Bhabani Bhattacharya was an Indian writer, of Bengali origin, who wrote social-realist fiction.
16 Facts About Bhabani Bhattacharya
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Bhabani Bhattacharya was born in Bhagalpur, part of the Bengal Presidency in British India.
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Bhabani Bhattacharya returned to India and joined the diplomatic service.
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Bhabani Bhattacharya served in the United States, to which country he returned as a teacher of literary studies once he had left the service.
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Bhabani Bhattacharya wrote in English, his chosen medium following the advice of two prominent literary figures.
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Bhabani Bhattacharya was born in Bhagalpur, part of the Bengal Presidency of British India.
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Bhabani Bhattacharya studied at Patna University and received a bachelor's degree in English literature.
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Bhabani Bhattacharya subsequently completed his graduate studies in the United Kingdom.
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Bhabani Bhattacharya received Master's and Doctoral degrees from the University of London.
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Bhabani Bhattacharya was active in literary circles and had work published in various magazines and newspapers.
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Some of Bhabani Bhattacharya's articles were published in The Spectator, and he developed a friendship with the editor, Francis Yeats-Brown.
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Bhabani Bhattacharya translated Tagore's poem The Golden Boat into English in 1930.
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On completion of his doctoral studies Bhabani Bhattacharya moved to Calcutta and soon got married.
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Bhabani Bhattacharya accepted an offer to join the University of Hawaii as a visiting faculty, subsequently moving permanently to Seattle to take up a chair at the University of Washington.
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Bhabani Bhattacharya is described as belonging to the social realism school of Indo-Anglian literature.
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Unlike other social realists like Premchand, Bhabani Bhattacharya adopted a pedagogical approach to making novels out of ideas, utilizing satire and making his ideas more tangible through situational examples.