Sasthi Brata
Sasthibrata Chakravarti | |
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Born | 1939 |
Died | 2015 |
Occupation | Writer |
Nationality | British-Indian |
Education | Calcutta Boys' School, Presidency College (Physics) |
Genre | Fiction, short stories, poetry, memoir, travel |
Notable works | Confessions of an Indian Woman Eater |
Sasthibrata Chakravarti (1939–2015), known as Sasthi Brata, was a British-Indian Indo-Anglian writer of fiction. He is best known for his best selling novel Confessions of an Indian Woman Eater.
Early life and education
Sasthibrata was educated at Calcutta Boys' School, Kolkata and then at Presidency College, Kolkata, where read Physics.[1][2] [3]
Post literary career
Sasthibrata lived a checkered life. After his literary career, he had worked as a salesman for air conditioners, a lavatory attendant, a postman, a kitchen porter, to supplement his pension.[4] He died in 2015 at the age of 75.
Works
Novels
- 1971. Confessions of an Indian Woman Eater
- 1973. She and He
- 1980. The Sensuous Guru: The Making of a Mystic President
Short stories
- 1978. Encounter
Poetry
- 1960. Eleven Poems
Memoir and Autobiography
- 1968. My God Died Young
- 1975. A Search for Home
- 1976. Traitor to India: A Search for Home
Travel
- 1985 Labyrinths in the Lotus Land
- 1986 India: The Perpetual Paradox
References
- ^ "Seven types of Calcutta". The Telegraph. 21 December 2008. Archived from the original on 28 September 2009. Retrieved 8 April 2010.
- ^ COMANS, GRACE P (3 November 1968). "His World Divided". Hartford Courant. 3 November 1968. Archived from the original on 26 October 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2010.
- ^ "Sasthi Brata Biography". penguin.co.in. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
- ^ Rebel at seventy-one - Eternal quest of a thinking mind