Ramkumar Mukhopadhyay
Ramkumar Mukhopadhyay is a Bengali writer from India. He has written novels and short stories for both adults and children.
Life
Ramkumar Mukhopadhyay was born in Calcutta.His father was Ramangamohan Mukhopadhyay and mother Kanaklata Mukhopadhyay. He graduated from Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandir at Belur
before taking a master's in English from The University of Calcutta. He did his PhD from Jadavpur University.
Mukhopadhyay started his career as regional secretary, East India, of Sahitya Akademi. Formerly he was convener of the Bengali Advisory Board of the Sahitya Akademi. He was also president of the Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad. He has retired as the director of the Publishing Department, Visva-Bharati.
He is associated with a number of Bengali Little Magazines.
Works
His first collection of 14 short stories entitled "Madale Natun Bol" published from Calcutta in 1984. His first novel "Charane Prantare" was published from Calcutta in 1993.Awards
- Somenchandra Award of Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
- Galpamela Puraskar
- Katha Award
- Bankimchandra Smriti Puraskar of the Department of Higher Education, Govt. of West Bengal
- Saratchandra Smriti Puraskar
- Sis Puraskar
- Gajendra Kumar Mitra Birth Centenary Award 2009
- Ananda Puraskar of the Ananda Bazar Patrika and Desh
- D.L.Ray Award
- Kusumanjali Award
- Krititwa Samagra Puraskar of Bharatiya Bhasha Parisad
- Karmayogi Nanigopal Chakraborty Smriti Sahitya Puraskar