Prabhat Kumar Mukhopadhyay


Prabhat Kumar Mukhopadhyay was a well known Bengali author. He was born in Hugli, Bengal.

Personal life

In 1888, he passed the entrance exam at the Jamalpur High School. In 1891, he received a Fine Arts degree from Patna College. In 1895, he received his bachelor's degree. From 1901 to 1903, he studied law in London.
In 1903, after becoming a barrister, he returned to Bengal to practice law in Darjeeling, Rangpur, and Gaya. He practiced law in these regions until 1916 when he became a professor at the University of Calcutta. He was a professor here until his death in 1932.

Works

Prabhat Kumar Mukhopadhyay wrote novels, short stories, and poems. His poems were published in the Bharati, a Bangla periodical, while he was still in school. He gained fame writing short stories, which are based on looking at life in a light-hearted, simple, way. During his career, he wrote over one hundred stories and fourteen novels.
At times he wrote under two pseudonyms, Sri Janoarchandra Sharma and Srimati Radhamoni.
He received the Kuntalin Prize to acknowledge his writings.

Novels