Prabhat Kumar Mukhopadhyay

In 1888, he passed the entrance exam at the Jamalpur High School.[1] In 1891, he received a Fine Arts degree from Patna College.[1] In 1895, he received his bachelor's degree.[1] From 1901 to 1903, he studied law in London.[1]

In 1903, after becoming a barrister, he returned to Bengal to practice law in Darjeeling, Rangpur, and Gaya.[1] He practiced law in these regions until 1916 when he became a professor at the University of Calcutta.[1] He was a professor here until his death in 1932.[1]

Prabhat Kumar Mukhopadhyay wrote novels, short stories, and poems. His poems were published in the Bharati, a Bangla periodical, while he was still in school.[1] He gained fame writing short stories, which are based on looking at life in a light-hearted, simple, way.[1] During his career, he wrote over one hundred stories and fourteen novels.[1]

At times he wrote under two pseudonyms, Sri Janoarchandra Sharma and Srimati Radhamoni.[1]

He received the Kuntalin Prize to acknowledge his writings.[1]

His literary works were included in the curriculum of school level, secondary, higher secondary and graduation level Bengali literature in Bangladesh and in some parts of India.

• Golpo Songroho (Collected Stories), the national textbook of B.A. (pass and subsidiary) course of Bangladesh, published by University of Dhaka in 1979 (reprint in 1986).
• Bangla Sahitya (Bengali Literature), the national textbook of intermediate (college) level of Bangladesh published in 1996 by all educational boards.