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Sasthipada Chattopadhyay (born 9 March 1941) is an Indian novelist and short story writer in Bengali. He is well known in Bengali literature for the series stories of Pandab Goenda.[1]

Sasthipada Chattopadhyay
Native name	ষষ্ঠীপদ চট্টোপাধ্যায়
Born	9 March 1941 Sasthitala, Howrah District, West Bengal
Occupation	Novelist, Writer
Language	Bengali
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	University of Calcutta
Notable works	Pandab Goenda, Goenda Tatar
Notable awards	Bal Sahitya Puraskar (2017)

Career

Chattopadhyay was born in 1941 in Khurut, Sasthitala, Howrah district. He published his first literary work Kamakhya Bhraman in Dainik Basumati in 1961 and started working in Anandabazar Patrika under guidance of Ramapada Chowdhury and Sagarmoy Ghosh. Chattopadhyay worked in Rabibasoryo, Anandabazar from 1961. In the meantime, he joined the Indian Railway service and became posted at Ghatshila. He wrote many novels, travelogue, short stories but became popular and gained recognition for the creation of Pandab Goenda, an adventure detective series for children.[2] Pandab Goenda was later realised in television in animated form. He loves to explore countries and have experiences which are reflected in most of the stories. Chattopadhyay created two more detective series namely Detective Ambar Chatterjee and Goenda Tatar. He wrote hundred of detective and adventure stories.[3] His creation of Tatar story was filmed as Goyenda Tatar in 2019.[4]

Works

• Pandab Goenda (Series)
• Sonar Ganapati Hirer Chokh
• Chaturtha Tadanta
• Goenda Tatarer Avijaan
• Panchti Rahasyo Goenda
• Sera Rahasyo 25
• Sera Goenda 25
• Panchaasti Bhuter Golpo
• Aaro Panchaasti Bhuter Golpo
• Debdasi Tirtha
• Kingbadantir Bikramaditya
• Punyatirthe Bhraman
• Kedarnath
• Himalayer Noy Devi

Award

Chattopadhyay was awarded Bal Sahitya Puraskar in 2017 for his contribution to children's literature in Bengali by the Sahitya Akademi.[5][6]

External links

• Sasthipada Chattopadhyay at IMDb

References

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