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Samaresh Basu (11 December 1924 – 12 March 1988) was an Indian writer in modern Bengali literature, known for his versatility and vast range of themes. He wrote under the pen name Kalkut. Basu was awarded the 1980 Sahitya Akademi Award in Bengali, by Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, for his novel, Shamba.
Samaresh Basu (Bengali: সমরেশ বসু) was born in December 22, 1924. He spent his early childhood in Bikrampur, Dhaka. He also wrote under the pen-name of Kalkut.
Samaresh Basu has 108 books on Goodreads with 6258 ratings. Samaresh Basu’s most popular book is প্রজাপতি.
Prajapati ( lit. 'Butterfly') is a Bengali-language novel that was written by Samaresh Basu. It was first published in 1967 in Bengali monthly magazine Sharadiya Desh, which was published by Ananda Publishers. The novel is about a young boy who is used as the premises to understand his background and the society in which he lives.
Mar 13, 2020 · Despite controversies surrounding him, Samaresh Basu was probably one of the most prolific writers of Bengali literature, who often had been ignored during his times. With more than 200 short stories and 100 novels to his credit, Basu was quite media shy and wrote under pseudo names like Kalkut.
Mar 2, 2024 · Samaresh Basu. The path that Samaresh Basu, the centenary of whose birth is being observed in 2024, chose to become a writer was a lonely but determined one. Instead of returning to his factory...
As far as I can remember my first introduction to Samaresh. Basu's writing was through a fantastic short story called Akal Brishti (Unseasonal Showers) published in one of the obscurer journals. Around that time I was crazy about poetry and my. publications were restricted to volumes of poems.
