Hemendra Kumar Roy
Indian writer (1888-1963)
Died aged 74VirgoBritish Raj
Biography
Hemendra Kumar Roy (2 September 1888 – 18 April 1963) was an Indian Bengali writer noted for his contribution to the early development of the genre of children's literature in the language. He was a noted contributor to the early development of Bengali detective fiction with his 'Jayanta-Manik' and adventurist 'Bimal-Kumar' stories, dealing with the exploits of Jayanta, his assistant Manik, and police inspector Sunderbabu. Roy also translated the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyám into Bengali. Roy's 'Ajab Deshe Amala' is a well-known translation of Alice in Wonderland.
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- Hemendra Kumar Roy died on April 18, 1963 at the age of 74.
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- Hemendra Kumar Roy was born on September 2, 1888.
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- Hemendra Kumar Roy was born in Kolkata.
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- Hemendra Kumar Roy's zodiac sign is Virgo.
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- Hemendra Kumar Roy is a citizen of British Raj, India.
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- Hemendra Kumar Roy is known as writer, children's writer, novelist, playwright.
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