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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1934|09|07}}
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| death_date = {{Death date and age|2012|10|23|1934|09|07|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Kolkata]], West Bengal, India
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* ''[[Aranyer Din Ratri]]''
* ''[[First Light (Sunil Ganguly)|First Light]]'' (''Prathama Alo'')
* ''[[Those Days (novel)|Those Days]]'' (''Sei Somoy'')
* ''[[Kakababu]]''
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==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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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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