Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay

Born: 2 November 1935

He is a famous Bengali author from India.
He has written stories for both adults and children.
He is known for creating the relatively new fictional sleuths Barodacharan, Fatik and Shabor Dasgupta.
He is associated with the Bengali magazine Desh.
He is heavily influenced by the Hindu sub-sect of Thakur Anukulchandra.
Many of his books are dedicated with a salutation ‘Ra-Swa’. Ra-Swa stands for Radha Swami (this is a standard salutation for followers of Anukul-Thakur).
“Jol torongo” was his first story published in the magazine “Desh” in 1959.
After 7/8 years of writing story “Ghunpoka” was his first novel published in the annual Puja edition of the magazine Desh.
He received Vidyasagar Award (1985) for his contributions to children’s literature.
He received Ananda Purashkar (1973 and 1990), Sahitya Akademi award (1988) for his novel Manabjamin, Banga Bibhushan award (2012).