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Selected Novels of Sarat Chandra Chatterjee: Devdas Good Riddance Pundit Chandranath Debt and Payment
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The Saratchandra Omnibus
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Datta: A Novel Translated from Bengali
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Devdas
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Devdas and Other Stories
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Sarat Chandra was born into poverty in Debanandapur, Hooghly, India. Though his family was occasionally supported by other family members, Saratchandra's lack of financial stability would influence his writing in years to come. Although he began as a fine arts student, Chatterji left his studies due to his persistent state of poverty. He got his early education residing at his paternal uncle's house in Bhagalpur. He had written his famous novel Devdas in Bhagalpur itself. He spent 20 years of his life in Bhagalpur and major parts of his novels were either written in Bhagalpur or based on his experience in Bhagalpur.
His work represented rural Bengali society and he often wrote against social superstitions and oppression. For a short period, he was a sannyasi, a Hindu ascetic who abandons the material and social worlds. His first published story was, 'Mandir'. He was particularly sensitive to the cause of women in general.
He died in Kolkata of liver cancer in 1938.
After the death of his parents, Sarat Chandra left his college education midway and went to Burma in 1903. There he found employment with a Government Office as Clerk. He did not continue his job in Burma for long time and decided to come back, but before his departure he submitted a short story for a prize competition, but in his uncle's name, Surendranath Ganguli. It won the first prize in 1904.
Sarat Chandra was also a fond disciple of Swami Vivekananda. There is a biography of Sharat Babu written by Vishnu Prabhakar, a Hindi writer also named Awara Masiha. Prabhakar traveled for fourteen years continuously to collect material for this book.
Though he was always known to be an intrepid champion of the marginalised when it comes to novels,personally he was always a shy and private person. There was an occasion when his name was already announced and he was supposed to meet his readers.But he was so shy that when the curtain was raised,there was no trace of the writer.He already left.
His work represented rural Bengali society and he often wrote against social superstitions and oppression. For a short period, he was a sannyasi, a Hindu ascetic who abandons the material and social worlds. His first published story was, 'Mandir'. He was particularly sensitive to the cause of women in general.
He died in Kolkata of liver cancer in 1938.
After the death of his parents, Sarat Chandra left his college education midway and went to Burma in 1903. There he found employment with a Government Office as Clerk. He did not continue his job in Burma for long time and decided to come back, but before his departure he submitted a short story for a prize competition, but in his uncle's name, Surendranath Ganguli. It won the first prize in 1904.
Sarat Chandra was also a fond disciple of Swami Vivekananda. There is a biography of Sharat Babu written by Vishnu Prabhakar, a Hindi writer also named Awara Masiha. Prabhakar traveled for fourteen years continuously to collect material for this book.
Though he was always known to be an intrepid champion of the marginalised when it comes to novels,personally he was always a shy and private person. There was an occasion when his name was already announced and he was supposed to meet his readers.But he was so shy that when the curtain was raised,there was no trace of the writer.He already left.
