Nabarun Bhattacharya

Nabarun Bhattacharya
Nabarun Bhattacharya
Born	23 June 1948; Baharampur (Berhampur), West Bengal
Died	31 July 2014 (aged 66); Kolkata, India
Occupation	writer, editor
Language	Bengali
Notable works	Herbert (1994)
Notable awards	Sahitya Akademi Award (Bengali)
Relatives	Bijon Bhattacharya (father); Mahashweta Devi (mother)

Nabarun Bhattacharya (23 June 1948 – 31 July 2014) was an Indian Bengali writer. He was committed to a revolutionary and philosophy.

Bhattacharya was born at Baharampur (Berhampur), West Bengal. He was the only child of actor Bijon Bhattacharya and writer Mahashweta Devi.[1]

He was known for his novel, Herbert (1993), which was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award, and adapted into a movie of the same name in 2005, by Suman Mukhopadhyay.[2]

Bhattacharya died of pancreatic cancer at a hospital in Kolkata on 31 July 2014, aged 66.[3]

References

Dutt, Kartik Chandra (1999). Who's who of Indian Writers, 1999: A-M. Sahitya Akademi. p. 164. ISBN 978-81-260-0873-5.
Nathan Lee (10 December 2008). "Storm Advisory: Cyclone of a Life on the Horizon". New York Times.
"Radical Bengali writer Nabarun Bhattacharya dies at 66 - IBNLive". Ibnlive.in.com. Archived from the original on 2014-08-10. Retrieved 2014-07-31.

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[who-1] Dutt, Kartik Chandra (1999). Who's who of Indian Writers, 1999: A-M. Sahitya Akademi. p. 164. ISBN 978-81-260-0873-5.

[2] Nathan Lee (10 December 2008). "Storm Advisory: Cyclone of a Life on the Horizon". New York Times.

[3] "Radical Bengali writer Nabarun Bhattacharya dies at 66 - IBNLive". Ibnlive.in.com. Archived from the original on 2014-08-10. Retrieved 2014-07-31.