Those Days (novel)
Those Days (Bengali: সেই সময়) is an award-winning historical novel by Sunil Gangopadhyay. It was first published as a serialized novel in Bengali literary magazine Desh. Sunil Gangopadhyay won Sahitya Akademi Award for this novel in 1985. The story of the novel centers around the life of Kaliprasanna Singha along with legendary historical figures including Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, the reformer; Michael Madhusudan Dutt, the poet; the father and son duo of Dwarkanath Tagore and Debendranath Tagore; Harish Mukherjee, the journalist; Keshab Chandra Sen, the Brahmo Samaj radical; David Hare and John Bethune the English educationists, and others.[1]
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| Author | Sunil Gangopadhyay |
|---|---|
| Original title | সেই সময় (Sei Samay) |
| Translator | Aruna Chakravorty |
| Country | India |
| Language | Bengali |
| Genre | Historical novel |
| Publisher | Ananda Publishers, Penguin Books |
Published in English | 1997 |
| Awards | Sahitya Akademi Award |
| ISBN | 9780140268522 |
| OCLC | 39516159 |
| Followed by | First Light |
The novel was translated into Gujarati by Uma Randeria as Nava Yugnu Parodh (2002).[2]
References
- "Those Days". Penguin Books India. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
- Rao, D. S. (2004). Five Decades: The National Academy of Letters, India : a Short History of Sahitya Akademi. New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi. p. 48. ISBN 978-81-260-2060-7.
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