In the history of letters, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee is one of the names that keeps being returned to.
The record lists Bankim Chandra Chatterjee as Bengali writer, poet and journalist (1838-1894).
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee was born at Kanthalpara in 1838. His recorded nationality is India. He was educated at University of Calcutta and Presidency University.
The nineteenth century was the age of the serialised novel and mass literacy; writers reached audiences of a size never seen before.
He worked as writer, novelist and civil servant.
The writing is recorded in English.
Among his best-known works are Anandamath, Kapalkundala and Durgeshnandini. A writer's real subject usually becomes visible only across the whole body of work.
That the work was written from India matters: language, censorship and the reach of a publishing industry decide which books travel and which stay local.
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee died in 1894, aged 56. The books remain, which is the only durable form a writing life takes.
Achievements
- Notable work: Anandamath
- Notable work: Kapalkundala
- Notable work: Durgeshnandini
- Notable work: Bishbriksha
