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| birth_date = 11 November 1908<br />
| birth_place = [[Calcutta]], [[British India]]<br />
| death_date = 16 October 1994<br />
| death_place = [[Calcutta]], [[India]]<br />
| occupation = Novelist, playwright, poet, essayist<br />
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'''Gajendra Kumar Mitra''' ([[Bengali language|Bengali]]: গজেন্দ্র কুমার মিত্র) (11 November 1908 – 16 October 1994) was a [[Bengali language|Bengali]] author. In the year 1959, he won the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] in Bengali for his novel, Kolkatar Kāchhei (A Stone's Throw from Kolkata).<br />
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==Life==<br />
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Gajendra Kumar Mitra was born on 11 November 1908. He was a versatile writer. He wrote many novels, short stories, plays, essays and poems. Mitra also translated a few English novels into Bengali, such as Dickens's ''A Tale of Two Cities''. He used to write with his left hand. His genuine love and concern for [[Bengali literature]] inspired him to co-found the famous Mitra and Ghosh Publishers. Mitra was childless. He passed away on 16 October 1994 in Calcutta (now Kolkata).<br />
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==Mitra & Ghosh Publishers==<br />
Mr Mitra along with his friend Sumathanath Ghosh established Mitra & Ghosh Publishers on March 9, 1934.<br />
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===Novels===<br />
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* ''Kanta Prem''<br />
* ''Pānchajanya''<br />
* ''Rai Jāgo Rai Jāgo''<br />
* ''Kolkatar Kāchei'' (Translated as ''A Stone's Throw from Kolkata'')<br />
* ''Paush Phāguner Pālā''<br />
* ''Upakanthe''<br />
* ''Bahnibanyā''<br />
* ''Rātrir Tapashyā''<br />
* Pashaner Khuda<br />
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==References==<br />
*''Aupanyāsik Gajendrakumar Mitra: Jīban O Sāhitya'' (Kolkata: Pustaka Bipaṇi, 2006.)<br />
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