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Sasthi Brata

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Sasthibrata Chakravarti Bhattacharya
Born1939
Died2015
OccupationWriter
NationalityBritish-Indian
EducationCalcutta Boys' School, Presidency College (Physics)
GenreFiction, short stories, poetry, memoir, travel
Notable worksConfessions of an Indian Woman Eater

Sasthibrata Chakravarti Bhattacharya (1939–2015), known as Sasthi Brata, was a British-Indian Indo-Anglian writer of fiction. He is best known for his best selling novel Confessions of an Indian Woman Eater.

Early life and education

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Sasthibrata was educated at Calcutta Boys' School, Kolkata and then at Presidency College, Kolkata, where read Physics.[1][2] [3]

Post literary career

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Sasthibrata lived a checkered life. After his literary career, he had worked as a salesman for air conditioners, a lavatory attendant, a postman, a kitchen porter, to supplement his pension.[4] He died in 2015 at the age of 75.

Works

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Novels

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  • 1971. Confessions of an Indian Woman Eater
  • 1973. She and He
  • 1980. The Sensuous Guru: The Making of a Mystic President

Short stories

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  • 1978. Encounter

Poetry

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  • 1960. Eleven Poems

Memoir and Autobiography

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  • 1968. My God Died Young
  • 1975. A Search for Home
  • 1976. Traitor to India: A Search for Home

Travel

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  • 1985 Labyrinths in the Lotus Land
  • 1986 India: The Perpetual Paradox

References

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  1. ^ "Seven types of Calcutta". The Telegraph. 21 December 2008. Archived from the original on 28 September 2009. Retrieved 8 April 2010.
  2. ^ COMANS, GRACE P (3 November 1968). "His World Divided". Hartford Courant. 3 November 1968. Archived from the original on 26 October 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2010.
  3. ^ "Sasthi Brata Biography". penguin.co.in. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  4. ^ Rebel at seventy-one - Eternal quest of a thinking mind