# Ramkumar Mukhopadhyay

Ramkumar Mukhopadhyay (born 8 March 1956) is a Bengali writer from India. He has written novels and short stories for both adults and children.

## Life

Ramkumar Mukhopadhyay was born in Calcutta. His father was Ramangamohan Mukhopadhyay and mother Kanaklata Mukhopadhyay. He graduated from Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandir (a residential college) at Belur before taking a Masters in English from The University of Calcutta. He did his Ph.D from Jadavpur University. Mukhopadhyay started his career as Regional Secretary, East India, of Sahitya Akademi. Formerly he was Convener of the Bengali Advisory Board of the Sahitya Akademi. He was also President of the Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad. He has retired as the Director of the Publishing Department, Visva-Bharati. He is associated with a number of Bengali Little Magazines.

## Works

His first collection of 14 short stories entitled "Madale Natun Bol" (The New Beats on the Drum) published from Calcutta in 1984. His first novel "Charane Prantare" (At the Grazing Ground, at the Horizon) was published from Calcutta in 1993.

### Novel

* Charane Prantare (At the Grazing Ground, at the Horizon)
* Bhanga Nider Dana (The Wings of the Broken Nest)
* Michhiler Pare (After the Mass Gathering)
* Dukhe Keora (Dukhe Keora)
* Bhabadiya Nangarchandra (Yours Sincerely, Nangarchandra)
* Kathar Katha (Stories about Stories)
* Dhanapatir Sinhala Jatra (Dhanapati's Journey to Sri Lanka)
* Hara - Parvati Katha (The story of Hara & Parvati )
* Job - Mukhujye Bakyalap (2023)

### Short story collection

* Madale Natun Bol (The New Beats on the Drum)
* Ramkumar Mukhopadhyay-er Chhotagalpa (Short Stories of Ramkumar Mukhopadhyay)
* Parikrama (Wide Travelling)
* Sankha (A Conch-bangle)
* Jyastha 1390, Ghughu Kimba Manus (Jaistha 1390, Dove or a Man by Lifi Publications)
* Srestha Galpa (Best Stories)
* Priyankar Chhelei (A Boy-child It Will Be)
* Dasti Galpa (Ten Stories)
* Jatra (The Journey)
* Galpasamagra (The Complete Short Stories)
* Banglar M.A. (2023)

### Travelogue

* Natun Chine (In the New China)
* Oi Banglay (In the Other Bengal)

### Book of essays

* Satabdi Sesher Galpa (An End-Century Assessment of Bengali Short Stories)
* Bangali Sanskritir Ayatan (The Area of Bengali Culture)
* Adhunik Bharatiya Kathasahitya (Modern Indian Fiction)

### Compiled and edited

* Sera Nabinder Sera Galpa (The Best Stories of the Young Writers)
* Parabarti Sabdabali:Dui Banglar Tarunder Kavita (The Next Diction : The Poems of the Young Poets of Both Bengals)
* Aro Nabin Aro Sera Galpa (Short Stories of the Younger Writers)
* Bharat Joda Galpakatha (Indian Short Stories)
* Katha Jatra (A Journey through Bengali Short Stories, a collection)
* Bharatjora Kathankatha (The oral Tales of India)

### Juvenile literature

* Katum-Katum(Remodelling Natural Objects)/Jointly edited
* Sat Sagarer Pare (Beyond The Seven Seas)/Jointly edited

## Awards

* Somenchandra Award of Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi (2000)
* Galpamela Puraskar (2004)
* Katha Award (New Delhi, 2005)
* Bankimchandra Smriti Puraskar of the Department of Higher Education, Govt. of West Bengal (2006)
* Saratchandra Smriti Puraskar (Bhagalpur, 2007)
* Sis Puraskar (2008)
* Gajendra Kumar Mitra Birth Centenary Award 2009Participating in a panel discussion on "Publishing in India" at Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi, on 2 February 2019.
* Ananda Puraskar of the Ananda Bazar Patrika and Desh (2013)
* D.L.Ray Award (2014)
* Kusumanjali Award (New Delhi, 2014)
* Krititwa Samagra Puraskar of Bharatiya Bhasha Parisad (2016)
* Karmayogi Nanigopal Chakraborty Smriti Sahitya Puraskar (2023)