Dakshinaranjan Mitra Majumder

Dakshinaranjan Mitra Majumder
Born (1877-04-15)April 15, 1877
Ulail, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Died March 30, 1956(1956-03-30) (aged 78)
Kolkata, India
Occupation Writer, Editor, Collector of folk literature, Zamindar
Language Bengali
Ethnicity Bengali
Genre Folk Literature, Children's Literature
Notable works Thakurmar Jhuli(1907)

Dakshinaranjan Mitra Majumdar (Bengali: দক্ষিণারঞ্জন মিত্র মজুমদার) (1877–1956) was a celebrated Indian writer in Bengali of fairy tales and children's literature. He was born at Ulail in Dhaka district of Bengal province in British India (now Dhaka District of Bangladesh). His major contribution to Bengali literature was the collection and compilation of Bengali folk and fairy tales in four volumes - Thakurmar Jhuli (Grandmother’s Bag of Tales), Thakurdadar Jhuli (Grandfather’s Bag of Tales), Thandidir Thale (Maternal-Grandmother’s Bag of Tales) and Dadamashayer Thale (Maternal-Grandfather’s Bag of Tales).[1]

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References

  1. Chakravarti, Barun Kumar. "Mitra Majumder, Dakshinaranjan". Banglapedia. Retrieved 25 July 2015.


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