Those Days (Bengali: সেই সময়) is a historical novel by Indian writer Sunil Gangopadhyay. It was first published as a serialized novel in the Bengali literary magazine Desh. Gangopadhyay won the Sahitya Akademi Award for the novel in 1985.
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| Author | Sunil Gangopadhyay |
|---|---|
| Original title | সেই সময় (Sei Samay) |
| Translator | Aruna Chakravorty |
| Language | Bengali |
| Genre | Historical novel |
| Publisher | Ananda Publishers, Penguin Books |
| Publication place | India |
Published in English | 1997 |
| Awards | Sahitya Akademi Award |
| ISBN | 9780140268522 |
| OCLC | 39516159 |
| Followed by | First Light |
The story centers around the life of Nabinkumar (character based on Kaliprasanna Singha), along with legendary historical figures including Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, the reformer; Michael Madhusudan Dutt, the poet; the father and son duo of Dwarkanath Tagore and Debendranath Tagore; Harish Mukherjee, the journalist; Keshab Chandra Sen, the Brahmo Samaj radical; David Hare and John Bethune, the English educationists; Dinabandhu Mitra, the playwright; Radhanath Sikdar, the mathematician; Bhudev Mukhopadhyay, the novelist; and others.[1]
Yugantar, an Indian television series that aired on DD National in the 1980s, was based on Sei Somoy.[2] The novel was translated into Gujarati by Uma Randeria as Nava Yugnu Parodh (2002).[3]
References
edit- ^ "Those Days". Penguin Books India. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
- ^ "Yugantar (Old Doordarshan TV Serial)". Free Online India. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
- ^ Rao, D. S. (2004). Five Decades: The National Academy of Letters, India : a Short History of Sahitya Akademi. New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi. p. 48. ISBN 978-81-260-2060-7.