Samaresh Majumdar

Author

Indian Jalpaiguri, Bengal Province, British India (now West Bengal, India)

Quick Info

ProfessionAuthor
NationalityIndian
Date of Birth10/03/1944
Age79 years (died on 08, May, 2023)
BirthplaceJalpaiguri, Bengal Province, British India (now West Bengal, India)
Date of Death08/05/2023

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Bio/Wiki

Other nameSamares Mazumdar
NicknameBablu

Educational Qualification(s)

BA (Bengali Literature)Scottish Church College
MA (Bengali Literature)University of Calcutta
SchoolJalpaiguri Zilla School

Personal Life

Place of DeathApollo Hospital, Kolkata
ChildhoodSpent childhood years in the tea gardens of Dooars, Gairkata in Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal, India

Relationships & More

Marital Status (at the time of death)Married

Family

Children
  • Doel Majumder
  • Parama Majumdar

Career

First BookDour (Run) (1976)
Awards & Honours
  • Ananda Purashkar from the ABP Group (1982)
  • Bengal Film Journalists’ Association Award under the Best Script Writer category (1982)
  • Sahitya Akademi Award for the book Kalbela from Sahitya Akademi (1984)
  • Bankim Puroshkar for the novel Kolikataye Nobokumar from the Government of West Bengal (2009)
  • D.Litt. degree from North Bengal University (2015)
  • ABP Ananda Sera Bangali Award (2018)
  • Banga Bibhushan Samman from the Government of West Bengal (2018)
  • Best Bengali Award by ABP (2018)
First StoryAntaratma (1967, published in Desh magazine)
Associated PublisherAnanda Bazar Prakashana
Notable Works
  • Uttoradhikar (first novel of Animesh series)
  • Kalbela (second novel of Animesh series)
  • Kalpurush (third novel of Animesh series)
  • Mousalkal (fourth novel of Animesh series)
  • Saatkahon
  • Buno Haansh
  • Aath Kuthuri Noy Daraja
  • Bandinibash
  • Daybadhha
  • Buno Haansher Palak
  • Lokkhir Pachali
  • Haramir Hatbaksho
Literary OutputOver 200 novels and short stories across multiple genres including thrillers, travelogues, fiction, and children's books
Notable CharactersCreated the detective character Arjun, who appeared in over thirty books and was featured in the 2013 film Arjun – Kalimpong E Sitaharan

Some Lesser Known Facts

1. Samaresh Majumdar was an acclaimed Indian novelist known for his Bengali books.
2. He gained fame for writing a political quartet, the Animesh Series, with books such as Uttoradhikar, Kalbela, and Kalpurush, from 1979 to 1989.
3. Samaresh grew up in a Hindu Bengali family in West Bengal, spending his early years in the tea gardens of Duars in Jalpaiguri.
4. Initially working in the Income Tax Department of West Bengal, he later left to pursue writing.
5. In 1967, he wrote an article for the Bengali magazine Desh, which was later adapted into a play.
6. Samaresh was involved in acting, directing, and scriptwriting for plays during his college days.
7. His novel Dour was published in Desh in 1976.
8. He wrote three books in the Amritesh series and created the character Arjun, appearing in over thirty books by 2023.
9. The fourth book in the Amritesh series, Mousholkal, was released in 2013.
10. The book Buno Haansh was adapted into a Bengali film in 2014.
11. His character Dipaboli from Saatkahon became popular with readers.
12. By 2023, Samaresh authored more than 200 novels in Bengali, including Lokkhir Pachali and Haramir Hatbaksho.
13. On 8 May 2023, Samaresh Majumdar passed away in Apollo Hospital, Kolkata, after battling bulbar palsy and COPD complications.
14. In 1967, he wrote his first story Antaratma for the Bengali magazine Desh, which was later adapted into a play.
15. He created the detective character Arjun, who appeared in over thirty books and was featured in the 2013 film Arjun – Kalimpong E Sitaharan.
16. His novels were known for portraying the tumultuous Naxalite period of the 1970s and featured complex, multi-dimensional female characters.
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