Overview
- The Sahitya Akademi award-winning author died at a private Kolkata hospital after prolonged age-related ailments.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee issued tributes calling his death a major cultural loss.
- Signature works include Chowringhee, Seemabaddha and Jana Aranya, with the latter two adapted by Satyajit Ray.
- Born in 1933 in Jessore and later based in Howrah, he began writing after working as a clerk to English barrister Noel Barwell.
- He is survived by two daughters, with most reports listing his age as 92 while some early accounts said 93.