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[[File:Novelist Amiya Bhushan Majumdar at his home in the Coochbehar district of the Indian state of West Bengal 2014-07-07 16-45.jpg|thumbnail|Novelist Amiya Bhushan Majumdar at his home in the Coochbehar district of the Indian state of West Bengal]]

'''Amiya Bhushan Majumdar''' ([[Bengali language|Bengali]]: অমিয় ভূষণ মজুমদার) (22 March 1918 – 8 July 2001) was an Indian novelist, short-story writer, essayist and playwright. In a writing career spanning over four decades, Majumdar wrote numerous novels, short stories, plays and essays in [[Bengali language|Bengali]]. Known as the ‘Writer’s Writer’, Majumdar is considered one of the most noteworthy authors of modern Bengali prose.<ref>{{cite web|title=Literature |url=http://westbengaltourism.gov.in/web/guest/literature |accessdate=4 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606230559/http://westbengaltourism.gov.in/web/guest/literature |archivedate=6 June 2014 }}</ref> His works received significant critical acclaim and recognition – including the [[Sahitya Akademi Award|Sahitya Academi Award]] for his novel ''Rajnagar'' in 1986 {{ref|Sahitya Akademi Award1 }}<ref name=BN>[http://www.bangladeshinovels.com/Amiyabhusan.pdf Amiya Bhushan Majumdar] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927212849/http://www.bangladeshinovels.com/Amiyabhusan.pdf |date=27 September 2007 }}</ref>

==Early life==
He was born to Babu Ananta Bhushan Majumdar (actual surname Bagchi) a Bengali Brahmin [[zamindar]] in Pakshi, [[Pabna]], (now in [[Bangladesh]]) and Jyotirindu Devi. Though Jyotirindu Devi was also from a Barendra Brahmin family, she was highly influenced by the [[Brahmo Samaj]] and had close friends in the Coochbehar royal family. Amiya Bhushan was the eldest among the five sons of Ananta Bhushan and Jyotirindu Devi and had two elder sisters.<ref name=BN/> He spent most of his life in the North Bengal district of Coochbehar.

==Education==
Though he was an honours graduate in English, his command over Mathematics, History, Geography, Philosophy, Sanskrit and Law was enviable. This erudition has always reflected in the narratives he created. In 1937 he was enrolled in B. A. English honours class at the [[Scottish Church College]], under the [[University of Calcutta]].<ref>''Some Alumni of Scottish Church College'' in ''175th Year Commemoration Volume''. Scottish Church College, April 2008, p. 588</ref> Owing to serious illness, he went back to Cooch Behar after a few months and got admitted to Victoria College (now [[Acharya Brojendra Nath Seal College]]). After earning his degree in 1939, he was compelled by circumstances to take up a job as a Graduate Clerk in the Coochbehar Head Post Office to support his family, drawing a full stop to what could have become a brilliant academic career.

==Literary career==
Majumdar was an outstanding fiction writer in Bengali literature and a role model for many writers and creative artists, who avoided patronizing any quarter of the society. Although he lived in a district town at the northernmost part of the state, he produced literary masterpieces like, ‘Garh Shrikhanda’, ‘Mahishkurar Upakatha’, ‘Rajnagar’, ‘Madhu Sadhukhan’ ‘Friday Island’ and many more which were first published in little magazines with very limited circulation.<ref name=BN/><ref name=Amar>''Amar Sambandhe'' in ''Amiya Bhusan Majumdar Rachanasamagra'', Vol. 4,, Dey's Publishing, Kolkata, 2007.</ref>

A website on his life and works has been launched on his 100th birthday : http://amiyabhushan.com/

==Awards and recognition==
*In 1972, he was awarded the ''Tribritta Puraskar''.
* In 1984, he received the [[Uttarbanga Sambad]] Sahitya Purashkar
*In 1986, the [[Government of West Bengal]] awarded him the [[Bankim Puraskar]] 1986 for fiction writing for his novel ''Rajnagar''.
*In 1986, the [[Sahitya Akademi]], India's national academy of letters awarded him the [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Bengali|Sahitya Akademi Award]] for his novel ''Rajnagar''.
*In 1997, he was awarded the ''Sarat Memorial Medal'' by the [[University of Calcutta]].
*In 2000, he was awarded the ''Kanchenjunga Puraskar'' by Siliguri Press Club.
*In 2001, he was awarded an honorary D. Litt by the [[University of Kalyani]].
*In 2001, he was posthumously awarded an honorary D. Litt by the [[University of North Bengal]] for his literary contributions.

Poet Jay Goswami wrote: "As a (classical) singer moves from note to note, Amiya Bhushan moved from sentence to sentence. It takes time for the reader to overcome the spell it creates and to adjust himself with the movement. It becomes a lesson to new writers" and "Amiya Bhushan was an inventor of new lands and has taught how to appreciate achievements with a highly sophisticated self restrain."<ref name=Amar/>

In 2006-2007 Central Institute of Indian Languages produced a 30 mins documentary film on him under the project named Bhasha Mandakini. The name of the film is: Makers of Bangla Literature:Amiya Bhusan Majumdar, Directed by Indranil Sen.

==Works==
*''Amiyabhushan Rachana Samagra'', Volumes 1 to 11 (''Collected Works of Amiya Bhushan Majumdar'', Volumes 1 to 11)

===Major novels===
*''Garh Shrikhanda'' (গড় শ্রীখন্ড)
*''Mahishkurar Upakatha'' (মহিষকুড়ার উপকথা)
*''Rajnagar'' (রাজনগর)
*''Madhu Sadhukhan'' (মধু সাধুখাঁ)
*''Friday Island Othoba Noromangsho Bhokkhon Ebong Tahar Por''
*''Chandbene''
*''Tashilar Mayor''
*''Bishwa Mittirer Prithhibi''
*''Nirbaas''
*''Bilash Binoy Bandana''
*''New Calcutta''

==Other interests==
Majumdar loved what he called "playing with colours and brush" and this 'play' has given birth to many a thought provoking oil painting. He deeply loved Indian Classical Music and was a great fan of Pundit Omkarnath Thakur and Ustad Vinayakrao Patavardhan.

==References==
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5) 'Amiya Bhusan Majumdar' - one of a series of documentaries named Makers of Indian Literature produced by the Central Institute of Indian Languages- 2007

6) [[Journal of Bengali Studies]] Summer Issue, 2016
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