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{{Infobox writer
| name = Khagendranath Mitra
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| birth_date = 2 January 1896
| birth_place =[[Kolkata]]
| death_date = 12 February 1978
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| occupation = [[Bengali people|Bengali]] writer for [[children]] & [[preteens]]
| awards =Bhubaneswari Medal, Mouchak Shaitya Award
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'''Khagendranath Mitra''' ([[Bengali language|Bengali]]: খগেন্দ্রনাথ মিত্র) (1896–1978) was a writer for children of [[Bengal]].<ref name="various">{{cite book|last=various|title=Eng Sukumar Ray|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1NhoB5gdyhgC&pg=PA32|accessdate=17 August 2011|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-2281-6|pages=32–}}</ref> Even today his writings continue to be popular among children and preteens.{{citation needed|date=March 2012}}

== Early life ==
Mitra was born in [[Kolkata]]. He hailed from the Mitra family of Nilmani Mitra Street , [[Kolkata]] ([[West Bengal]], [[India]]). His father Shailendranath Mitra was a ''Mukhtar'' of [[Tagore family]] estate in [[Shilaidaha]], [[Bengal Presidency]] (now in Bangladesh). In school life at [[Kushtia District]] he became attracted with revolutionary politics and attached with [[Bagha Jatin]]. Mitra also joined in [[Non-cooperation movement]] in his youth and became imprisoned before the independence.<ref name=":0" />

==Overview==
He was the first Indian children's writer whose books were translated into foreign languages.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Sansad Bangali Charitavidhan (Bengali)|last=Vol I|first=Subodh Ch. Sengupta and Anjali Basu|publisher=Sahitya Sansad|year=2002|isbn=81-85626-65-0|location=Kolkata|pages=123}}</ref> The [[Russian language|Russian]] translation of ''[[Bhombol Sardar]]'' was of immense popularity. ''[[Bhombol Sardar]]'' was one of the Rapid Text in Russian junior classes.

Mitra, besides writing more than 100 books, was an editor as well. ''Kishor'' [কিশোর] (The Preteens), the first child periodical in [[Asia]]{{citation needed|date=March 2012}} was the brain child of his, though it was not published for a year. ''Notun Manush'' [নতুন মানুষ] (New Man), ''Chhotoder Mohol'' [ছোটদের মহল] (The Gallery for Children), ''Banshory'' [বাঁশরী] (The Flute), ''Sonar Kathi'' [সোনার কাঠি] (The Golden Stick), ''Shishusathi'' [শিশুসাথী] (The Children's Friend; Annual) were among the periodicals he edited.<ref name=":0" />

==List of works==

===Stories===
*''Moutuski'' [মৌটুসকি]
*''Sei Chhokrata'' [সেই ছোকরাটা] (That Lad)
*''Kopaler Lekha'' [কপালের লেখা] (The Fate)
*''Swapne Paoya Golpo'' [স্বপ্নে পাওয়া গল্প] (The Story Obtained in a Dream)
*''Kortababur Petni Dekha'' [কর্তাবাবুর পেত্নী দেখা] (The Female-Ghost Kortababu Saw)
*''Mintur Chhobi'' [মিন্টুর ছবি] (Mintu's Picture)
*''GoneshChandrer Ashubho Jatra'' [গণেশচন্দ্রের অশুভ যাত্রা] (The Unholy Journey of GaneshChandra)
*''Parghater Alapeer Pallay'' [পারঘাটের আলাপীর পাল্লায়] (The Gossiping Man of Parghat)
*''Chorer-o Adhom'' [চোরেরও অধম] (Even Inferior Than a Thief)
*''Badanpur Bungalowr Sei Rat'' [বদনপুর বাংলোর সেই রাত] (That Night At Badanpur Bungalow)

===Novels===
*''Bagdi Dakat'' [বাগদী ডাকাত] (The Bagdi Bandits)
*''Africar Jongole'' [আফ্রিকার জঙ্গলে] (In the Forests of Africa. Inspired by R.M Ballantyne's novel [[The Gorilla Hunters]])
*''Sundarbaner Pothe'' [সুন্দরবনের পথে] (On the Way to Sundarban)
*''Black Arrow'' [ব্ল্যাক অ্যারো]
*''[[Bhombol Sardar]]'' [ভোম্বোল সর্দার] (Bhombol the Leader),in 4 volumes- This is a fascinating account of life of a preteen village boy, [[Bhombol Sardar|Bhombol]]. Perhaps, this is a nostalgic memory of his own childhood.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Family, School and Nation: The Child and Literary Constructions in 20th-Century Bengal|last=Nivedita Sen|publisher=Routledge|year=2015|isbn=|location=|pages=192}}</ref>
*''Pujoneeyo Dosyu'' [পূজনীয় দস্যু] (Adorable Dacoit)- ''Prohelika Series'' [প্রহেলিকা সিরিজ] of [[Deb Sahitya Kutir]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.banglamystery.com/Bengali_mystery_literature_writers.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=24 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402215455/http://www.banglamystery.com/Bengali_mystery_literature_writers.htm |archive-date=2 April 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*''Dakait Omnibus'' - Stories of Bishe Dakait ([[Biswanath Sardar]]) and other decoits of rural [[Bengal]]<ref>{{Cite book|title=Dakait Omnibus (Bengali)|last=Khagendranath Mitra|publisher=Bharati Sahitya Prakashani|year=1999|isbn=|location=Kolkata|pages=}}</ref>

==Adaptation==
''Bhombol Sardar'' was turned into a verbal drama conducted by [[Akashbani]], the governmental radio network in [[India]]. It was also adapted to a [[Bengali language|Bengali]] movie.

== Awards ==
Khagendranath Mitra received many awards such as ''Bhubaneshwasi Padak'' (Medal) and ''Mouchak Sahitya Purashkar'' from [[University of Calcutta]] for his works. He also awarded Girish Silver Medal. In 1975 his name was nominated for National award in literature but since the authority showed dishoner to the child literutre, he refused to receive it.<ref name=":0" />

==See also==
*[[Sukumar Ray]]
*[[Ashapoorna Devi]]
*[[Premendra Mitra]]
*[[Leela Majumdar]]
*[[Satyajit Ray]]
*[[Narayan Gangopadhyay]]
*[[Shibram Chakraborty]]
*[[Narayan Sanyal]]
*[[Dhirendralal Dhar]]
*[[Dinesh Chandra Chattopadhyay]]

==References==
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[[Category:Bengali writers]]
[[Category:Indian children's writers]]
[[Category:Writers from Kolkata]]
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[[Category:20th-century Indian novelists]]
[[Category:Novelists from West Bengal]]

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