Shamik Ghosh is an Indian author writing in Bengali.
10 Facts About Shamik Ghosh
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Shamik Ghosh has won the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar in 2017 in Bengali for his debut short story collection "Elvis O Amolasundari" His shorty 'Half Timer Pawre' from the collection was selected by Hervill Secker, an imprint of Vintage, Penguin Random House, UKfor the Harvill Secker Young Translators' Prize 2018.
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Shamik Ghosh's family moved from Jessore of present-day Bangladesh during the Partition of India.
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Shamik Ghosh studied in one of the best schools of Kolkata, South Point High School and as such was exposed to people from varied sections of the society from an early age.
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Shamik Ghosh did his undergraduate studies in physics from Calcutta University.
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Shamik Ghosh was involved in politics in his university days.
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In 2014, Shamik Ghosh left his job and returned to Kolkata to concentrate on writing and film-making.
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The writing of Shamik Ghosh is characterized by short sentences, vividly visual description and continuous changes of time and space.
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Shamik Ghosh doesn't believe in the normal interpretation of reality and wants to bend reality to reveal unseen elements of our own hidden self.
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Shamik Ghosh speaks about loners in the society, each unique with a distinct marginality.