Dinendra Kumar Roy

Dinendra Kumar Roy (26 August 1869 – 27 June 1943) was a Bengali novelist and editor.

Early life

Roy was born in 1869 in Meherpur, British India. His father name was Brajanath Roy. He passed entrance from Mahisadal Raj High School and entered in Krishnagar Government College. In 1893 Roy became employed under the District judge of Rajshahi. He was appointed as Bengali language tutor of Sri Aurobindo as per recommendation of Rabindranath Tagore and stayed 2 years with Aurobindo in Baroda.

Literary career

Roy's first article was published in Bharati and Balok magazine. He became the sub editor of Saptahik Basumati magazine in 1900 at the same time edited Nandan Kanan monthly magazine. He became popular for Rahasya Lahari and Nandan Kanon detective series. Roy's created Robert Blake (Detective) series was based on Sexton Blake detective stories. In between 1898 and 1914 total 217 detective fictions of Robert Blake were published in Bengali. His books on villagers' lives and Hindu religious festivals in the villages of Bengal was admired by Tagore. Roy's other Books are:

Basanti

Palli Baichitra

Palli Chitra

Hamida

Pat

Ajay Singher Kuthi

Pallikatha

Palli Charitra

Dhenkir Kirti

References

1869 births

1943 deaths

20th-century Bengalis

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Bengali Hindus

Bengali novelists

Indian male writers

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Indian novelists

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Bengali writers

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Indian children's writers

Bengali detective fiction writers

University of Calcutta alumni

Indian editors

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20th-century Indian writers

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19th-century Indian writers

19th-century Indian male writers

19th-century Indian novelists

Krishnagar Government College alumni

Writers from West Bengal

Indian crime fiction writers

Indian mystery writers

Indian thriller writers

Writers from British India