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Bijon Bhattacharya | |
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Born | [1] | 17 July 1906
Died | 19 January 1978 | (aged 71)
Nationality | Indian |
Occupation | Theater Actor |
Known for | Family - Binoy Bihari Laskar |
Spouse | Mahasweta Devi (1947–1962) |
Children | Nabarun Bhattacharya |
Bijon Bhattacharya ( Bengali: বিজন ভট্টাচার্য; 17 July 1906 – 19 January 1978) was an Indian theatre and film actor from West Bengal. [2] He was an eminent playwright and dramatist.
Bhattacharya was born in 1906 at Faridpur (now in Bangladesh) to a Hindu, Bengali Brahmin family, and was an early witness to the destitution and penury of the peasantry of that land. [3] He became a member of the Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA).
Bijon Bhattacharya married the Jnanpith Award-winning Bengali writer, Mahasweta Devi. Their only son Nabarun Bhattacharya, a Bengali writer, was born in 1948.