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Rabisankar Bal (1962–2017) was an Indian writer in the Bengali-language. He lived in Kolkata, and was a journalist by profession. He published more than twenty books in a range of genres including novels, short stories, poetry and essays. He is best known for novels such as Dozakhnama (Conversations in Hell) and Aynajibon (A Mirrored Life), both of which have been translated into English by Arunava Sinha. He is regarded as a major voice in contemporary Bengali literature and won a number of prizes for his work.

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  • Rabisankar Bal (1962–2017) was an Indian writer in the Bengali-language. He lived in Kolkata, and was a journalist by profession. He published more than twenty books in a range of genres including novels, short stories, poetry and essays. He is best known for novels such as Dozakhnama (Conversations in Hell) and Aynajibon (A Mirrored Life), both of which have been translated into English by Arunava Sinha. He is regarded as a major voice in contemporary Bengali literature and won a number of prizes for his work. Rabisankar Bal penned down 15 novels and 5 short story collection over a period of 30 years. He also translated Saadat Hasan Manto's work in Bengali. Bal received West Bengal government's Sutapa Roychowdhury Memorial Prize for his novel "The Biography of Midnight". At the age of 55, following a brief illness, Rabisankar Bal breathed his last in B. R. Singh Hospital, Kolkata. (en)
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  • Rabisankar Bal (1962–2017) was an Indian writer in the Bengali-language. He lived in Kolkata, and was a journalist by profession. He published more than twenty books in a range of genres including novels, short stories, poetry and essays. He is best known for novels such as Dozakhnama (Conversations in Hell) and Aynajibon (A Mirrored Life), both of which have been translated into English by Arunava Sinha. He is regarded as a major voice in contemporary Bengali literature and won a number of prizes for his work. (en)
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