Sahitya Akademi
President Sunil Gangopadhyay died today at his at his
South Kolkata residence in the early morning following a massive heart attack.
Sunil Gangopadhyay was 78 years old and in recent times his health was not
doing well. The end came at 2.05 hours.
Sunil Gangopadhyay is survived by
his wife Swati Gangopadhyay and son Sauvik . Sauvik resides in Boston and the
body of Sunil Gangopadhyay will be kept in a mortuary till his Sauvik arrives.
Sunil Gangopadhyay was a poet first and then a
novelist. Sunil Gangopadhyay became popular with his poetry and then shifted
his focus on novels. Recently in several times he expressed his desire to write
poems only. Sunil Gangopadhyay has won several awards.
Sunil Gangopadhyay used many pen
names like 'Nil Lohit', 'Sanatan Pathak', and 'Nil Upadhyay'. Sunil
Gangopadhyay won the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award in 1985 for his novel
'Sei Samay' which is simply a research work. Sunil Gangopadhyay won the Bankim Puraskar in
1982 and the Ananda Puraskar for two times, in 1972 and 1989.
Durga Puja, the most
famous Bengali festival is going on in West Bengal and all over the World. The
news of Sunil Gangopadhyay's death will surely dampen the festival mood of
Bengalis.
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