10 Facts About Bimal Kar

Bimal Kar was an Indian writer and novelist who wrote in Bengali.

Bimal Kar received the 1975 Sahitya Akademi Award presented by the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, for his novel Asamay.

Bimal Kar was born in Taki in the North 24 Parganas, in 1921.

Bimal Kar had lived in various places in and around Bihar like Jabalpur, Hazaribagh, Gomoh and Dhanbad.

The special ability of Kar was that he had many completely different narration styles and he has written noteworthy ones almost entirely comprising dialogue.

Bimal Kar was involved in myriad professions that later helped him write on varied subjects.

Bimal Kar's writings reflect a modern mind and have inspired many young writers whom he supported at the start of their literary careers.

Bimal Kar won the Ananda Puraskar in 1967 and the Saratchandra Award from Calcutta University in 1981.

Bimal Kar was associated with were Shiladitya and Galpapatro magazine.

Bimal Kar has to his credit several novels that were successfully adapted for the screen.