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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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