Samaresh Majumdar was an acclaimed Indian novelist known for his Bengali books. |
He gained fame for writing a political quartet, the Animesh Series, with books such as Uttoradhikar, Kalbela, and Kalpurush, from 1979 to 1989. |
Samaresh grew up in a Hindu Bengali family in West Bengal, spending his early years in the tea gardens of Duars in Jalpaiguri. |
Initially working in the Income Tax Department of West Bengal, he later left to pursue writing. |
In 1967, he wrote an article for the Bengali magazine Desh, which was later adapted into a play. |
Samaresh was involved in acting, directing, and scriptwriting for plays during his college days. |
His novel Dour was published in Desh in 1976. |
He wrote three books in the Amritesh series and created the character Arjun, appearing in over thirty books by 2023. |
The fourth book in the Amritesh series, Mousholkal, was released in 2013. |
The book Buno Haansh was adapted into a Bengali film in 2014. |
His character Dipaboli from Saatkahon became popular with readers. |
By 2023, Samaresh authored more than 200 novels in Bengali, including Lokkhir Pachali and Haramir Hatbaksho. |
On 8 May 2023, Samaresh Majumdar passed away in Apollo Hospital, Kolkata, after battling bulbar palsy and COPD complications. |