Writer
Tarashankar Banerjee
1898 – 1971
- Active years (films on this site)
- 1958–2005
- Schools and movements
- Indian Parallel Cinema
Biography
Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay was an Indian novelist who wrote in the Bengali language. He wrote 65 novels, 53-story-books, 12 plays, 4 essay-books, 4 autobiographies, 2 travel stories and composed several songs. He was awarded Rabindra Puraskar, Sahitya Akademi Award, Jnanpith Award, Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan. He was nominated for Nobel Prize in Literature in 1971 and posthumously nominated in 1972.
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Awards and honours
National / local
- Sahitya Akademi Award 1956
- Jnanpith Award 1966
- Padma Bhushan
- Padma Shri in literature and education
Directors worked with
3 films on this site
- The Music Room 1958 · Satyajit Ray · IMDb 7.8 · Writer
- The Expedition 1962 · Satyajit Ray · IMDb 7.9 · Writer
- Antarmahal 2005 · Rituparno Ghosh · IMDb 7.2 · Writer