Sunil Gangopadhyaya

Who was Sunil Gangopadhyaya?

Sunil Gangopadhyay or Sunil Ganguly, was an Bengali poet and novelist. Born in Faridpur, Bangladesh, Gangopadhyay obtained his Master's degree in Bengali from the University of Calcutta, In 1953 he with few of his friends started a Bengali poetry magazine Krittibas. Later he wrote for many different publications.

Ganguly created the Bengali fictional character Kakababu and wrote a series of novels on this character which became significant in Indian children's literature. He received Sahitya Akademi award in 1985 for his novel Those Days. Gangopadhyay used the pen names Nil Lohit, Sanatan Pathak, and Nil Upadhyay.