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Sree Parabat or Sri Parabat (1 January 1927 – 2 November 2010) was a Bengali novelist from Kolkata, India, known mainly for his historical novels. His novels include Ami Sirajer Begum, Mamtaz Duhita Jahanara, and Aravalli Thekey Agra. Sree Parabat is a pen-name, the actual name of the author was Prabir Kumar Goswami.

Early years

Sree Parabat was born in Cooch Behar, West Bengal of Undivided India, on 1 January 1927^[1]. His father was Sudhir Kumar Goswami and his mother was Preetirindu Devi. Both his parents belonged to educated and literary families. On his father's side he belonged to the "Advaita Family" and was the 13th generation direct descendant of Advaita Acharya, teacher and associate of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Prominent social reformer Bijoy Krishna Goswami also belongs to the same family and was the 7th generation direct descendant of Advaita Acharya. Well-known novelist Amiya Bhushan Majumdar was the first cousin of Sree Parabat on the maternal side.

Education and career

Sree Parabat grew up in Amla Sadarpur, in the district of Nadia in Undivided India (now in Kusthia, Bangladesh). He passed his matriculation examination from Amla Sadarpur High School in 1943. Subsequently he lived with his maternal uncle in Cooch Behar and passed his Intermediate of Arts (I.A.) at Victoria College (later renamed Acharya Brojendra Nath Seal College) there. Then he moved to Kolkata and in 1947, the year India gained independence, he received his Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in Bengali Honors from Scottish Church College in Kolkata. That same year, following the partition of India his family permanently left his ancestral home and moved to Krishnanagar, West Bengal, India.

After his B.A. he wanted to study further and become a professor. However, as traditionally expected of the oldest son, he was soon needed to financially support his family. First he worked at the District Collector office in Krishnanagar and then at the West Bengal Food Procurement office in Bangaon for short duration. At Bangaon he once met the famous author Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay, who lived there.

Soon after he joined Kolkata Police, where he worked for the rest of his life till his retirement as an Assistant Commissioner of Police in 1984.

Literary Output

Ami Sirajer Begum, Movie^[2]: Sree Parabat's first historical novel was Ami Sirajer Begum, which was published in 1960. The book was made into a movie of the same name in 1973, directed by Sushil Mukhopadhyay. The main cast members were Biswajit Chatterjee, Sandhya Roy and Pahari Sanyal. Unrelated to the movie, the novel was also made into a TV serial in 2018: Ami Sirajer Begum.

Sree Parabat authored 25 historical novels, which are mostly set in India^[3]. He also authored a few novels on the ancient civilization of Egypt. He also wrote 21 social novels and 4 children's novels.

Death

Sree Parabat passed away on 2 November 2010 in Kolkata^[4]. During the last 15 years of his life, he lived in the Santoshpur, Kolkata. Before that he lived in Beliaghata, Park Circus and, even before, North Kolkata.

Works

Historical novels

Social novels

Children's novels

Collections of novels

Translated novels

References

1. ^K. C. Dutt (Complied and Edited), [https://books.google.com/books?id=QA1V7sICaIwC&pg=PA411&lpg=PA411&dq=sri+parabat,+whos+who&source=bl&ots=i0p994ZQDg&sig=Zw_w6nWY34ChzOd8yYLpeeevuUE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiQyITd78_fAhVR-lQKHeIoBh4Q6AEwCHoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=sri%20parabat%2C%20whos%20who&f=false], "Who's Who of Indian Writers: 1999", p. 411, Vol. 1 (A-M), Sahitya Academy; 1999; ISBN: 81-260-0873-3)
2. ^Ashish Rajadhyaksha (Editor) and Paul Willemen (Editor), [https://books.google.com/books?id=SLkABAAAQBAJ&pg=PT237&lpg=PT237&dq=%22ami+sirajer+begum%22+encyclopedia+indian+cinema&source=bl&ots=VC-uRAxAck&sig=u_c581Rcqn8MWO3GoweuF2FI6Co&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwifsb2h86DfAhWQna0KHVuSCywQ6AEwBXoECAIQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22ami%20sirajer%20begum%22%20encyclopedia%20indian%20cinema&f=false, Google Books], "Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema", p. 576, Routledge; 2 edition (July 1, 1999)
3. ^Ananya Saha, "Journeys and Meta-Journeys: Negotiating Travel Writing in Sree Parabat’s ‘Novels in Motion", Lapis Lazuli, An International Literary Journal, Vol. 7, No. 2, Autumn 2017
4. ^"Sree Parabat Obituary in "Kolkatar Korcha" section", "Ananda Bazar Patrika", Nov 11, 2010, To read the article you need Bengali font