1. Narayan Gangopadhyay wrote novels, short stories, essays, plays, and children's literature.
15 Facts About Narayan Gangopadhyay
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Narayan Gangopadhyay is best known for creating the fictional character Tenida, a popular figure in Bengali juvenile fiction.
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Narayan Gangopadhyay was awarded the literary awards Basumati Literary Prize.
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Narayan Gangopadhyay was born as Taraknath Gangopadhyay in Baliadingi in Dinjapur district of Bengal in 1918.
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Narayan Gangopadhyay then took admission at Government Rajendra College in Faridpur but had to leave the town on 1 May 1935 on political grounds.
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Narayan Gangopadhyay was interned as a 'revolutionary suspect' and could not appear in the college examinations.
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Narayan Gangopadhyay passed the Bachelor of Arts with distinction from the same college in 1938.
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Narayan Gangopadhyay earned DPhil from the same university in 1960, for his research in the field of short stories in Bengali literature.
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Narayan Gangopadhyay taught at a number of colleges, including Ananda Chandra College, Jalpaiguri and the City College, Kolkata.
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Narayan Gangopadhyay started teaching at the University of Calcutta in 1956.
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Narayan Gangopadhyay's students were the famous actor Soumitra Chatterjee and novelist Sunil Gangopadhyay and Samaresh Majumdar.
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Narayan Gangopadhyay's novels include Upanibesh, Samrat O Shresthi, Mandramukhar, Shilalipi, Lalmati, Krishnapaksa, Baitalik, and Asidhara.
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Narayan Gangopadhyay wrote stories for children, among them, Saptakanda, Andhakarer Agantuk, Chotader Shrestha Galpa, Chhutir Akash, Khushir Hawa, Jhau Banglor Rahasya, Panchananer Hati, Pataldangar Tenida, Galpa Bali Galpa Shona, Abyartha Laksyabhed, Tenidar Abhiyan.
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Narayan Gangopadhyay wrote a few screenplays and songs for films and gramophone records.
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Narayan Gangopadhyay's writings are informed by his historical sense and patriotic feelings as well as his love for the nature of Bengal.