Dibyendu Palit

Dibyendu Palit was an Indian writer of Bengali poetry, short stories, and novels. In 1955, his first story, Chandapatan, was published. Dibyendu Palit, born in Bhagalpur in Bihar, British India, was the second oldest son of the Palit Family. Unfortunately, he lost his father at a very young age, and he took on the responsibility of caring for his family. His difficult days were a source of inspiration for many of his writings. He later did a Masters in Comparative Literature at the University of Jadavpur. His son, Amitendu Palit, is a senior IES official and economist. Palit lived in Gariahat in Kolkata.

In 2005, Shyamanand Jalan Shyamanand Jalan is a Bengali director and screenw >> Read More... directed the film Eashwar Mime Co., based on the story of Dibyendu Palit, Mukhabhinoy, by renowned playwright Vijay Tendulkar Vijay Tendulkar was born on 6th January 1928 in Mu >> Read More... . The film is the story of a mobile acting company that sells products and author ideas on its journey. It has two leaders: Ashish Vidyarthi Ashish Vidyarthi is a renowned Indian film perform >> Read More... , who plays the role of the owner of the acting company, and Pawan Malhotra, who plays the role of author. Although it has not received any commercial releases it has been screened at the Durban International Film Festival, the 3 Continents Festival, and the Kolkata Film Festival. His published works include 42 novels, 26 short stories, 10 poetry collections, and 4 essays. He has been awarded several prestigious literary awards, including Ananda Puraskar (1984) and the Ramkumar Bhuwalka Award (1986) for the novel 'Sahojoddha', Bankim Chandra Memorial Award (1990) for the novel 'Dheu', and the Sahitya Akademi Award (1998) for the novel 'Anubhab'.

His work has been translated into English and major Indian languages. Many of his novels and stories have been made into memorable films by prominent filmmakers such as Mrinal Sen Mrinal Sen was a renowned and highly skilled India >> Read More... , Tapan Sinha   Tapan Sinha, one of the foremost Indian directo >> Read More... , Buddhadeb Dasgupta, etc.

Mr. Palit is also a well-known journalist and film and drama commentator. Before, that he had a successful career in advertising and marketing and held senior positions at Clarion-McCann Advertising Services, The Statesman, etc.

In 1992, he was invited to speak at Rabindranath Tagore's symposium in Darmstadt, Germany, at a ceremony held in India. That same year he visited the UK and Germany at the invitation of the Governments of various countries. He also visited France, Denmark, the Netherlands, and a few other European countries and traveled to the U.S.A. was invited in 1995. He visited Bangladesh in 1996 during the Indian Army.

He spoke at the SAARC international press conference organized by the ICCR and Sahitya Akademi in October 1992. In 1999 he visited several Italian cities such as Venice, Rome, Naples, etc. as a member of the Indian literary team sponsored by Sahitya Akademi and visited China in 2004. Mr. Palit holds a Post Graduate in Comparative Literature (1961) from Jadavpur University.