Bani Basu

Bani Basu (born 11 March 1939[1] Bengali: বাণী বসু) is a prolific Bengali Indian author, essayist, critic, poet, translator and professor.

Bani Basu
Bani Basu
Born (1939-03-11) 11 March 1939
NationalityIndian
OccupationWriter, Professor in English
Notable work
Maitreya Jātak, Khanamihirer Dhipi

Life

She received her formal education from the well-known Lady Brabourne College, Scottish Church College and at the University of Calcutta where she received M.A. in English.

Career

Basu began her career as a novelist with the publication of Janmabhoomi Mātribhoomi. A prolific writer, she started her professional career as an author from 1980, first in “Anandamala”, a juvenile magazine, then in “Desh” and other periodicals of the time. At present, she is renowned as a novelist, short story writer, essayist, writings for children and teenagers as well. Some of her fictions have been made into films & TV Serials.[2] The broad range of her fiction deals with gender, history, mythology, society, psychology, adolescence, music, sexual orientation, the supernatural, and more. Her major works include Swet Pātharer Thālā (The Marble Salver), Ekushe Pā (Turning Twenty One), Maitreya Jātak (published as The Birth of the Maitreya by Stree), Gāndharvi, Pancham Purush (The Fifth Generation) and Ashtam Garbha (The Eighth Pregnancy). She was awarded the Tarashankar Award for Antarghāt (Treason), and the Ananda Purashkar for Maitreya Jātak. She is also the recipient of the Sushila Devi Birla Award and the Sahitya Setu Puraskar. She also writes essays, short stories and poetry, and translates extensively into Bengali.

Bibliography
  • Swet Pātharer Thālā (1990)
  • Gāndharbi (1993)
  • Mohanā (1993)
  • Ekushe Pā (1994)
  • Maitreya Jātak (1999)
  • Upanyās Panchak (1999)
  • Ashtam Garbha (2000)
  • Antarghāt
  • Pancham Purush
  • Khanamihirer Dhipi (2009)

Film and Television serial based on her Books[3]
  • Swet Patherer Thala (Film)
  • Gandharvi (Film and TV Serial)
  • Ekushe Pa (TV Serial)
  • Nandita (Tele Fim)
  • Mrs Gupta Ra (Tele Film)
  • Jakhan Chand (Tele Film)
  • Bhab Murti (Tele Film)
  • Balleygunge Court (Tele Film)
  • Shakhambherir Dwip (TV Serial)
  • Amrita (TV Serial)

Awards
  • Tara Sankar Award (1991)
  • Sahitya Setu Chandra (1995)
  • Siromoni Award (1997)
  • Ananda Award (1997)
  • Bankim Award (1998)
  • Mahadevi Birla Award (1998)
  • Katha Award (2003)
  • Pratima Mitra Smiti Award (2007)
  • Kabi Kritibas Sahitya Award (2008)
  • Bhuban Mohini Dasi Swarna Padak, Calcutta University (2008)
  • Sachindra Nath Sahitya Award
  • Sahitya Akademi Award (2010)

References
  1. "Bani Basu - Bengali Writer: The South Asian Literary Recordings Project (Library of Congress New Delhi Office)". Loc.gov. 11 March 1939. Retrieved 15 July 2012.
  2. "Basu, Bani".
  3. "Film and TV serials based on her work".


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