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Shyamal Bhattacharaya (Author, Translator, Linguist) :

Shyamal Bhattacharya, born in Agartala (1964), holds a graduate degree in Library Science, Masters degrees in Hindi and Public Administration and a Postgraduate Diploma in Journalism.

Besides Bengali, he knows Hindi, English, Punjabi, Dogri and Rajasthani. He started his career with Indian Air Force as Aircraft Controller (1981- 2001) and later served the ICFAI University as Academic Monitoring Coordinator (2004 – 2010) and Adamas Institute of Management for brief period.

Thereafter he shouldered the responsibility of Assistant Editor in Sakalbela, a Bengali daily till April 2013.

He is an eminent author of Bengali Literature and a linguist of repute. His early translations include the poetry of Jugal Parihar (from Rajasthani into Bengali), short stories of Amrita Pritam, Kartar Singh Duggal, Omprakash Gaso, Ramsarup Anakhi and 42 others (from Punjabi ito Bengali) and short stories of Ved Rahi (from Dogri into Bengali).

Some of his important indigenous works include novels like 'Bukhari' and 'Lodravar Kachakachi' ; short story collections like ChilteDaag, Fulmotir Basantkal, Jamichalang, Aakashe Orar Galpo, Bharong Pakhir Naach etc.

He is the Recipient of honours by Jahangirnagar University, Ganobiswabidyalaya and Dhaka University of Bangladesh(2016) Punjabi Lekhak Akademi, Jallandhar,  (2000);   Punjabi   Sahitya Sabha,  Sangrur, (2000); Triveni Sahitya Akademi, Jallandar (2000); Viswakarma Literary Society, (2000); Tripura Prabha Honour (2007), Sutapa Roy Chowdhuri Award by Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi (2010), Amrita Pritam Samman (2015), Siromani Sahityakar Samman, Udaypur, Rajasthan ( 2016), Tathagata Srijan Samman, Siddharthanagar, U.P. ( 2016) as well as the Sahitya Akademi Translation Award (2010). He represented country at Beijing International Book fair in 2010.

Selected Bibliography:

Novel: Bukhari (1997, 2002, 2006); Lodravar Kachakachi (2008); Banchchakalpataru (2017). Bukhari (in Hindi) (2002, 2006, 2015).

Short Fiction: Chilte Daag (1981); Fulmotir Basantkal (1994); Jamichalang (1999), Jamichlang (in Hindi) 2006; Aakashe Orar Galpo (2006); Bharong Pakhir Nach (2008). Paisley ( in English, 2007).

Translations: Samakalin Punjabi Galpo (2002, 2008)(Akhshar Publications). Dharma Juddha (2011); Aay Re (2014) & Kumari Harinir Chokh (2007), (Sahitya Akademi) Kon Bhore Bonchka Khuli (2014) (NBT)

Other Books: Tripurar Galpo o Galpokar (1999)( Ubudosh); Prasanga Biofelia (2011)( Srot); Path-Pratikriya (2012)( Tripura Bani); Tripuray Bangla Sahitya (2016)( Srot).

Biography: Barun-60- An aesthetic journey(2016)( Colourland Art Academy).

Children Literature: Chhoy Ponar Kando (2014, 2016) ( Srot)

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