Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, Novelist

A renowned Bengali novelist and short story writer of the 20th century, Sarat Chandra’s work majorly deals with the lifestyle, tragedy and struggle of the village people and the contemporary social practices that prevailed in Bengal. To date, he happens to be among the most popular, translated, and adapted Indian authors. His book Devdas has not just been translated into many languages but is even known to have been adapted the most into films in different languages.