Shaktipada Rajguru was born on 1 February 1922 in Gopebandi, Bankura District, in what is now West Bengal, India. He was an Indian Bengali writer.
His early schooling was at Pachthopi Trailakyanath Institutional School in Murshidabad. He received his bachelor’s degree from Surendranath College under the University of Calcutta.
He began writing in 1945 with his first novel, Dinguli Mor, which revolved around the sensitive topic of the plight of refugees. Over the course of his career, he wrote over 100 novels. Several of his novels have been adapted for the screen including the Ritwik Ghatak-directed Meghe Dhaka Tara and the Shakti Samanta-directed Amanush. His stories have been translated into Hindi, Tamil, and Malayalam.
He died on 12 June 2014 at the age of 92.
