Protiva Bose
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Protiva Bose (March 13, 1915 – 13 October 2006) was one of the most prolific and widely read Bengali
writers of novels, short stories, and essays. She has written 200 books, all of which have been commercially successful. Several of her novels have been made into successful movies. She was known as Ranu Shome before she married the famous Bengali writer, Buddhadev Bose.
She was born in a village near Dhaka to Asutosh Shome and Sarajubala Shome. She was awarded 'Bhubonmohini' gold medal from the University of Calcutta
for her contribution in Bengali language and literature and Ananda Purashkar
. She had two daughters Meenakshi Dutta, Damayanti Basu Singh and Suddhashil Bose, who died only at the age of 42. one of her granddaughters Kankabati Dutta is also a well-known writer in Bengali.
Bose was also famed as a item song dancer singer of popular songs. The poet Nazrul Islam
, singer Dilip Roy, and Rabindranath Tagore
admired her voice and taught her their own songs. She made her first LP
at the age of 12 and continued until the 1940s, when she gave up singing and started writing. She was soon a best seller and publishers fought against each other for her books.
She was a great lover of animals and was paralyzed from head to toe in 1972 because of an adverse reaction to an anti rabies
shot, which was necessary as she was rescuing stray dogs who had rabies. She had two daughters and one son, who died at the age of 42.
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...
writers of novels, short stories, and essays. She has written 200 books, all of which have been commercially successful. Several of her novels have been made into successful movies. She was known as Ranu Shome before she married the famous Bengali writer, Buddhadev Bose.
She was born in a village near Dhaka to Asutosh Shome and Sarajubala Shome. She was awarded 'Bhubonmohini' gold medal from the University of Calcutta
University of Calcutta
The University of Calcutta is a public university located in the city of Kolkata , India, founded on 24 January 1857...
for her contribution in Bengali language and literature and Ananda Purashkar
Ananda Purashkar
The Ananda Purashkar is an award for Bengali literature awarded annually by Ananda Publishers to writers using Bengali, usually from West Bengal, India. Some of the recipients are mentioned below...
. She had two daughters Meenakshi Dutta, Damayanti Basu Singh and Suddhashil Bose, who died only at the age of 42. one of her granddaughters Kankabati Dutta is also a well-known writer in Bengali.
Bose was also famed as a item song dancer singer of popular songs. The poet Nazrul Islam
Kazi Nazrul Islam
Kazi Nazrul Islam , sobriquet Bidrohi Kobi, was a Bengali poet, musician and revolutionary who pioneered poetic works espousing intense spiritual rebellion against fascism and oppression. His poetry and nationalist activism earned him the popular title of Bidrohi Kobi...
, singer Dilip Roy, and Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore , sobriquet Gurudev, was a Bengali polymath who reshaped his region's literature and music. Author of Gitanjali and its "profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse", he became the first non-European Nobel laureate by earning the 1913 Prize in Literature...
admired her voice and taught her their own songs. She made her first LP
Gramophone record
A gramophone record, commonly known as a phonograph record , vinyl record , or colloquially, a record, is an analog sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove...
at the age of 12 and continued until the 1940s, when she gave up singing and started writing. She was soon a best seller and publishers fought against each other for her books.
She was a great lover of animals and was paralyzed from head to toe in 1972 because of an adverse reaction to an anti rabies
Rabies
Rabies is a viral disease that causes acute encephalitis in warm-blooded animals. It is zoonotic , most commonly by a bite from an infected animal. For a human, rabies is almost invariably fatal if post-exposure prophylaxis is not administered prior to the onset of severe symptoms...
shot, which was necessary as she was rescuing stray dogs who had rabies. She had two daughters and one son, who died at the age of 42.