Raghab Bandyopadhyay () (14 November 1948 – 8 February 2017) was an Indian Bengali prose writer and columnist.
Life Raghab was born on 14 November 1948 at Bhawanipore in Kolkata, one year after India's Independence. Brought up in north Kolkata, he came in touch with rural Bengal in the late 60s by virtue of his close association with the Naxalite movement. About this time he started writing. In 1970, he was arrested and spent three years in jail. This experience was reflected in his first novel, Komunis (). The publication of Komunis got an encouraging reaction from intellectuals including Ashok Rudra and Malini Bhattacharya. In the late 1970s and 1980s, Raghab Bandyopadhyay continued publishing. His works of the period include Baadar galpo (), a collection of short stories, and his second novel Shaishab (). During this time Raghab also began his career as a professional journalist. Since his retirement in 2007 he has been heading a publishing house named Charchapada Publication Private Limited.Charchapada Publication Private Limited http://www.charchapada.com/ He also edits a half-yearly Bengali magazine called Charcha ().
Works
Collection of stories Akaalbodhan O Anyanya Galpo () Badar galpo () Angshagrahan () Galpo 33 () Ashmani Katha: Uchchheder 5 Kahon () Galpo Sangraha () Daladas ()
Novels Komunis () Shoishab () Tahara () Mudran soundarya () Sahar sanskaran () Satik jadunagar () Chor Challisha () Medhabi Bhut O Madhabilata () Operation Rajarhat () Kata jibher brittanta () Raktajaba rahasya ()
Contribution in edited volumes Memory's Gold, Writings on Calcutta, edited by Amit Chaudhuri, Penguin Viking, 2008. Calcutta The Living City, Vol:2, edited by Sukanta Chaudhuri, Oxford University Press, 1990.
Special issue on Raghab Bandyopadhyay Kathak (), edited by Shatadal Mitra, January 2012. Some of the contributors are Dipesh Chakrabarty, Ashok Sen, Debesh Roy, Hiran Mitra, Swapan Chakrabarty, Pradip Basu, Sanjoy Mukhopadhyay, Sumita Chakrabarty, Ranabir Lahiri, Nabarun Bhattacharya, Debarshi Talukdar.
Essays Kamalkumar Kolkata: Pichhutaaner itihas () Marjiner Lekha Lekhar Marjine ()
Journalistic and other writings Banglar mukh () Babu Bibi o Tahara () Prantojaner Katha () Journal 70 ()
References
External links Raghab Bandyopadhyay's Charchapada webpage Featured Author at the 3rd Norman Cutler Conference on South Asian Literature at the University of Chicago Memory’s Gold book review
Charchapada book release: Raghab Bandyopadhyay with Ashok Mitra and Mihir Bhattacharya at the launch of Kamalkumar Majumdar’s essays An article on Charchapada Another article on Charchapada Book Release: Chhoy Ritur Gaan Book Release: Comunis O Onyanyo An article on Operation Rajarhat as Editorial on page 4 of Sakalbela Obituary on Ei Samay () Obituary on Ajkaal () Obituary on Anandabazar Patrika () Review of Raktajaba rahasya () by Gautam Bhadra on Anandabazar Patrika () Obituary on Economic and Political Weekly