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Shankha Ghosh
Ghosh in 2011
Born	Chittapriya Ghosh (1932-02-05)5 February 1932 Chandpur, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died	21 April 2021(2021-04-21) (aged 89) Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Alma mater	University of Calcutta
Known for	Bengali literature
Title	Poet
Spouse	Pratima Ghosh (née Biswas)
Awards	Padma Bhushan (2011) Jnanpith Award (2016) Sahitya Akademi Award (1977)

Sankha Ghosh (born Chittapriya Ghosh; 5 February 1932 – 21 April 2021) was an Indian poet and literary critic. He was born in Chandpur District of the then Bengal Presidency, present day Bangladesh. His ancestral home was at Banaripara Upazila in Barisal District. He spent his childhood and adolescence in Ishwardi Upazila of Pabna District, which was his father's workplace.

Ghosh passed matriculation from Chandraprabha Vidyapitha, Pabna. He got his undergraduate degree in Arts in Bengali from Presidency College, Kolkata in 1951 and subsequently his master's degree from the University of Calcutta in the year 1954.

Career

Ghosh taught at many educational institutions, including Bangabasi College, City College (all affiliated to the University of Calcutta) and at Jadavpur University, Jangipur College, Berhampore Girls' College all in Kolkata and West Bengal. He retired from Jadavpur University in 1992. In 1967, he participated in the International Writing Program's Fall Residency at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, IA. He also taught at Delhi University, the Indian Institute of Advanced Studies at Shimla, and at the Visva-Bharati University. He won many awards including Jnanpith Award in 2016. His pen name was Kuntak. Among the most respected names in contemporary Bengali literature, Ghosh was one of the ‘Pancha Pandavas’— along with Shakti Chattopadhyay, Sunil Gangopadhyay, Binoy Majumdar and Utpal Kumar Basu — who gave a new identity to the Bengali literary world.

Ghosh was a member of the Social Network for Assistance to People (informally Association SNAP) that published a ground-breaking survey in 2014 that revealed the extent of poverty among the Muslim community of West Bengal.

Death

Ghosh and his wife tested positive for COVID-19 on 14 April 2021. Later he suffered from several complications and died on 21 April 2021, at his home in Kolkata. 8 days after poet's death, his wife Pratima Ghosh also died from COVID-19 complications.

Literary contributions

Shankha Ghosh made contribution to the world of Bengali poetry. ‘Days and Nights’, ‘Babar’s Prayer’, ‘Face Covered in Advertisement’, ‘Gandharva Poems’ are his notable books of poetry.Although Shankha Ghosh was initially known as a 'poet', his prose works are numerous. He has combined poetry and prose. He was an eminent Rabindra expert, noting Rabindranath Tagore's 'Ocampore Rabindranath', 'A Amir Awaran', 'Kaler Matra O Rabindra Natak', 'Chhander Baranda' and 'Damini's Song'. ‘Words and Truth’, ‘Urvashir Hasi’, ‘Ahan Sab Alik’ are his other notable prose works. His writings have been studied and popular in Bengali for years. The poetic mind of Shankha Ghosh, its speed is two-way. On the one hand, that mind is always aware of the repercussions of all the socio-political events of the day.Ghosh's sensitive poetry roared against any unjust injustice in the society. The people of the lower classes, the poor can get the poetry of Shankha Ghosh as a companion to their daily suffering. Shankha Ghosh work identifies inequality of society, lack of justice with his infallible poems.

Works

Poetics

1. Dinguli rātaguli (Bengali: দিনগুলি রাতগুলি) (1956)

2. Ekhan samaẏa naẏ (Bengali: এখন সময় নয়) (1967)

3. Nihita pātālachāẏā (Bengali: নিহিত পাতালছায়া) (1967)

4. Saṅkha ghōṣēr śrēṣṭha kabitā (Bengali: শঙ্খ ঘোষের শ্রেষ্ঠ কবিতা) (1970)

5. Adima latāgulmamaẏ (Bengali: আদিম লতাগুল্মময়) (1972)

6. Mūrkha baṛa sāmājika naẏa (Bengali: মূর্খ বড় সামাজিক নয়) (1974)

7. Baburēr prārthanā (Bengali: বাবরের প্রার্থনা) (1976)

8. Minibook (1978)

9. Tumi to temon gaurī na'ō (1978)

10. Panjarē dāṛēr Shabda (1980)

11. Kabitāsangraha -1 (1980)

12. Praharajōṛā tritāla (1982)

13. Mukh ḍhēkē jay Bigyapanē (1984)

14. Bandhurā māti tarajāẏa (1984)

15. Dhuma lēgēchē hr̥idakamalē (1984)

16. Kabitāsaṅgraha - 2 (1991)

17.Lainei chilāma bābā (1993)

