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Syed Mustafa Siraj was born on 14 October, 1930 in Murshidabad, Bengal Presidency, British India, is a Bengali writer. Discover Syed Mustafa Siraj's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 81 years old?

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Occupation Writer · journalist
Age 81 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 14 October 1930
Birthday 14 October
Birthplace Murshidabad, Bengal Presidency, British India
Date of death 4 September, 2012
Died Place Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Nationality India

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His wife is Hasne Ara Siraj

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Parents Syed Abdur Rahman Ferdausi (father) Anwara Begum (mother)
Wife Hasne Ara Siraj
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Children Abhijit Siraj · Anita Siraj

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1930

Syed Mustafa Siraj (সৈয়দ মুস্তাফা সিরাজ, ; 14 October 1930 – 4 September 2012) was an eminent Indian writer.

Siraj was born into a Bengali Muslim family in Khoshbaspur village in the district of Murshidabad in 1930.

He grew up in a home with a strong literary background surrounded by books and familiarity with several languages including Arabic, Persian and Sanskrit.

His mother who wrote poetry was influential.

1950

In his youth he was involved with Leftist politics and was active with the folk drama group Aalkaap for six years (1950–56) where he played the flute and was a teacher of folk dance and drama.

He traveled rural West Bengal including the districts of Murshidabad, Malda, Burdwan, Birbhum and also performed in Kolkata.

In those days, he used to perform whole nights and sleep during the day.

These experiences would influence his later writing.

One day he got tired of this life and felt he had a wider life spreading around him.

He turned to writing poetry and short stories.

Later he came to Kolkata and entered the world of serious writings and immediately became famous for his short stories.

1962

"Inti, Pisi O Ghatbabu", "Bhalobasa O Down Train" (his first story that was published in Desh, 1962), "Hijal Biler Rakhalera" and "Taranginir Chokh" brought fame for him.

He joined a Bengali daily newspaper and worked as a journalist for years.

He wrote around 150 novels and 300 short stories.

His short stories "Uro Pakhir Chhaya", "Manusher Janma", "Ranabhumi", "Rakter Pratyasha", "Maati", "Goghna", and "Mrityur Ghora" immediately attracted Bengali readers and intellectuals.

1966

His first novel is Neel Gharer Nati (1966), it is about a village performer forced into the profession by her father, it received critical acclaim.

1970

His novels Nishimrigaya (1970) and Krishna Bari Phereni (1980) have been filmed in Bengali.

1988

He also won the Narasimha Das Memorial Award for his novel Amartya Premkatha (1988).

1994

In 1994, he received the Sahitya Akademi Award for his novel Aleek Manush (Mythical Man), considered his most lauded work.

His best known novel is Aleek Manush (Mythical Man), which won the Sahitya Akademi Award (1994), the Bankim Puraskar, and has been translated into eleven Indian languages.

2004

In 2004, Delhi University professor Nivedita Sen translated some of Siraj's popular stories written for children that featured the detective Colonel Niladri, the collection is called The Colonel Investigates.

2005

In 2005, his short story "Ranirghater Brittanto" was made into the film Faltu by Anjan Das.

He wrote around 150 novels and 300 short stories.

He is the creator of the detective character Colonel Niladri Sarkar a.k.a. "Goenda Colonel", the Detective Colonel.

In 2005, Aleek Manush was translated as Mythical Man.

2006

Also his famous short story named Ranir Ghater Brittanta was screen played as Faltu (2006) in Bengali language.

In the next year, this film was selected for the National Film Awards.

Other notable novels include Trinabhumi, Kingbadantir Nayak, and Uttar Jahnabi; Trinabhumi was translated into all major Indian languages.

His short stories "Mrityur Ghora", "Rakter Pratyasha", "Goghna" and many others have been translated into different Indian languages Hindi, Urdu and Tamil.

He is the creator of the detective character "Colonel Niladri Sarkar. Colonel Sarkar is the hero who finds the culprit or killer. The stories are very popular earning Siraj a dedicated fan following. From children to old people, there are huge number of readers who are fond of Colonel Niladri Sarkar. The retired colonel is the eccentric sleuth in Syed Mustafa Siraj's stories, narrated by a lazy journalist of Dainik Satyasebak Patrika, Jayanta, who accompanies him on his missions. Sometimes Mr. K.K. Halder, retired police officer also accompanied the colonel Sarkar. The colonel is a butterfly collector and ornithologist, smokes pipes and has a Santa beard. He is also jovial and likes quoting Bengali proverbs & nursery rhymes. The Blogus blog displays first-published illustrations from the first Colonel Niladri Sarkar novel Chhaaya Pawrey.

Siraj did not start his career writing for children until later in life.

His reputation was built on writing novels and short stories for adults.

He started writing for children to respond the huge demand for that genre in Bengali.

Not much of Siraj has been translated into English.

2012

In 2012, Sen translated Die, Said the Tree and Other Stories, a collection of 10 short stories.