Himanish Goswami

Himanshi Goswami was born on 18 March 1926, he was an indian writer, journalist, and cartoonist.

Born in Kalikapur in Faridpur District, British India (now Bangladesh). His father, Parimal Goswami, was a popular Bengali writer, newspaper editor, and photographer. Goswami’s maternal grandfather was the Bengali poet Jatindra Nath Bagchi and his uncle, Jnanendra Nath Bagchi, wrote for several Bengali magazines.

His school life started at Rani Bhabani School at Sinthi. He matriculated from high school in 1944 and graduated from Vidyasagar College under the University of Calcutta in 1948. In 1951 he went to England to learn cartoons and drawing. He spent three years there.

After returning from England in 1953, Goswami worked in various organizations and publication houses that include McGraw-Hill before taking a job with the Anandabazar Patrika newspaper. He was a journalist from 1972 to 1986.

He was awarded with All India Honor in Children’s Literature, he received the ‘Oriental Art Center Award’ (Prachyo Kalakendra Puraskaar) in 2001.