![]() Some of his iconic female characters are Paro in Devdas (1917), Vijaya of Datta (1917-1919), Hemangini of Mejdidi and Kamala of Shesh Prashna (1929). Sarat Chandra is hailed as one of the greatest novelists in Indian literature to have penned contemporary women. ![]() ![]() He also wrote under two pseudonyms - Anila Devi (his sister) and Anupama.įame came easy after this but only made Sarat Chandra reflect deeply on the political and social scenario at large and comment on them through his stories.Īlso read: Cats that wink & science of comets: Sukumar Ray’s fantastic world of literature and creatures On his return to Bengal, he became a favourite among magazine readers for his contributions in Jamuna and Bichitra. He stayed in Rangoon for the next 13 years. Some of his surviving childhood works include Korel and Kashinath.Īt the age of 27, he shifted to Rangoon (now Yangon, Burma) as a clerk in a government office in 1903 and published his first short story Mandir that won him the Kuntolin Puraskar. ![]() He studied at a village school, and was forced to drop out of college due to his limited means. ![]() Born on 15 September, 1876, in West Bengal’s Hooghly district, Sarat Chandra knew poverty from an early age due to an idle father. ![]()
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