Banaphool
Encyclopedia
Banaphool is the pen name
of the Bengal
i author, playwright and poet, Balāi Chānd Mukhopādhyāy (1899–1979).
village of Purnia district
(now Katihar
District), Bihar
on 19 July 1899. He was the son of Satyacharan Mukhopadhyay, a practicing physician at the village and Mrinalini Devi. He was admitted to the Sahebgunge Railway school in the year 1914. Mukhopādhyāy started a hand-written magazine named "Bikash" where his writings of the first few days were published. When one of his poem was published in a well- known magazine named Malancha, he was warned by the then head-master of the school as he feared that Balāi Chānd's literary work may spoil his education. So, Balāi adopted his pen name Banaphool (the wild flower in Bengali) to hide his work from his tutor. He passed Matriculation examination in 1918 and completed his study at Hazaribag College. Then he was admitted in the Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata. During this time, he was married to Lilavati, who was studying I. A. at Bethune College
, Calcutta. But before completing his medical education in Calcutta, he was transferred to Patna Medical College and Hospital due to an issued Government order. Here he was emoployed as a physician after completion of his medical education. Then he worked as a physician at Azimgaunge Hospital. He practiced Pathology
at Bhagalpur
. In 1968, he sold his house at Bhagalpur
and settled at Salt Lake, Calcutta. This great writer took his last breath on 9 February 1979.
, often just half page long, but his body of work spanned sixty five years and included "thousands of poems, 586 short stories, 60 novels, 5 dramas, a number of one-act plays, an autobiography
named Paschatpat (Background), and numerous essays."
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
SwapnaSambhab স্বপ্নসম্ভব
KastiPathar 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 Tera Nadi সাত সমুদ্র তেরো নদী
Akashbasi আকাশবাসী
Tumi তুমি
Asanglagna অসংলগ্ন
Simarekha সীমারেখা
Tribarna ত্রিবর্ণ
Alankarpuri অলংকারপুরী
Jangam জঙ্গম
Agni অগ্নি
Doiroth দ্বৈরথ
Mrigoya মৃগয়া
Nirmok নির্মোক
Mandanda মানদন্ড
Nabadiganta নবদিগন্ত
Koshtipathar কষ্টিপাথর
Sthabar স্থাবর
Bhimpalashri ভীমপলশ্রী
Pancha Parba পঞ্চপর্ব
Lakshmir Agaman লক্ষ্মীর আগমণ
Dana ডানা
issued a postage stamp
featuring his image.
Pen name
A pen name, nom de plume, or literary double, is a pseudonym adopted by an author. A pen name may be used to make the author's name more distinctive, to disguise his or her gender, to distance an author from some or all of his or her works, to protect the author from retribution for his or her...
of the Bengal
Bengal
Bengal is a historical and geographical region in the northeast region of the Indian Subcontinent at the apex of the Bay of Bengal. Today, it is mainly divided between the sovereign land of People's Republic of Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal, although some regions of the previous...
i author, playwright and poet, Balāi Chānd Mukhopādhyāy (1899–1979).
Life
Balāi Chānd Mukhopādhyāy was born in ManihariManihari
Manihari is a town and a notified area in Katihar district in the Indian state of Bihar.- Geography :Manihari is located at . It has an average elevation of 31 metres ....
village of Purnia district
Purnia District
Purnia district is one of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar state, India. The town of Purnia is the administrative headquarters of this district.Purnia district is a part of Purnia Division...
(now Katihar
Katihar
Katihar is a town situated in the north eastern part of Bihar state in India. It is headquarters of Katihar district.- Geography :Katihar is located at...
District), Bihar
Bihar
Bihar is a state in eastern India. It is the 12th largest state in terms of geographical size at and 3rd largest by population. Almost 58% of Biharis are below the age of 25, which is the highest proportion in India....
on 19 July 1899. He was the son of Satyacharan Mukhopadhyay, a practicing physician at the village and Mrinalini Devi. He was admitted to the Sahebgunge Railway school in the year 1914. Mukhopādhyāy started a hand-written magazine named "Bikash" where his writings of the first few days were published. When one of his poem was published in a well- known magazine named Malancha, he was warned by the then head-master of the school as he feared that Balāi Chānd's literary work may spoil his education. So, Balāi adopted his pen name Banaphool (the wild flower in Bengali) to hide his work from his tutor. He passed Matriculation examination in 1918 and completed his study at Hazaribag College. Then he was admitted in the Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata. During this time, he was married to Lilavati, who was studying I. A. at Bethune College
Bethune College
Bethune College is a women's college in India. It was founded as a school in 1849 by John Elliot Drinkwater Bethune and in 1879 developed as the first women's college in India. It is located at 181, Bidhan Sarani, Kolkata -700006, just opposite the current campus of Scottish Church College,...
