Shibram Chakraborty
| Shibram Chakraborty | |
|---|---|
| Born | Chanchal, Malda, West Bengal |
| Died | Kolkata, West Bengal |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Language | Bengali |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Ethnicity | Bengali |
| Citizenship | Indian |
| Genre | Humour |
| Notable works | Bari Theke Paliye |
Shibram Chakraborty (1902-1980) (Bengali: শিবরাম চক্রবর্তী) was a popular Bengali writer, humorist and revolutionary who is best known for his humorous stories. His best known short stories and novels are renowned for their unique use of pun, alliteration, play of words and ironic humour. He was a prolific author who also wrote poems, plays, non-fiction and novels for mature audiences in his long career.
Chakrabarty was born into the well-known Chanchal Rajbari (royal house of Chanchal) family, although his ancestral home was in Malda. He was born at his maternal uncle's house in Kolkata, the capital of British India. His father was Shibprashad Chakrabarty [শিবপ্রসাদ চক্রবর্তী]. A spiritualist by nature, Shibprashad would often speak of the road. Shibram inherited his wanderlust from his father.
In school he played an active role in the Swadeshi movement (part of the struggle for Indian independence and as a result jailed, which resulted in his inability to sit for the matriculation exam. Despite not progressing further with his education, Chakrabarty studied on his own and was knowledgeable in a variety of subjects.
He spent most of his life in the second-floor mess room of a bedsit on Muktaram Babu Street in Kolkata. He turned its walls into a hand-written calendar, documenting his time there. He never married and was known as a "free spirit" and was generous to his friends. He did not maintain proper records or preserve the manuscripts of some of his works.
His initial foray into literature was as a poet. His first book of poems was called Manush (Man). He worked as a feature writer in daily newspapers and magazines such as Basumati (বসুমতী), Ananda Bazar Patrika (আনন্দবাজার পত্রিকা) and Desh (magazine) [দেশ]. These were tinged with humour and got him notice in the public eye. Subsequently he started writing stories and novels.
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