Bani Basu


Bani Basu is a prolific Bengali Indian author, essayist, critic, poet, translator and professor.

Life

She received her formal education from the well-known Lady Brabourne College, Scottish Church College and at the University of Calcutta where she received M.A. in English.

Career

Basu began her career as a novelist with the publication of Janmabhoomi Mātribhoomi. A prolific writer, she started her professional career as an author from 1980, first in “Anandamala”, a juvenile magazine, then in “Desh” and other periodicals of the time. At present, she is renowned as a novelist, short story writer, essayist, writings for children and teenagers as well. Some of her fictions have been made into films & TV Serials. The broad range of her fiction deals with gender, history, mythology, society, psychology, adolescence, music, sexual orientation, the supernatural, and more. Her major works include Swet Pātharer Thālā, Ekushe Pā, Maitreya Jātak, Gāndharvi, Pancham Purush and Ashtam Garbha.
She was awarded the Tarashankar Award for Antarghāt, and the Ananda Purashkar for Maitreya Jātak. She is also the recipient of the Sushila Devi Birla Award and the Sahitya Setu Puraskar. She also writes essays, short stories and poetry, and translates extensively into Bengali.

Film and Television serial based on her Books