, Calcutta. But before completing his medical education in Calcutta, he was transferred to Patna Medical College and Hospital due to an issued Government order. Here he was emoployed as a physician after completion of his medical education. Then he worked as a physician at Azimgaunge Hospital. He practiced Pathology
Pathology
Pathology is the precise study and diagnosis of disease. The word pathology is from Ancient Greek , pathos, "feeling, suffering"; and , -logia, "the study of". Pathologization, to pathologize, refers to the process of defining a condition or behavior as pathological, e.g. pathological gambling....
at Bhagalpur
Bhagalpur
Bhagdattpuram was one of the most influential towns in "Aryavarta" . It is supposed to have been concurrent to Patliputra or Patna. Bhagdattpuram finds its mention in the Vedas and Ramayana as well. It is supposed to be the kingdom of Daanvir Karna, the son of Kunti and the Sun God...
. In 1968, he sold his house at Bhagalpur
Bhagalpur
Bhagdattpuram was one of the most influential towns in "Aryavarta" . It is supposed to have been concurrent to Patliputra or Patna. Bhagdattpuram finds its mention in the Vedas and Ramayana as well. It is supposed to be the kingdom of Daanvir Karna, the son of Kunti and the Sun God...
and settled at Salt Lake, Calcutta. This great writer took his last breath on 9 February 1979.
Literary Works
He is most noted for his short vignettesVignette (literature)
In theatrical script writing, sketch stories, and poetry, a vignette is a short impressionistic scene that focuses on one moment or gives a trenchant impression about a character, an idea, or a setting and sometimes an object...
, often just half page long, but his body of work spanned sixty five years and included "thousands of poems, 586 short stories, 60 novels, 5 dramas, a number of one-act plays, an autobiography
Autobiography
An autobiography is a book about the life of a person, written by that person.-Origin of the term:...
named Paschatpat (Background), and numerous essays."
Novels
Trinokhondo তৃণখণ্ডBoitorini 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
SwapnaSambhab স্বপ্নসম্ভব
KastiPathar 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 Tera Nadi সাত সমুদ্র তেরো নদী
Akashbasi আকাশবাসী
Tumi তুমি
Asanglagna অসংলগ্ন
Simarekha সীমারেখা
Tribarna ত্রিবর্ণ
Alankarpuri অলংকারপুরী
Jangam জঙ্গম
Agni অগ্নি
Doiroth 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 story collection
- 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
Further reading
- বনফুলের ছোট গল্প সমগ্র (Complete Short Stories of Banaphool), published by Banishilpa, 14 A, Temar Lane, Kolkata 700009 in January 2003.
- উপন্যাস সমগ্র (Complete Novels), published by New Bengal Press (Private) Limited, 68, College Street, Kolkata 700073 in July 1999.
- গল্প সংগ্রহ (Collected Stories), the national text book of B.A. (pass and subsidiary) course of BangladeshBangladeshBangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...
, published by University of DhakaUniversity of DhakaThe University of Dhaka is the oldest university in Bangladesh. It is a multi-disciplinary research university and is among the top universities in the region. Established on July 21, 1921, as per the Government of India Act, 1920, it was modelled on the Universities in England and soon gained...
in 1979 (reprint in 1986).
- বাংলা সাহিত্য (Bengali Literature), the national text book of intermediate (college) level of Bangladesh published in 1996 by all educational boards.
- পশ্চাৎপট (Background), the autobiography of Banaphool, published by Banishilpa, 14 A, Temar Lane, Kolkata 700009 in 1999.
Country's Homage
On the 100th anniversary of his birth, the Government of IndiaIndia
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
issued a postage stamp
Postage stamp
A postage stamp is a small piece of paper that is purchased and displayed on an item of mail as evidence of payment of postage. Typically, stamps are made from special paper, with a national designation and denomination on the face, and a gum adhesive on the reverse side...
featuring his image.