18. Gāndharva kabitāguccha (1994)

19.Saṅkha ghōṣēr nirbācita prēmēr kabitā (1994)

20. Mini kabitār boi (1994)

21. Saber uparē śāmiẏānā (1996)

22.Chhandēr bhitarē ēto andhakār (1999)

23. Jol'i pāṣāṇ hoẏē āchē (2004)

24. Samasta khatēr mukhē pali (2007)

25. Māṭikhōm̐ṛā purōnō karōṭi (2009)

26. Gōṭādēśajōṛā ja'ughara (2010)

27. Hāsikhuśi mukhē sarbanāś (2011)

28. Prati praśnē jēgē ōṭhē bhiṭē (2012)

29.Bahus Various stabdha paṛē āchē (2014)

30.prēmēra kabitā (2014)

31 . śaṅkha ghōṣēra kabitāsaṅgraha (2015)

32. śuni nīraba ciṯkāra (2015)

33. ē'ō ēka byathā upaśama (2017)

Prose

1. kālēra mātrā ō rabīndranāṭak (1969)

2. niḥśabdēra tarjanī (1971)

Awards

• Narsingh Das Puraskar (1977, for Murkha baro, samajik nay)
• Sahitya Akademi Award (1977, for Baabarer praarthanaa)
• Rabindra Puraskar (1989, for Dhum legechhe hrit kamale)
• Saraswati Samman for his anthology Gandharba Kabitaguccha
• Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize for translation of Taledanda (Kannada) Play into Bengali named Raktakalyan (1999)
• Desikottam by Visva-Bharati (1999)
• D.Litt. by Vidyasagar University (2010)
• Padma Bhushan by the Government of India (2011)
• Hall of Fame Lifetime Achievement "Sahityabrahma" Award by the World Forum for Journalists and Writers (WFJW) (2015)
• D.Litt. by Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur, India (2015)
• Jnanpith Award by the Government of India (2016)

References

1. Pharida Kabira (1986). Pañcāsa Bacharera Premera Kabitā: Bāṃlādeśa O Paścimabāṃlāra Kabitāra Panḍulipi Saṃkalana (in Bengali). Signorinā. p. 82.
2. "Sankha Ghosh - Biographical Sketch [Parabaas Translation]". Parabaas. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
3. "Sankha Ghosh, 1932-". Library of Congress, New Delhi Office. 11 January 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
4. ^ কবি শঙ্খ ঘোষ আর নেই. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 20 April 2021. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
5. "Acclaimed Bengali poet Shankha Ghosh to get 2016 Jnanpith Award". Daily News Analysis. 23 December 2016. Archived from the original on 23 December 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
6. Bagchi, Suvojit (1 June 2014). "Bengal's Muslims worse off: study". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 26 February 2021.
7. "Celebrated Bengali poet Sankha Ghosh dies of Covid at 89 in Kolkata". India Today. 21 April 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
8. "Legendary Bengali poet Shankha Ghosh dies of COVID". Frontline. 21 April 2021.
9. Atri, Mitra (21 April 2021). "Bengali poet Shankha Ghosh passes away due to Covid-19 complications". The Indian Express.
10. প্ৰয়াত শঙ্খ ঘোষেৰ স্ত্ৰী, কবিৰ প্ৰয়াণেৰ ৮ দিনেৰ মাথায় জীবনাবসান প্ৰতিমাদেবীৰ. Hindustan Times (in Bengali). 29 April 2021. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
11. ^ "Bengali poet Shankha Ghosh chosen for Jnanpith Award". Hindustan Times. 23 December 2016.
12. ^ "Sahitya: Akademi Awards". sahitya-akademi.gov.in. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
13. "Saraswati Samman for Shankha Ghosh". The Tribune. 6 February 1999. Retrieved 26 October 2008.
14. Kumar, Kuldeep (14 December 2018). "Shankha Ghosh: A gifted and sensitive writer". The Hindu.
15. "Jnanpith award for veteran poet Shankha Ghosh". The Times of India. 24 December 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2016.

External links

• Shankha Ghosh at Library of Congress

• Writers from Kolkata
• Presidency University, Kolkata alumni
• Bengali-language poets
• People from Barisal District
• Recipients of the Rabindra Puraskar
• Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Bengali
• University of Calcutta alumni
• Academic staff of the University of Calcutta
• 1932 births
• 2021 deaths
• Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in literature & education
• Academic staff of Jadavpur University
• Academic staff of Visva-Bharati University
• Indian literary critics
• Academic staff of City College, Kolkata
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