Provatkumar Mukhopadhyay (1873–1932), was a renowned Bengali

Bengali language

Bengali or Bangla is an eastern Indo-Aryan language. It is native to the region of eastern South Asia known as Bengal, which comprises present day Bangladesh, the Indian state of West Bengal, and parts of the Indian states of Tripura and Assam. It is written with the Bengali script...

 author. He was born in Hugli, West Bengal

West Bengal

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Life

A barrister, Provatkumar Mukhopadhyay went to many places of India

India

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. Was a professor of the Law College of the University of Kolkata.

Works

Though Provatkumar Mukhopadhyay was a novelist, he was mainly a creator of short stories. His short stories are mainly based on situation.

His literary works were included in the curriculum of school level, secondary, higher secondary and graduation level Bengali Literature

Bengali literature

Bengali literature is literary works written in Bengali language particularly from Bangladesh and the Indian provinces of West Bengal and Tripura. The history of Bengali literature traces back hundreds of years while it is impossible to separate the literary trends of the two Bengals during the...

 in Bangladesh

Bangladesh

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Short story collections

• Nobokotha
• Soroshi
• Galpapanjoli
• Golpobithi
• Patrapushpa
• Gohonar Baksho
• Hotash Premik
• Bilashini
• Juboker Prem
• Nuton Bou
• Jamata Babajee