Shibram Chakraborty

Writer

Shibram Chakraborty

Born: 13 Dec 1903

Died: 28 Aug 1980

He was a popular Bengali writer, humorist, and revolutionary who is best known for his humorous stories.
His best known short stories and novels are renowned for their unique use of pun, alliteration, a play of words and ironic humor.
He was a prolific author who also wrote poems, plays, non-fiction and novels for mature audiences in his long career.
His writing is noted for use of literary puns as a key story vehicle – speculated to be a first in Bengali literature.
He is also noted for his self-deprecating humor.
An example of this is the convoluted way in which he would spell his name in Bangla in his stories: শিব্রাম চকরবরতি (Shee-Bram Cho-ko-ro-bo-ro-ty).
He would often put himself into his stories amongst fictional characters.
The most famous and recurring characters in his stories are the brothers Harshabardhan [হর্ষবর্ধন] and Gobardhan [গোবর্ধন] and his sister Bini.
He also created a detective character named Kalke Kashi.
Advertisements for his books often bill him as the King of Laughter.
Aside from funny stories, his other notable writings include the dramatization of Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay’s novel Dena Paona (দেনা পাওনা) under the title Shoroshi [ষোড়শী] (Sixteen Year Old Girl), the political work Moscow Bonam Pondicheri [মস্কো বনাম পন্ডিচেরি] (Moscow Versus Pondicheri; ) and the play Jokhon Tara Kotha Bolbe [যখন তারা কথা বলবে] (When They Will Speak).
His (so-called) autobiography Eeshwar Prithibee Valobasa (ঈশ্বর পৃথিবী ভালবাসা) (God Earth Love) is also regarded as one of his best works.
During his 60-year career, he authored more than 150 books.