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{{Infobox writer <!-- For more information see [[:Template:Infobox Writer/doc]]. -->
| name = <!-- Deleting this line will use the article title as the page name. -->Sunil Gangopadhyay
| image = Sunil Gangopadhyay 2010.JPG
| alt = Sunil Gangopadhyay image
| caption = Gangopadhyay in 2010
| pseudonym = ''Nil Lohit'', ''Sanatan Pathak'', and ''Nil Upadhyay''<ref name="Bengali writer Sunil Gangopadhyay dies of a heart attack at 78" />
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1934|09|07}}
| birth_place = [[
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2012|10|23|1934|09|07|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Kolkata]], West Bengal, India
| occupation =
| language = [[Bengali language|Bengali]]
| nationality = Indian
| alma_mater = [[University of Calcutta]]
| period = 1953–2012
| genre =
| subject =
| movement = [[Krittibas (magazine)|Krittibas ]]<br />[[Confessional poetry]]
| notableworks = {{plainlist}}
* ''[[Aranyer Din Ratri]]''
* ''[[First Light (Sunil Ganguly)|First Light]]'' (''Prathama Alo'')
* ''[[Those Days (novel)|Those Days]]'' (''Sei Somoy'')
* ''[[Kakababu]]''
{{endplainlist}}
| spouse = {{marriage|Swati Bandopadhyay|1967}}<ref name="Spouse and children of Gangopadhyay">{{cite web|title=Spouse and children of Gangopadhyay|publisher=Sunil Gangopadhyay website}}</ref>
| partner =
| children = Souvik Gangopadhyay (b. 1967)<ref name="Spouse and children of Gangopadhyay" />
| relatives =
| awards = [[Ananda Puraskar]] (1972, 1989) <br /> [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] (1985)
| signature = Sunil Gangopadhyay signature.jpg
| signature_alt = Sunil Gangopadhyay signature in Bengali
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'''Sunil Gangopadhyay''' or '''Sunil Ganguly''' (7 September 1934 – 23 October 2012)<ref name="Bengali writer Sunil Gangopadhyay dies of a heart attack at 78" /> was an Indian poet, novelist, [[short story writer]]
He is best known for his novels ''[[Atmaprakash]]'' (1964), ''[[Aranyer Din Ratri (novel)|Aranyer Din Ratri]]'', [[Those Days (novel)|''Sei Somoy'']], ''[[First Light (Ganguly novel)|Pratham Alo]]'' (1996), and ''[[
His prose style, conversational and colloquial, simple and lucid yet deeply penetrating with often a thin layer of [[dry humor]], has by now created a niche of its own
▲His prose style, conversational and colloquial, simple and lucid yet deeply penetrating with often a thin layer of [[dry humor]], has by now created a niche of its own and as we have seen, many later writers, not only in [[Bengal]] but elsewhere too have been influenced by this.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Goswami |first=Bhaskar Jyoti |date=2012 |title=Sunil Gangopadhyay: A Tribute |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/43856623 |journal=Indian Literature |volume=56 |issue=6 (272) |pages=56–60 |issn=0019-5804}}</ref> Sunil, according to [[Shankha Ghosh]], "used to narrate the story using contemporary language, which often allows readers to find aspects of themselves they may have not seen, perhaps did not want to see. In doing so, Sunil skillfully turned his personal confession into a shared experience for a wide readership."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ghosh |first=Sankha |date=October 26, 2012 |title=কী রকম ভাবে বেঁচে ছিলেন |url=https://archives.anandabazar.com/archive/1121026/26edit3.html |url-status=live |access-date=January 27, 2024 |work=[[Anandabazar Patrika]]}}</ref>
==Early life==
He was born in [[Faridpur District|
He married Swati Banerjee on 26 February 1967. Their only son, Souvik, who stays in Boston, was born on 20 November 1967.<ref name="Spouse and children of Gangopadhyay" />
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===Other works===
Later, he started writing for various publications of the [[Ananda Bazar Patrika|Ananda Bazar group]], a major publishing house in [[Kolkata]] and has been continuing it for many years.<ref name="Bengali writer Sunil Gangopadhyay dies of a heart attack at 78" /> He became a friend of the beat poet [[Allen Ginsberg]] while he was travelling in India. Ginsberg mentioned Gangopadhyay most notedly in his poem "[[September on Jessore Road]]." Gangopadhyay in return mentioned Ginsberg in some of his prose work. After serving five years as the Vice President, he was elected the President of the [[Sahitya Akademi]] on 20 February 2008.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/02/21/stories/2008022159901400.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080304173336/http://www.hindu.com/2008/02/21/stories/2008022159901400.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 March 2008|title=Gangopadhyay elected Sahitya Akademi president|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=21 February 2008|access-date=4 April 2009}}</ref>
Sunil, along with Tarun Sanyal, [[Jyotirmoy Datta]] and Satrajit Dutta had volunteered to be defence witnesses in the famous trial of [[Hungry generation]] movement poet [[Malay Roy Choudhury]].<ref name="Indian and Foreign Review">{{cite book|title=Indian and Foreign Review|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4kNnAAAAMAAJ|access-date=26 October 2012|year=1969|publisher=Publications Division of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India|page=271}}</ref>
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Author of well over 200 books,<ref name="Bengali writer Sunil Gangopadhyay dies of a heart attack at 78" /> Sunil was a prolific writer who has excelled in different genres but declares poetry to be his "first love".<ref name="Bengal's literary chameleon">{{cite news|title=Bengal's literary chameleon|url=http://www.theage.com.au/national/obituaries/bengals-literary-chameleon-20121031-28kqs.html|access-date=31 October 2012|newspaper=The Age|date=1 November 2012}}</ref> His ''Nikhilesh'' and ''Neera'' series of poems (some of which have been translated as ''For You, Neera'' and ''Murmur in the Woods'') have been extremely popular.
