14 Facts About Sunil Gangopadhyay

Sunil Gangopadhyay or Sunil Ganguly was an Indian poet, novelist, short story writer, and critic.

Sunil Gangopadhyay played a key role in modernizing Bengali poetry and co-founded the avant-grade poetry magazine Krittibas, in 1953.

Sunil Gangopadhyay wrote extensively for Desh magazine and claimed to have written more prose for it than any other writer.

Sunil Gangopadhyay was born in Madaripur in a Bengali Hindu family which is in Bangladesh.

Sunil Gangopadhyay became a friend of the beat poet Allen Ginsberg while he was travelling in India.

Author of well over 200 books, Sunil Gangopadhyay was a prolific writer who has excelled in different genres but declares poetry to be his "first love".

Sunil Gangopadhyay said that he was afraid of this novel and went away from Calcutta for a few days.

The central character of Atmaprakash is a young man of core-calcutta'- Sunil Gangopadhyay, who leads a bohemian life-style.

Sunil Gangopadhyay is the winner of the Bankim Puraskar, and the Ananda Puraskar.

Sunil Gangopadhyay wrote in many other genres including travelogues, children's fiction, short stories, features, and essays.

Since 1974, Sunil Gangopadhyay wrote over 35 novels of this popular series, most of which appeared in Anandamela magazine.

Sunil Gangopadhyay was suffering from prostate cancer for some time and went to Mumbai for treatment.

Sunil Gangopadhyay returned to Kolkata on the day of Mahalaya.

Sunil Gangopadhyay was one of the best intellectuals among his contemporaries.