriculation from Bindubasini High English School. In 1951, he came to Calcutta to attend college. He studied economics in Central Calcutta College (presentlyMaulana Azad College). For a time he taught in a school in Habra in North 24 Parganas.
Apart from numerous short stories and essays (mostly satirical), he wrote many poems as well. His first collection of poems, "Tomar Pratima" was published in 1960. He also wrote several short shorties commemorating his childhood days spent in East Bengal (Bangladesh). Among his most important works are novel like Charabari Porabari and travelogue like Neel Digante Tokhon Magic. He died on 25 August 2007. He was survived by a son and his wife. He was suffering fromkidney failure for the last few months. He was so enthusiastic about writing, that it was reported that he even wrote several pieces from his hospital.
Tarapada had close friendship with Hollywood actorWallace Shawn and famous authorDeborah Eisenberg.
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| Other | |
  | This article about an Indian writer or poet is astub. You can help Wikipedia byadding missing information. |