As in poetry, Sunil was known for his unique style in prose. His second novel was ''[[Atmaprakash (novel)|"Atmaprakash"]]'' and it was also the first writing from a newcomer in literature published in the prestigious magazine
[[File:Sunil Gangopadhyay giving autographs to his fans in Kolkata Book Fair 2010 by Piyal Kundu.JPG|thumb|Sunil Gangopadhyay giving autographs to his fans in Kolkata Book Fair 2010]]
Sunil wrote in many other genres including travelogues, children's fiction, short stories, features, and essays. Among his pen-names are: Nil Lohit, Sanatan Pathak, and Nil Upadhyay.<ref name="Bengali writer Sunil Gangopadhyay dies of a heart attack at 78" />
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** ''[[Yeti Obhijaan]]'' (2017) directed by [[Srijit Mukherji]]
** ''[[Kakababur Protyaborton]]'' (2021) directed by [[Srijit Mukherji]]
* [[Shyamaprasad]] adapted his novel 'Hirek Deepti' as Malayalam feature ''[[Ore Kadal]]'' in 2007, and his novel 'Megh Brishti Alo' short story into the 2012 Malayalam film ''[[Arike (film)|Arike]]''
*The movie [[Hotath Neerar Jonnyo]] (2004), is based on Sunil's short story ''Rani O Abinash''.
*The movie ''[[Moner Manush]]'' (2010), directed by Goutam Ghose a film based on Sunil's novel by the same name which depicts the life of Lalon Fakir, a famous Bengali philosopher and a Baul saint.
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Sunil Gangopadhyay died at 2:05 am on 23 October 2012 at his South Kolkata residence, following a heart attack.<ref name="Bengali writer Sunil Gangopadhyay dies of a heart attack at 78">{{cite news|title=Bengali writer Sunil Gangopadhyay dies of a heart attack at 78|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/bengali-writer-sunil-gangopadhyay-dies-of-a-heart-attack-at-78/301744-40-103.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023225503/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/bengali-writer-sunil-gangopadhyay-dies-of-a-heart-attack-at-78/301744-40-103.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 October 2012|access-date=23 October 2012|publisher=CNN-IBN|date=23 October 2012}}</ref><ref name="Eminent Bengali writer Sunil Gangopadhyay passes away">{{cite web|url=http://www.bengalnewz.com/west_bengal/kolkata/102334342.html |title=Eminent Bengali writer Sunil Gangopadhyay passes away|publisher=Bengal Newz |date=20 February 2008 |access-date=23 October 2012}}</ref><ref name="Eminent litterateur Sunil Gangopadhyay passes away at his Kolkata residence">{{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-10-23/india/34679694_1_president-condoles-sahitya-akademi-sunil-gangopadhyay|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103105502/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-10-23/india/34679694_1_president-condoles-sahitya-akademi-sunil-gangopadhyay|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 January 2013|work=[[The Times of India]]|title= Eminent litterateur Sunil Gangopadhyay passes away at his Kolkata residence|access-date=23 October 2012}}</ref> He was suffering from prostate cancer for some time<ref name="Bengali writer Sunil Gangopadhyay dies">{{cite web|title=Bengali writer Sunil Gangopadhyay dies|url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/cities/bengali-writer-sunil-gangopadhyay-dies-283638|publisher=NDTV|access-date=26 October 2012}}</ref> and went to Mumbai for treatment. He returned to Kolkata on the day of ''Mahalaya''.<ref name="Amaratwa ke tachhilya korte chaiten tini">{{cite news|title=Amaratwa ke tachhilya korte chaiten tini|newspaper=Anandabazar Patrika|date=26 October 2012}}</ref> Although he was a communist and an atheist. Controversially, Gangopadhyay's body was cremated following Hindu custom on 25 October at ''Keoratola crematorium'' with several dignitaries and numerous fans paying their last tributes. Ganguly was not a Hindu or Muslim but a committed atheist.<ref name="The discovery of utility in death">{{cite news|title=The discovery of utility in death|url=http://in.news.yahoo.com/discovery-utility-death-204205043.html|access-date=26 October 2012|newspaper=Yahoo News|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131018184407/http://in.news.yahoo.com/discovery-utility-death-204205043.html|archive-date=18 October 2013}}</ref>
Indian President [[Pranab Mukherjee]] condoled the death of Gangopadhyay
<blockquote>Gangopadhyay had enriched Bengali literature through his unique style. He was one of the best intellectuals among his contemporaries. The vacuum created by his death cannot be filled.</blockquote>
[[Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee]], the former Chief Minister of West Bengal, who was closely associated with the writer since 1964, said that Bengali literature would remain indebted to him.<ref name="Sunil Gangopadhyay passes away The Hindu">{{cite news|title=Sunil Gangopadhyay passes away|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/other-states/sunil-gangopadhyay-passes-away/article4025129.ece|access-date=23 October 2012|newspaper=The Hindu|date=23 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026040143/http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/other-states/sunil-gangopadhyay-passes-away/article4025129.ece|archive-date=26 October 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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* ''Kakababu O Jaladashu''
* ''Golokdhandhay Kakababu''
* ''Kakababu Samagra (1–6)''
* ''Kakababu O Chadan Dossu''
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