| 词条 | Bhabani Bhattacharya |
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| name = Bhabani Bhattacharya | image = | imagesize = | caption = | pseudonym = | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1906|11|10}} | birth_place = Bhagalpur, Bengal Presidency, British India | death_date = {{death date and age |1988|10|10 |1906|11|10 |df=yes}} | death_place = | occupation = Writer | nationality = | period = 20th century | genre = | subject = | movement = | debut_works = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }} Bhabani Bhattacharya (10 November 1906–10 October 1988) was an Indian writer, of Bengali origin, who wrote social-realist fiction. He was born in Bhagalpur, part of the Bengal Presidency in British India. Bhattacharya gained a bachelor's degree from Patna University and a doctorate from the University of London. He returned to India and joined the diplomatic service. Bhattacharya served in the United States, to which country he returned as a teacher of literary studies once he had left the service. He taught in Hawaii, and later in Seattle. In his mid-thirties Bhattacharya began writing fiction set in historically and socially realistic contexts. He wrote in English, his chosen medium following the advice of two prominent literary figures. Personal lifeBhattacharya was born in Bhagalpur, part of the Bengal Presidency of British India. His parents were Bengalis. Bhattacharya studied at Patna University and received a bachelor's degree in English literature. He subsequently completed his graduate studies in the United Kingdom. While his original choice was to do so in literature, a hostile attitude from one of the professors prompted him to switch to history. Bhattacharya received Master's (1931) and Doctoral degrees (1934) from the University of London.[1]{{Sfn|Singh|2002|pp=177-9}} As a graduate student, Bhattacharya became involved with Marxist circles, and was also strongly influenced by Harold Laski, one of his teachers. He was also active in literary circles and had work published in various magazines and newspapers. Some of Bhattacharya's articles were published in The Spectator, and he developed a friendship with the editor, Francis Yeats-Brown. During this time, Bhattacharya also interacted with Rabindranath Tagore. He translated Tagore's poem The Golden Boat into English in 1930. Both Yeats-Brown and Tagore advised Bhattacharya to write his fiction in English, rather than Bengali.[1]{{Sfn|Singh|2002|pp=177-9}} On completion of his doctoral studies Bhattacharya moved to Calcutta and soon got married. After a few years, he joined the diplomatic service, serving in the Indian Embassy in Washington, D. C. as a Press Attaché, returning to India after completing that service. Bhattacharya accepted an offer to join the University of Hawaii as a visiting faculty, subsequently moving permanently to Seattle to take up a chair at the University of Washington.[1]{{Sfn|Singh|2002|pp=177-9}} Literary reviewWriting style and receptionBhattacharya is described as belonging to the social realism school of Indo-Anglian literature. His writings exhibit the influence of Rabindranath Tagore and Mahatma Gandhi.{{Sfn|Singh|2002|pp=1-2}} Unlike other social realists like Premchand, Bhattacharya adopted a pedagogical approach to making novels out of ideas, utilizing satire and making his ideas more tangible through situational examples.{{sfn|Desai|1985|p=120}} Awards
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References1. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=http://www.open.ac.uk/researchprojects/makingbritain/content/bhabani-bhattacharya|title=Bhabani Bhattacharya|work=Making Britain Database, Discover how South Asians shaped the nation, 1870-1950|publisher=The Open University|accessdate=26 June 2015}} Bibliography
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