Kamal Kumar Majumdar () (17 November 1914 – 9 February 1979) was a major fiction-writer of the Bengali language. The novel Antarjali Jatra is considered his most notable work.
Early life
Majumdar was the son of Prafullachandra Majumdar and Renukamoyee Majumdar. Prafullachandra used to serve in the police department. Renukamoyee had keen literary interest and thus Kamalkumar was exposed to modern literary thoughts and trends from his childhood.
His parents were originally from Taki, a town in the 24 Parganas district (now in North 24 Parganas district), but the family shifted to Rikhia. Kamalkumar spent his childhood and adolescence in Kolkata, India. He started his studies in a school called "Bishnupur Shiksha Sangha" in Bishnupur but dropped formal studies before completing high school. For sometime, he studied Sanskrit in a Tol and learned sitar from a local maestro. In 1937 he established a magazine called "Ushnish" where he used to write under his real name as well as a number of pen names. But during 1944–45 he devoted himself mostly to painting. During 1937–38 he got numerous offers for going abroad which he refused.
Kamal Kumar was married to Dayamayee Majumdar and his younger brother was a renowned painter, Nirode Mazumdar. Their younger sister Shanu Lahiri (1928 – 2013) was also a noted painter and art educator.
Works
Stories
Lal Juto (The Red Shoes) Madhu (Honey) Jal (Water ) Teish (Twenty Three) Mallika Bahar Matilal Paddi Tahader Katha (Their Tale) Fauji Banduk Neem Annapurna (19kamalkumar65) Kayed Khana Rukminikumar Lupta Pujabidhi Khelar Bichar (Rules of the game) Khelar Drishyabali (Scenes of the game) Anitter Dayvag Konkal Eleigy (Elegy of the skeletons) Dwadash Mrittika Pingolabat Khelar aromvo (Start of the game) Bagan Keyari Aar chokhe jol Bagan Poridhi Kal e aatotai Justice Justice Prem (The Desire) Babu Princess Amod Bostumi Koschito Jibonchorit : tinti khosra
Novels
Antarjali Jatra (The Final Passage, 1962) Golap Sundori Anila Smorone Shyam-Nouka Suhasinir Pometom Pinjare Bosiya Shuk Khelar Pratibha Shoborimangal
Other work
Number of paintings
Number of wood cut sculptures
Edited a notable magazine named ANKA BHAVNA
A notable article on ANKA BHAVNA by mathematician Narayan Chandra Ghosh has been published in the December 2015 issue of Sristir Ekosh Satak Patrika. Before that he wrote articles on ANKA BHAVNA in Pratibimbha, Samakal 0 Bibriti. A book titled KAMAL KUMAR MAJUMDER o Anka Bhavan Edited by Narayan Ch Ghosh is most popular one.
Movies based on his work
The movies such as Neem Annapurna directed by Buddhadev Dasgupta, Antarjali Jatra by Gautam Ghosh, Sati by Aparna Sen and Tahader Katha by Buddhadev Dasgupta were based on the novels and stories written by Majumdar. Gautam Ghosh made a Hindi movie named Mahayatra based on Majumdar's novel Antarjali Jatra.
Lal Juto, a Bengali film made by a student and based on Majumdar's short story of the same name, won the Best Creative Idea Award at the 11th Shanghai International Film Festival.
References
External links
Shoaib Gibran (2010), Kamalkumar Choritom, Shuddhasshar www.shuddhashar.com, Shoaib Gibran (2009), Kamalkumar Majumdarer Upannayasher Karankaushal,Bangla Academy, ANKA BHAVNAR ANKA (2015) Narayan Ch Ghosh, December 2015 issue of Sristir Ekosh Satak Patrika. ANKA BHAVNA (2013) Narayan Ch Ghosh,Pratibimbha ANKA BHAVNA (2013) Narayan Ch Ghosh, Samakal 0 Bibriti