Bengali litterateur Suchitra Bhattacharya passes away
As the news of the award-winning novelist's death spread, a pall of gloom descended in the literary circle of Kolkata. She is survived by her husband and a daughter.
Though herself not a feminist, Bhattacharya was known for choosing several women's issue in her novels. One of her novels, Dahan, inspired by a real life molestation incident in Kolkata, was made into a hard-hitting film by late filmmaker Rituparno Ghosh.
Among her well know titles were Kachher Manush (Close to Me), Kacher Dewal (The Wall Of Glass), Hemonter Pakhi(Bird of Autumn), Aleek Shukh(Heavenly Happiness), Uro Megh (Flying Cloud), Alochhaya(Shadows Of Light), Anyo Basanto (Another Spring), Rangin Pritibi (Colourful World), etc.
Born on Jan 10, 1950 in Bhagalpur in Bihar, Suchitra Bhattacharya later studied in Kolkata's Jogamaya Devi College.
After a short break from writing after he marriage, she again took up pen and wrote several popular novels, endearing herself to the Bengali readers. Her novels in Puja magazines were very popular.
She received many awards, including the Bhuban Mohini Medal from Calcutta University in 2004, the Nanjanagudu Thirumalamba National Award from Bangalore in 1996, the Katha Award 1997 from Delhi, the Tarashankar Award in 2000 from Kolkata, the Dwijendralal Award in 2001 from Kalyani, the Sharat Puroshkar in 2002 from Bhagalpur, as well as the Bharat Nirman Award, Sahitya Setu Award and Shailajananda Smriti Puroshkar.
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