Jnanpith Award for Bengali Poet Shankha Ghosh

Bengali Poet Shankha Ghosh will be awarded with Jnanpith Award in 2016. Shankha Ghosh is the 6th Bengali poet / novelist to receive this award. The others are: Tarashankar Bandopadhyay (1966), Bishnu Dey (1971), Ashapurna Devi (1976), Subhash Mukhopadhyay (1991) and Mahasweta Devi (1996).

Shankha Ghosh

Awards for Shankha Ghosh

Narsingh Das Puraskar (1977, for Muurkha baro, saamaajik nay)
Sahitya Akademi Award (1977, for Baabarer praarthanaa)
Rabindra-Puraskar (1989, for Dhum legechhe hrit kamale)
Saraswati Samman for his anthology Gandharba Kabitaguccha[2]
Sahitya Akademi Award for translation (1999, for translation of raktakalyaan)
Desikottam by Visva-Bharati (1999)
Padma Bhushan by the Government of India (2011)
Hall of Fame Lifetime Achievement "Sahityabrahma" Award by the World Forum for Journalists and Writers (WFJW) (2015)
D.Litt by Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur, India (2015)
He was also awarded a D.Litt (h.c.) by Vidyasagar University in 2010. 
Jnanpith Award in 2016

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Bengali Poet Shankha Ghosh – His Profile And Biography

Shankha Ghosh is one of the leading poets of West Bengal in recent times. Shankha Ghosh is a respectable poet and at the same time he is a powerful critic of political parties. On many occasions, Shankha Ghosh raised his voice against the ruling party and opposition parties. Shankha Ghosh never hesitates to criticize any political activities of any political parties.

Brief profile of poet Shankha Ghosh

Date of birth of Shankha Ghosh: 6 February 1932

Place of birth of Shankha Ghosh: Chandpur, presently in Bangladesh

Education of Shankha Ghosh: Completed his graduation in Arts in Bengali from Presidency College, Kolkata. Master’s degree from University of Calcutta.

Shankha Ghosh was associated with many colleges and university as a teacher. Shankha Ghosh  taught at Bangbashi College, City College and Jadavpur University. Shankha Ghosh was associated with Delhi University, Indian Institute of Advanced Studies at Shimla, Visva Bharati University. Shankha Ghosh retired from Jadavpur University in 1992.

Shankha Ghosh died on 21 April 2021.

Awards for Shankha Ghosh

Shankha Ghosh has received many awards for his work. Here is the list of awards received by him:

Narsingh Das Puraskar in 1977

Sahitya Akademi Award in 1977

Rabindra-Puraskar in 1989

Saraswati Samman 

Sahitya Akademi Award in 1999

Desikottam by Visva Bharati in 1999

 Padma Bhushan by the Government of India in 2011

Some of the works of poet Shankha Ghosh

Adim lata-gulmomay 

Murkha baro, samajik nay

Kabir Abhipray

Mukh dheke jay bigyapane

Babarer Prarthana 

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