Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay

Shirshendu Mukopadhyay's first novel for young adults, Manojder Adbhut Bari, was received very well by young and old alike. Made popular by the famous magazine Anandamela, he has penned several children’s novels - Potashgorer Jongole, Pagla Saheber Kabor, Chhayamoy and Patalghar being some of them. As literary as he is popular, several of his works have been made into movies. Widely translated, he received the Sahitya Akademi Award for his novel Manobjomin in 1989.