[Reader-list] Udayan Ghosh passes away

[hpp at vsnl.com]

The Bengali writer Udayan Ghosh passed away last week.

Born in in 1934, Udayan Ghosh was a leading writer of the parallell 
literature and the little magazine streams. He was one of  the group of five 
writers whose names defined Bengali parallel literature, the others being 
Kamal Majumdar, Sandipan Chattopadhyay, Amiya Bhushan Majumdar and Debesh 
Ray.

Udayan Ghosh's first book "Abani bonam Santanu" was published in 1971. Among 
his other works are: "Shylock", "Bondooker Nol Thekey Ekoda", "Asansol-er 
Lokkhyi", "Kanaklata", "Mukulesh-er Ma Ja Hoiben", "Udayan Ghosh-er Chhoto 
Golpo", "Ami Ekhon Underground-ey", "Dui Konya", "Swapan-er Magic Reality", 
"Atanur Kotha", and "Khalasitolay Ami Ek Prodigal Khalasi".


V Ramaswamy
Calcutta
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