Sagarmoy Ghosh

Sagarmoy Ghosh (22 June 1912 – 19 February 1999) was an author and renowned editor of Bengali literary journal Desh.[1][2]

Early life

Ghosh was born in Chandipur village, Comilla, in British India, His father Kalimohan Ghosh and elder brother famous singer Santidev Ghosh were closely associated with Rabindranath Tagore. Ghosh was interested in music and literature since childhood and completed his study from the school of Shantiniketan. He passed B.A from Calcutta University. In 1932, he participated in the Non-cooperation movement and was imprisoned by the police.[1]

Career

In jail he met with Ashok Kumar Sarkar, well known editor of Ananda Bazar Patrika and joined in Anandabazar group. He became the assistant editor of Desh in 1939. Ghosh's task was to pick up young and promising writers for the magazine. He became the editor of the magazine in 1976 and for more than 5 decades he was with Ananadabazar and it's literary wings and made it an institution amongst Bengalis.[3] A number of literary figures of Bengal contributed to the Desh magazine in his editorship. Ghosh's notable works are: Ekti Perekere Kahini, Sampadoker Boithake, Dandyakaranyar Bagh and Hirer Nakchhabi.[4]

Awards

In 1986 he was awarded Viswa Bharati University's highest honour Deshikottam. Ghosh received Calcutta University's first Narayan Gangopadhyay award for his book Ekti Pereker Kahini.[1] In 1984 he received Ananada Puraskar along with Sukumar Sen and Bimal Mitra.[5]

References
  1. Basu, Shrabani (18 March 1999). "Sagarmoy Ghosh obituary". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 19 March 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  2. Gaonkar, Dilip Parameshwar (2001). Alternative Modernities. ISBN 0822327147. Archived from the original on 20 March 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  3. "Ami To Stage Er Malik (Bengali)". anandabazar.com. Archived from the original on 19 March 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  4. Ray, Bijoya (August 2012). Manik and I: My Life with Satyajit Ray. ISBN 9788184757507. Archived from the original on 20 March 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  5. "Ananda Purashkar". Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
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