Bimal Kar

Bimal Kar was an Indian novelist and writer who wrote in Bengali. He was born on September 19, 1921. Bimal Kar’s place of birth is Taki in the North 24 Parganas, Bengal Presidency, British India. He had lived in many places in and around Bihar like Hazaribagh, Jabalpur, Gomoh, Asansol, and Dhanbad. His nationality is Indian. He received the 1975 Sahitya Akademi Award in Bengali presented by the Sahitya Akademi, India’s National Academy of Letters, for his novel Asamay. Bimal Kar has written several Bengali classics. Also, he has written dramas depicting society. He had several completely various narration styles. He wrote superb stories without any dialogue. He was involved in myriad professions, which helped him in his writings on varied subjects. His several writings reflect a modern thinking and have inspired many young writers.

He created the retired magician Kinkar Kishore Ray, alias Kikira for children, and created a detective character called Victor. When he moved to Kolkata, he worked as a journalist with Parag, Satyajug, and Paschimbanga. From 1954 to 1982, Bimal Kar was associated with Desh where his novel titled “ Grahan This suspense drama is a fine example of a TV seri >> Read More... ” was published in 1964. His another novel “Asamay,” was also published in Desh, won him the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1975. Apart from Desh, his another magazines, which he associated with were Galpapatro and Shiladitya. His another novels include Purna Apurna, Dewal, Jadubansa, and Balika Badhu “Balika Badhu”, is a romantic drama serial based o >> Read More... . With his lucid language, he introduced a new trend in Bengali short stories. Also, several of his novels were made into films.

These include the evergreen “Balika Badhu” (1967) aka The Young Wife (International: English title), later remade in Hindi-language as Balika Badhu in 1976, Jadubangsha & Chhuti in 1967 (based on his novel, Khar-Kuto), the classic comedy “Basant-Bilap,” Dillagi (1978) aka Mischief (International: English title), Bonobhumi. He received several awards, including the Ananda Puraskar in 1967, the Saratchandra Award from Calcutta University in 1981, among other honours. Bimal Kar died on August 26, 2003 in Bidhannagar, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.