Pather Kabi

by Kishalay Thakur

Bengali

250 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1997

About the author

Kishalay Thakur (Bengali : কিশলয় ঠাকুর, 9 December 1928 - 30 August 1994)was a novelist. Born in Barisal, Bangladesh, he graduated from Brojomohun College, Bangladesh. In his early days, he began his professional career as a school teacher, but later moved onto being a journalist. He was the chief reporter of 'Loksevak' and senior editor of 'Anandabazar Patrika'.
His first novel was Labani (Bengali : লাবনি) He is best known for his work on Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay's biography 'পথের কবি' for which he got the Pranotosh Ghatak Smriti Purashkar from the Tagore Society.