Subodh Ghose’s stories are marked by a strong, vigorous narrative style and a lively universe of people and places drawn from the writer’s formidable range of life experiences. This collection of translations into English presents a number of his better-known stories.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Subodh Ghose
Subodh Ghosh was born in Hazaribagh, Bihar on 14th September, 1909. After completing his education from St. Columbus College in the same town, he dabbled in a variety of professions. He worked as a Municipal Vaccinator, a bus conductor, a circus staff, a crew member on a ship, before settling down as a proof-reader, and subsequently as an editor, for Ananda Publishers. Many of his novels and short stories have been made into hugely popular films in Hindi and Bangla. Winner of the Sahitya Akademi Award, Subodh Ghosh also won the Filmfare award as the best story writer twice: in 1959 for Sujata, and posthumously for Izazat (based on “Jatugrihaâ€) in 1990.
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