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name = Pankaj pathak

birth date=29June1959 birth place=Datta-Dereton,East Burdwan occupation=Poet, Novelist, Columnist, Critic.

Pankaj Pathak(born 1959) is an Indian poet, of the Bengali language, novelist essayist and critic.

Early life and education
Pankaj pathak was born at the village of Datta-Dereton, in the district of East Burdwan in 1959. he spent his early life and school days in the historic town of kalna .He obtained his Bachelor's degree in Zoology form the university of Calcutta.

Career and work
Pankaj pathak started his literary career in his school days. He has been contributing to the 'Letters to the Editor' column on various current issues in the "Anandabazar Patrikaa bengali paper with the highest circulation and "Desh", Prestigious bengali literary magazine for the last 25 years. Pankaj Pathak has authored a number of biographical novels dealing with the doyens of the 19th century Bengal. His first novel Anandagan was published in Hate -Bazare, a peridodical of repute . Anandagan deals with the activities of Jatra-artistes of the 19th century . the novel was widely acclaimed. Takhan Bankimchandra depicts a part of life of Bankimchandra, the writer of the first novel in bengali. kalipada Neelkamale'' deals with the life of Kamalakanka , a saint of the kali cult . In 1809 Kamalakanta moved form kalna to Burdwan and got involved in the tumultuous history of the ruling family , the richest zamindar of west bengal. Chirapathik another novel deals with the life of Kshitimohan Sen, an eminent scholar and eventually grandfather of the Noble laureate economist Amartya Sen. Pankaj pathak's pomes, novels, letters and essays are regularly published in eminent in eminent papers like Natun Chithi Avijan Samayiki Hate Bazare.

Novels
Takhan Bankimchandra(2013), Hatebazare Patrika, Festival Number. Chirapathik (2014), Hatebazare Patrika, Festival number. Datta-Dereton Chharar Somoy(2015), Hatebazare Patrika. Anandagan (2017), Sutradhar. kalipada Neelkamale, (2018), Hatebazare Patrika, Festival Number.