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Lokenath Bhattacharya was born on October 9, 1927, in an Orthodox family in Bhatpara, North 24 Parganas West Bengal, India. He was a prolific Bengali writer who chose to remain in isolation.
15 of his books have been translated into French, and only ‘Babughater Kumari Maach’ (The Virgin Fish of Babughat) has been translated into English. He finished his doctorate study in Paris.
After spending his working life in India, he went back to France to spend the last decade of his life with his wife who is French. He translated the poetry of Rimbaud, and Henri Michaux into Bengali. He died in Egypt in a car accident.
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