Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay (October 24, 1894 – July 29, 1987) was a renowned Bengali

Bengali language

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 author. He was born in Darbhanga

Darbhanga

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, Bihar

Bihar

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, India

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Life

Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay was born on 24 October 1894 in a village of Mithila of Bihar(India).

Bibhutibhushan's early days were spent in Darbhanga, Bihar, India.
His college life was spent in Kolkata

Kolkata

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. Was a schoolteacher and journalist.

He awarded by Ananda Puraskar in 1958, Rabindra Puraskar

Rabindra Puraskar

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in 1972 and Sharatchandra Puraskar in 1978.
Jagattarini Puraskar from Calcutta University, D.Litt from the University of Burdwan and Desikottama from the Visva-Bharati University

Visva-Bharati University

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 of Shantiniketan.

Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay on 29 July 1987, died. He was ninety-three.

He has eight brothers. He himself was MEJO i.e. Second in number.

Works

Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay’s first book, ‘Ranur Prothom Vagh’ was published in 1934. Child psychology and humorous element is found in his writing. Childish matters are very common in his writing.

The daily lives of middle class Bengali people

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 are found in his writing.

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

Bengali literature

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 in Bangladesh

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The Ranu short stories

• Ranur Prothom Vagh
• Ranur Ditio Vagh
• Ranur Tritio Vagh
• Ranur Kothamala

Other short atories

• Borjatri-Adapted into film and teleserial
• Sriman Prithviraj-Adapted into film