Sailen Ghosh (1931 â€" 14 August 2016.[citation needed]) was a Bengali
child literator and a dramatist.Sailen Ghosh played a role in the
drama Dakghar, written by Rabindranath Tagore, when he was in Class
IX. The death of the protagonist Amal at the end of the story affected
him so much that he wrote a new drama, Gharer Kheya, by adopting the
same theme.Ghosh wrote and directed dramas for children. In 1959, he
became affiliated with the Manimela organisation and started writing
for them. He won several awards, including the prestigious Sangeet
Natak Akademi Award, Vidyasagar Award and Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship.
He wrote several short stories, novels and dramas for children in
various Bengali magazines, including Anandamela and Sandesh.He lived
alone in his apartment at Kestopur, Kolkata.
child literator and a dramatist.Sailen Ghosh played a role in the
drama Dakghar, written by Rabindranath Tagore, when he was in Class
IX. The death of the protagonist Amal at the end of the story affected
him so much that he wrote a new drama, Gharer Kheya, by adopting the
same theme.Ghosh wrote and directed dramas for children. In 1959, he
became affiliated with the Manimela organisation and started writing
for them. He won several awards, including the prestigious Sangeet
Natak Akademi Award, Vidyasagar Award and Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship.
He wrote several short stories, novels and dramas for children in
various Bengali magazines, including Anandamela and Sandesh.He lived
alone in his apartment at Kestopur, Kolkata.
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