Balai Chand Mukhopadhyay

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Balai Chand Mukhopadhyay
Calcutta Medical College
Patna Medical College and Hospital

Balai Chand Mukhopadhyay (19 July 1899 – 9 February 1979) was an Indian

Bengali-language novelist, short story writer, playwright, poet, and physician who wrote under the pen name of Banaphul (meaning "the wild flower" in Bengali). He was a recipient of the civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan (1975).[1]

Life

Mukhopadhyay was born in

Calcutta Medical College. But he graduated from Patna Medical College and Hospital, later he practised at Azimganj Hospital and worked as a pathologist at Bhagalpur. He moved to Lake Town, Calcutta, in 1968, and died there on 9 February 1979.[3] He is the elder brother of famous Bengali film Director Arabinda Mukhopadhyay
.

Literary works

He is most noted for his short vignettes, often just half-page long, but his body of work spanned sixty-five years and included "thousands of poems, 586 short stories (a handful of which have been translated to English),[4] 60 novels, 5 dramas, a number of one-act plays, an autobiography called Paschatpat (Background), and numerous essays."[5][6]

Novels

  • Trinokhondo তৃণখণ্ড
  • Boitorini Tire বৈতরণীর তীরে
  • Niranjana নিরঞ্জনা
  • Bhuban Som ভুবন সোম
  • Maharani মহারাণী
  • Agnishwar অগ্নীশ্বর
  • Manaspur মানসপুর
  • Erao achhe এরাও আছে
  • Nabin Dutta নবীন দত্ত
  • Harishchandra হরিশ্চন্দ্র
  • Kichukshan কিছুক্ষণ
  • Se O Ami সে ও আমি
  • Saptarshi সপ্তর্ষি
  • Udai Asta উদয় অস্ত
  • Gandharaj গন্ধরাজ
  • Pitambarer Punarjanma পীতাম্বরের পুনর্জন্ম
  • Nayn Tatpurush নঞ তৎপুরুষ
  • Krishnapaksha কৃষ্ণপক্ষ
  • Sandhipuja সন্ধিপূজা
  • Hate Bajare হাটেবাজারে
  • Kanyasu কন্যাসু
  • Adhiklal অধিকলাল
  • Gopaldeber Swapna গোপালদেবের স্বপ্ন
  • Swapna Sambhab স্বপ্নসম্ভব
  • Kashti Pathar কষ্টিপাথর
  • Prachchhanna Mahima প্রচ্ছন্ন মহিমা
  • Dui Pathik দুই পথিক
  • Ratri রাত্রি
  • Pitamaha পিতামহ
  • Pakshimithun পক্ষীমিথুন
  • Tirther Kak তীর্থের কাক
  • Rourab রৌরব
  • Jaltaranga জলতরঙ্গ
  • Rupkatha ebang Tarpar রূপকথা এবং তারপর
  • Pratham Garal প্রথম গরল
  • Rangaturanga রঙ্গতুরঙ্গ
  • Ashabari আশাবারি
  • Li ৯
  • Sat Samudra Tero Nadi সাত সমুদ্র তেরো নদী
  • Akashbasi আকাশবাসী
  • Tumi তুমি
  • Asanglagna অসংলগ্ন
  • Simarekha সীমারেখা
  • Tribarna ত্রিবর্ণ
  • Alankarpuri অলংকারপুরী
  • Jangam জঙ্গম
  • Agni অগ্নি
  • Dwairath দ্বৈরথ
  • Mrigoya মৃগয়া
  • Nirmok নির্মোক
  • Mandanda মানদন্ড
  • Nabadiganta নবদিগন্ত
  • Koshtipathar কষ্টিপাথর
  • Sthabar স্থাবর
  • Bhimpalashri ভীমপলশ্রী
  • Pancha Parba পঞ্চপর্ব
  • Lakshmir Agaman লক্ষ্মীর আগমণ
  • Dana ডানা

Short stories

  • Pratibaad
  • swadhinata
  • "Bonofuler Golpo"
  • "Bonofuler Aro Golpo"
  • "Bahullo"
  • "Bindu Bishorgo"
  • "Adrisholok"
  • "Anugamini"
  • "Tonni"
  • "Nobomonjori"
  • "Urmimala"
  • "Soptomi"
  • "Durbin"
  • "Bonofuler Sreshto Golpo"
  • "Bonofuler Golpo Songroho-1"
  • "Bonofuler Golpo Songroho-2"
  • "Banaphooler Chhoto Galpa Samagra—1 & 2"
  • "Fuldanir Ekti Ful"

Film adaptation of his literature

Postage stamp

On the 100th anniversary of his birth, the Government of India issued a postage stamp featuring his image.[7]

See also

Further reading

  • বনফুলের ছোট গল্প সমগ্র (Complete Short Stories of Banaphul), published by Banishilpa, Kolkata in January 2003
  • উপন্যাস সমগ্র (Complete Novels), published by New Bengal Press (Private) Limited, Kolkata in July 1999
  • পশ্চাৎপট (Background), the autobiography of Banaphul, published by Banishilpa, Kolkata in 1999

References

  1. ^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  2. ^ BANAPHOOL RACHANABALI (VOL.16), MUKHOPADHYAY, BALAICHAND, Granthagar Pvt. Ltd. , Calcutta, 1955, p. 3
  3. ^ "Banaful ( of একশ বছরের সেরা গল্প)". Goodreads. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  4. ^ "Wildfire and Other Stories by Banaphool". Purple Pencil Project. 13 June 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  5. ^ Spectrum of Bengali literature (modern period), Indiaheritage.org, Retrieved 1 May 2007.
  6. ^ Ananta Ghosh, Great writers Archived 2 June 2021 at the Wayback Machine, Bengali Association of Greater Chicago Newsletter, Volume 25: Issue 2 : April 2000. Retrieved 1 May 2007.
  7. ^ India, 1999 Archived 29 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine. Postbeeld.com, Retrieved 1 May 2007.

External links

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