Annadashankar Roy (May 15, 1905 - October 28, 2002), was a renowned Bengali

Bengali people

The Bengali people are an ethnic community native to the historic region of Bengal in South Asia. They speak Bengali , which is an Indo-Aryan language of the eastern Indian subcontinent, evolved from the Magadhi Prakrit and Sanskrit languages. In their native language, they are referred to as বাঙালী...

 author. He was born in Dhenkanal in Orissa

Orissa

Orissa , officially Odisha since Nov 2011, is a state of India, located on the east coast of India, by the Bay of Bengal. It is the modern name of the ancient nation of Kalinga, which was invaded by the Maurya Emperor Ashoka in 261 BC. The modern state of Orissa was established on 1 April...

, India

India

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Life

Passed B.A. (Honors) in English from Ravenshaw College

Ravenshaw College

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, Cuttack

Cuttack

Cuttack is the former capital of the state of Orissa, India. It is the headquarters of Cuttack district and is located about 20 km to the north east of Bhubaneswar, the capital of Orissa. The name of the city is an anglicised form of Kataka that literally means The Fort, a reference to the...

, Orissa

Orissa

Orissa , officially Odisha since Nov 2011, is a state of India, located on the east coast of India, by the Bay of Bengal. It is the modern name of the ancient nation of Kalinga, which was invaded by the Maurya Emperor Ashoka in 261 BC. The modern state of Orissa was established on 1 April...

. Started his literary career in Oriya

Oriya literature

Oriya is an official language of the state of Orissa, India. The region has been known at different stages of history as Kalinga, Udra, Utkala, or Koshala. The language is also spoken by minority populations of the neighboring states of Jharkhand, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh. The...

. He was a poet of Sabuja Yuga

Oriya literature

Oriya is an official language of the state of Orissa, India. The region has been known at different stages of history as Kalinga, Udra, Utkala, or Koshala. The language is also spoken by minority populations of the neighboring states of Jharkhand, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh. The...

 in Oriya Literature

Oriya literature

Oriya is an official language of the state of Orissa, India. The region has been known at different stages of history as Kalinga, Udra, Utkala, or Koshala. The language is also spoken by minority populations of the neighboring states of Jharkhand, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh. The...

. Later he shifted his writing to Bengali

Bengali language

Bengali or Bangla is an eastern Indo-Aryan language. It is native to the region of eastern South Asia known as Bengal, which comprises present day Bangladesh, the Indian state of West Bengal, and parts of the Indian states of Tripura and Assam. It is written with the Bengali script...

. Annadashankar Roy was the first "native" Indian in British India to stand first in the I. C. S. examination, an achievement that is history and had excited thousands of patriotic natives at that time.

He married an American pianist

Pianist

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 called Alice Virginia Orndorf. After marriage Alice Virginia took the name Leela Roy.

Works

Annadashankar Roy was a contributor of both prose and poetry.

His literary works were included in the curriculum of school level, secondary, higher secondary and graduation level Bengali Literature

Bengali literature

Bengali literature is literary works written in Bengali language particularly from Bangladesh and the Indian provinces of West Bengal and Tripura. The history of Bengali literature traces back hundreds of years while it is impossible to separate the literary trends of the two Bengals during the...

 in Bangladesh

Bangladesh

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Novels

• Satyasatya (6 Novels)
  1. Jar Jetha Desh
  2. Oggatobash
  3. Kolonkoboti
  4. Dukkhomochon
  5. Morter Sorgo
  6. Oposaron

• Agun Niye Khela
• Osomapika
• Putul Niye Khela
• Na
• Konna

Essays

• Tarunno
• Amra
• Jibonshilpi
• Eahara
• Jiyonkathi
• Deshkalpatro
• Prottoy
• Notun Kore Bacha
• Adhunikota

Short Story Collections

• Prokritir Porihash
• Du Kan Kata
• Hason Sakhi
• Mon Pahon
• Jouban Jala
• Kamini Kanchon
• Ruper Day
• Golpo