Priyanath Mukhopadhyay

Priyanath Mukhopadhyay (1855-1947)[1] was a Bengali writer and policeman in Calcutta. He is considered a pioneer in the field of detective fiction in Bengali literature.[2][3][4][5]

Priyanath Mukhopadhyay
Born1855
Died1947
OccupationAuthor
Inspector
LanguageBengali
CitizenshipIndia
Notable worksDarogar Daptar

Career

Mukhopadhyay was an inspector of Lalbazar Police Station in the detective department of the Calcutta Police. He served in the department for 33 years, from 1878 to 1911. He was a detective of Calcutta Police.[6]

In 1889 he began writing accounts of some of his cases in the journal Anusandhaan,[7] before moving in 1892 to Darogar Daptar (The Inspectors files) devoted solely to his stories,[8][9] writing 206 stories[1]over the next 11 years.

He wrote his autobiography in 1911[8]

References
  1. Roy, Pinaki (2008). The Manichean Investigators: A Postcolonial and Cultural Rereading of the Sherlock Holmes and Byomkesh Bakshi Stories. Sarup & Sons. pp. 98–99. ISBN 978-81-7625-849-4.
  2. "'Detective fiction' back in vogue, courtesy Bengal cops". The Tribune. Retrieved 2020-02-24.
  3. "কী করে খুন করি". Anandabazar Patrika (in Bengali). Retrieved 2020-02-24.
  4. "বঙ্গের গোয়েন্দা-চরিত্র". Prothom Alo (in Bengali). Retrieved 2020-02-24.
  5. Bag, Shamik (2015-01-17). "Calcutta noir". Livemint. Retrieved 2020-05-04.
  6. "Detective dead, whodunnit?". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 2020-02-22.
  7. Roy, Shampa (2017). Gender and Criminality in Bangla Crime Narratives: Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries. Springer. pp. 29–30. ISBN 978-1-137-51598-8.
  8. "One of India's earliest crime fiction stories was about a delicious scam involving books". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2020-02-22.
  9. "বাংলা সাহিত্যে গোয়েন্দা". Bangladesh Pratidin (in Bengali). Retrieved 2020-02-24.
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