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Hemendra Kumar Roy

Born

in Kolkata (now in West Bengal, India), British Indian Ocean Territory

September 02, 1888

Died

April 18, 1963

Genre

Fiction, Children's, Mystery

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Hemendra Kumar Roy (Bangla: হেমেন্দ্রকুমার রায়) was a Bangali writer noted for his contribution to the early development of the genre of children's literature in the language. He was a noted contributor to the early development of Bengali detective fiction with his 'Jayanta-Manik'-stories, dealing with the exploits of Jayanta, his assistant Manik, and police inspector Sunderbabu. Roy also translated the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyám into Bengali. One of the best translations anywhere of Alice in Wonderland is Roy's Ajab Deshe Amala.

He is best remembered as the creator of Bimal-Kumar, the adventurer duo and Jayanta-Manik the detective duo. It was Bimal-Kumar's adventure story Jokher Dhan, for which he is famous in Bengali literature for children ...more

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Average rating: 3.53 · 4,126 ratings · 506 reviews · 188 distinct works • Similar authors

	যকের ধন 3.89 avg rating — 1,151 ratings — published 1930 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	আবার যখের ধন 3.74 avg rating — 449 ratings — published 1933 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	কলকাতার রাত্রি রহস্য by Hemendra Kumar Roy, Kaushik Majumdar (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.79 avg rating — 111 ratings — published 1923 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	মানুষ পিশাচ 3.19 avg rating — 113 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	কিশোর ভৌতিক সমগ্র ১ 4.02 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 2005	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	কুমার-বিমল অ্যাডভেঞ্চার সমগ্র 3.83 avg rating — 59 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	জয়ন্ত-মানিক গোয়েন্দা কাহিনী সমগ্র 3.83 avg rating — 59 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	অমৃত দ্বীপ 2.71 avg rating — 72 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	মেঘদূতের মর্তে আগমন 2.69 avg rating — 70 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	কিশোর ভৌতিক সমগ্র ২ 3.84 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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কুমার-বিমলের অ্যাডভেঞ্চার (5 books)
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3.77 avg rating — 1,785 ratings

হেমেন্দ্রকুমার রায় রচনাবলী (30 books)
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4.06 avg rating — 267 ratings

কিশোর ভৌতিক সমগ্র (পত্র ভারতী) (3 books)
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3.98 avg rating — 124 ratings

হেমেন্দ্রকুমার রায় রচনাবলী (7 books)
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4.11 avg rating — 100 ratings

কাঞ্চনজঙ্ঘা (4 books)
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2.95 avg rating — 37 ratings

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