Manik Bandopadhyay 19 May 1908 – 3 December 1956) was an Indian Bengali novelist and is measured one of the leading lights of modern Bengali fiction. During a short lifespan of 48 years, overwhelmed at once by illness and monetary crisis, he produced 36 novels and 177 short stories. His significant works include Padma Nadir Majhi (The Boatman on The River Padma, 1936) and Putul Nacher Itikatha (The Puppet's Tale, 1936), Shahartali (Suburbia, 1941) and Chatushkone (The Quadrilateral, 1948).
Education
Manik passed the entrance
examination from the Midnapore Zilla School in 1926, securing first division
with letter marks in compulsory and optional mathematics. In the same year he
got admit in Welleslyan Mission College at Bankura. Earlier he deliberate in Kanthi
Model School in Tangail.
In Welleslyan College,
Manik came in contact with a professor called Jackson. prejudiced by him, Manik
read the Bible and overcame his religious humbleness. In 1928 he agreed I.Sc.
(Intermediate in Science) with first separation.He got admit to the B.Sc.
course in Mathematics at the Presidency College, Calcutta with the motivation
of his father.
Career
In 1938 Bandopadhyay in progress his career as the Headmaster of Mymensingh Teachers Training School. But, throughout his life, writing was the only source of income for Manik Bandopadhyay and, hence, he languished nonstop scarcity. However, for a short while he tried to improve his earning from end to end participation with one or two storybook magazine. He worked as editor of Nabarun for a few months in 1934. During 1937–38, he worked as assistant editor of literary periodical Bangasree. He recognized a printing and publishing house in 1939 which turned out to be a short-lived endeavour. Also, he worked as promotion helper for the government of India in 1943.Literary life
Once at the same time as he was with his friends in their college canteen, one of them asked him if he could publish a narrative in the magazine Bichitra. The probable novelist replied that his first story would be good sufficient for the purpose. At that time, Bichitra was a foremost bulletin which approved stories only by eminent authors. Manik walked into the place of work of the magazine and dropped the story "Atashimami (Aunt Atashi)" in their letter box. At the end of the story he signed off as Manik Bandhopadhay. After four months, magazine of the story (in 1928) created impression in the literary circles of Bengal and, from then on, the nom de plume stuck.His stories and novels were published in literary magazines of the then Bengal. They included Bichitra, Bangasree, Purbasha, AnandaBazaar Patrika, Jugantor, Satyajug, Probashi, Desh, Chaturanga, NoroNari, Notun Jiban, Bosumati, Golp-Bharati, Mouchak, Pathshala, Rang-Mashal, NoboShakti, Swadhinata, Agami, Kalantar, Parichaya, Notun Sahitya, Diganta, Sanskriti, Mukhopotro, Provati, Ononnya, Ultorath, Elomelo, Bharatbarsha, Modhyabitta, Sharodi, Sonar Bangla, Agami, Ononya, Krishak, Purnima, Rupantar and Swaraj.Manik in print as many as 57 volumes. He also wrote poetry, but not much is heard about his poems.
Social and political views
Manik cautiously read Marx and Engels and became a Marxist. He became an active politician of Marxism by joining the Communist Party of India in 1944. But he regretted being part of the more and more hollow and tyrannical organisation the Communist Party, later in his life.Works
Main article: List of
works by Manik Bandyopadhyay
Novels
He wrote 34 novels and approximately 180 short stories in his short, stormy, and intensely inexhaustible literary career of 27 years.- Janani (Mother, 1935)
- Diba-Ratrir Kabya (Poetry of Days and Nights, 1935)
- Padma Nadir Majhi (The Boatman of River Padma, 1936)
- Putul Nacher Itikatha (The Puppet's Tale, 1936)
- Jiboner Jotilota (Complexities of Life, 1936)
- Ahimsa (Non-violence, 1941)
- Dhorabandha Jiban (Quotidian Life, 1941)
- Chatushkone (The Quadrilateral, 1942)
- Protibimbo (The Reflection, 1943)
- Drapan (The Mirror, 1945)
- Shorobasher Itikotha (A Tale of City Life, 1946)
- Chinha (The Sign, 1947)
- Jiyonto (Alive, 1950)
- Pesha (The Profession, 1951)
- Swadhinotar Swad (Taste of Freedom, 1951)
- Pashapashi (Side by Side, 1952)
- Sarbojonin (Universal, 1952)
- Nagpash (The Serpent's Grasp, 1953)
- Feriwala (The Street Vendor, 1953)
- Arogya (Recovery, 1953)
- Chalcholon (Lifestyle, 1953)
- Haraf (The Alphabet, 1954)
- Holud Nodi Sobuj Bon (Yellow River Green Woods, 1956)
- Mashul (The Penalty, 1956)
- Majhir Chele
Short stories
- Atashi Mami (1935)
- Pragoitihashik (English: Pre-historic, 1937)
- Mihi O Mota Kahini (1938)
- Sarisrip (Amphibian, 1939)
- Bou (The Bride, 1940)
- Shamudrer Swad (The Taste of the Seas, 1943)
- Bhejal (Adulterated, 1944)
- Holudpora (1945)
- Poristhiti (The Situation, 1946)
- Khotian (The Report, 1947)
- Matir Mashul (Earthen Penalty, 1948)
- Choto Boro (The Big and the Small, 1948)
- Lajuklota (A shy creeper, 1953)
Play
- Bhite-Mati (The Homestead, 1946)
Essay
- Lekhoker Katha (The Writer's Statement, 1957)
Poetry
- Manik Bandopadhyay-er Kobita (The Poems of Manik Bandopadhyay, 1970)
- Diner kobita
- Raater kobita
- Dibaraatrir kabyo
- Uttor dokkhin
- gaachtolae
- Buro santrasbadi
- Cha
- Prothom kobitar kahini
- Raja o proja
- Sundor
- Shrabon maas
- kishori
- Adim kobita
- Mod je khae se matal
- Nastiker kotha
- Rupkotha
- Hae go hae
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