Buddhadeb Guha (born June 29, 1936, Calcutta) is a popular Bengali

Bengali language

Bengali or Bangla is an eastern Indo-Aryan language. It is native to the region of eastern South Asia known as Bengal, which comprises present day Bangladesh, the Indian state of West Bengal, and parts of the Indian states of Tripura and Assam. It is written with the Bengali script...

 fiction writer. He studied at the well-known St Xavier's College

St. Xavier's College, Calcutta

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 of the University of Calcutta

University of Calcutta

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His novels and short stories are characterized by their dreamy abstractness and romantic appeal. His essays reveal the soul of a true wanderer providing some of the most beautiful renditions of travel in Bengal

Bengal

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. His love for forests and nature provide the background for many of his novels.

A highly successful chartered accountant

Chartered Accountant

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 by profession, and an accomplished musician, Guha is very urbane in his lifestyle.