Dakshinaranjan Mitra Majumder
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Dakshinaranjan Mitra Majumdar (15 April 1877 – 30 March 1956) was an Indian writer in Bengali of fairy tales and children's literature. He was born at Ulail in Dhaka district of Bengal province in British India (now Dhaka District of Bangladesh). His major contribution to Bengali literature was the collection and compilation of Bengali folk and fairy tales in four volumes – Thakurmar Jhuli (Grandmother's Bag of Tales), Thakurdadar Jhuli (Grandfather's Bag of Tales), Thandidir Thale (Maternal-Grandmother's Bag of Tales) and Dadamashayer Thale (Maternal-Grandfather's Bag of Tales).[1]
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Born | (1877-04-15)15 April 1877 Ulail, Savar, Dhaka, British India |
Died | 30 March 1957(1957-03-30) (aged 79) Calcutta, India |
Occupation | Writer, editor, collector of folk literature, Zamindar |
Language | Bengali |
Nationality | Indian |
Genre | Folk Literature, Children's Literature |
Notable works | Thakurmar Jhuli (1907) |
Spouse | Giribala Debi |
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