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{{Infobox artist
| name = Akhil Niyogi
| native_name = অখিল নিয়োগী
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| birth_date = 25 October 1902
| birth_place = Sankrail-Tangail, [[Bengal Presidency]], British India
| death_date = 21 February 1993 (aged 90)
| death_place = [[Kolkata]], India
| alma_mater = [[Scottish Church Collegiate School]]
| other_names = Swapanburo
(স্বপনবুড়ো)
| known_for = Bengali Literature
| awards = Vidyasagar Puraskar (1988)
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'''Akhil Niyogi''' also known as '''Swapanburo''' (25 October 1902 — 21 February 1993) was a [[Bengalis|Bengali]] children's writer and editor.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Śāheda |first=Saiẏada Mohāmmada |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7sotAAAAIAAJ&q=%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%96%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B2+%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%80 |title=Chaṛāẏa Bāṅālī samāja o saṃskr̥ti |date=1988 |publisher=Ḍhākā Biśvabidyālaẏa |language=bn}}</ref> He is better known by the pseudonym ''Swapnaburo''.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U31eicYxxBoC&q=Swapan+buro |title=Calcutta Municipal Gazette |date=1974 |publisher=Office of the Registrar of Newspapers. Press in India |language=en}}</ref>

==Early life==
He was born as Akhilbandhu Niyogi in 1902 at Sankrail-Tangail village of [[Mymensingh District|Mymensingh district]], now [[Bangladesh]].<ref name="b">Edited by Anjali Basu "Sangsad Bangali Charitavidhan", 2nd volume, 2019 AD.</ref> Niyogi's father's name is Govinda Chandra Niyogi and mother is Bhavatarini Devi. His father was a headmaster of Bindubasini High School at Tangail. He Passed Matriculation from [[Scottish Church Collegiate School]] and [[Indian School Certificate|ISC]] from [[City College, Kolkata|City College]]. Later he got admission in [[Government College of Art & Craft]].<ref name=":0" />

==Career==
While studying at [[Government College of Art & Craft|Government Art College]] his novel 'Beporoya' was published serially in ''Shisusathi'' magazine.{{Citation needed|date= June 2022}} While a student at the Art College, he was the founder-editor of the Artist Welfare Society. A magazine called ''Chitra'' was published on behalf of the society. Niyogi started his career as a commercial artist later he was seen in the roles of lyricist, director, actor etc. He was the screenwriter of the documentary on [[Sriniketan]] produced by the West Bengal government during [[Rabindranath Tagore|Rabindranath's]] lifetime. He directed the film ''Muktir Bandhan''.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Rajadhyaksha |first1=Ashish |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SLkABAAAQBAJ&dq=AKHIL+NEOGY&pg=PT282 |title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema |last2=Willemen |first2=Paul |date=2014-07-10 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-135-94318-9 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=FilmiClub |title=Muktir Bandhan (1947) |url=https://www.filmiclub.com/movie/muktir-bandhan-1947-bengali-movie |access-date=2022-02-08 |website=FilmiClub |language=en-US}}</ref> Since 1945 onward, he was a regular contributor of the [[Jugantar Patrika|Jugantar]] magazine.<ref>{{Cite news |script-title=bn:সম্পাদক সমীপেষু: মহাকাশের মৃত্যু |url=https://www.anandabazar.com/editorial/letters-to-the-editor/letters-to-the-editor-death-of-stars-1.1247522 |access-date=2022-02-08 |work=Anandabazar Patrika |type=Letter to the editor |language=bn}}</ref> He used to write songs for children under the pseudonym 'Swapnaburo' and gradually became popular by this name.<ref>{{Cite book |last=JAMUNA |first=K. A. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KS0nDwAAQBAJ&dq=AKHIL+NEOGY&pg=PT39 |title=Children's Literature in Indian Languages |date=2017-06-01 |publisher=Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting |isbn=978-81-230-2456-1 |language=en}}</ref> He went to [[Vienna]] in 1952 at the invitation of the International Committee of the [[International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement|Red Cross]]. Netaji's wife and daughter were first mentioned in his book ''Sat Samudra Tero Nadir Pare''. In 1988, the [[Government of West Bengal]] honored him with the Vidyasagar Award.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Swapan Buro Archives |url=https://books.katha.org/book-author/swapan-buro/ |access-date=2022-02-08 |website=Katha Books |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Published books==
*''Babuibasa Boarding''
*''Banpalashir Khude Dakat''
*''Bastuhara''
*''Panka Theke Padma Jage''
*''Dhanni Chele''
*''Kishore Abhijan''
*''Pala Parban Chara-chanda''
*''Bhuture Desh''
*''Khelar Sathi''

==Death==
Akhil Niyogi died on 21 February 1993 in [[Calcutta]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2021-02-21 |script-title=bn:নোবেলজয়ী অর্থনীতিবিদ অভিজিৎ বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়ের জন্ম |url=https://www.banglanews24.com/feature/news/bd/842416.details |access-date=2022-02-08 |work=banglanews24.com |language=bn}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Ashapoorna Devi]]
* [[Premendra Mitra]]
* [[Leela Majumdar]]
* [[Khagendranath Mitra]]
* [[Dhirendralal Dhar]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.milansagar.com/kobi/akhil_niyogi/kobi-akhilniyogi.html Milansagar - akhil_niyogil]

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[[Category:1902 births]]
[[Category:1993 deaths]]
[[Category:Writers from Kolkata]]
[[Category:Government College of Art & Craft alumni]]
[[Category:Scottish Church Collegiate School alumni]]
[[Category:Bengali-language novelists]]
[[Category:City College, Kolkata alumni]]
[[Category:People from Mymensingh District]]
[[Category:Indian children's writers]]

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