Manindra Ray

Manindra Ray (4 October 1919 – 28 August 2000) was an Indian Bengali poet and editor.

Manindra Ray
মনীন্দ্র রায়
Born(1919-10-04)4 October 1919
Died28 August 2000(2000-08-28) (aged 80)
NationalityIndian
Alma materSurendranath College
Occupation(s)Writer, poet, author
Parent(s)Shachandra Ray (Father), Subhasini Devi (Mother)
AwardsSahitya Academy Award(1969), Rabindra Puraskar (1993)

Career

Ray was born in Sitlai village in Pabna District in British India. His parents are Shachandra Ray and Subhasini Devi.[1] Ray studied in Surendranath College, Kolkata and attracted to communism. His first book of poems Trishanku was published in 1939.[2] Ray edited number of little magazine. He was awarded Sahitya Akademi Award for his poetry 'Mohini Aral' in 1969.[3] In 1993, he was awarded the Rabindra Puraskar for his book 'Sonnet Samagra'.[4] Ray was the co-editor of a Weekly literary magazine Amrita.[5]

See also

References

  1. Sinha, Biswajit; Choudhury, Ashok Kumar (1996). Encyclopaedia of Indian Writers: Bengali. Eastern Book Linkers. ISBN 978-81-86339-31-2.
  2. dumcjnews.com. "কবি মণীন্দ্র রায়ের আজ জন্মদিন". Chharpatra.com. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  3. "..:: SAHITYA : Akademi Awards ::." sahitya-akademi.gov.in. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  4. অঞ্জলি বসু সম্পাদিত, সংসদ বাঙালি চরিতাভিধান, দ্বিতীয় খণ্ড, সাহিত্য সংসদ, কলকাতা, জানুয়ারি ২০১৯ পৃষ্ঠা ২৯৩, আইএসবিএন ৯৭৮-৮১-৭৯৫৫-২৯২-৬
  5. Contemporary Bengali Literature. Academic Publishers.


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