Adwaita Mallabarman

Adwaita Mallabarman was an editor and writer of Indian origin. He was born in the town of Brahmanbaria in Bengal (currently Bangladesh) in British India in the year 1914. He contributed immensely to Bengali literature. He went to Annada High School and Comilla Victoria College. He was the first child in his community to complete school and go to college. During his teenage years, he had a writing talent and focused mostly on poetry. His work was highly praised, to the point that other aspiring writers would seek his feedback before submitting their work to publishers. After moving to Calcutta, he worked as an assistant editor for the literary and news magazine Navashakti, and later as an editorial assistant for the literary monthly Mohammadi. He published many of his poems and some parts of what would later become Titash Ekti Nadir Naam (also made into a film by Ritwik Ghatak Ritwik Ghatak was born in Dhakka, East Bengal now >> Read More... ) in Mohammadi.

He also worked for the newspaper Azad. Adwaita continued to work for Mohammadi until it was closed down by its Muslim publisher, who emigrated from India. From 1945 to 1950, his essays, poems, stories, and translations were published in Desh, a literary weekly, as well as in other magazines. During this time, he also worked for the daily newspaper Ananda Bazar Patrika. He had been experiencing declining health for two years and was diagnosed with tuberculosis in 1950. He entrusted his just-completed manuscript of Titash Ekti Nadir Naam to friends and sought hospital treatment. However, he suffered a relapse after his release and had to be readmitted. Despite being in the middle of his second phase of treatment, he left the hospital. Unfortunately, he passed away on April 16, 1951, just two months later.