Mani Sankar Mukhopadhyay

On 20th February 2026, renowned Bengali writer Mani Sankar Mukhopadhyay, popularly known as Sankar, passed away at the age of 92 in Kolkata.

Sankar was a Sahitya Akademi award winner and a towering figure in Bengali literature.
His celebrated novels include Chowringee, Seemabaddha, and Jana Aranya.
Chowringee, published in 1962, depicted the lives of Kolkata’s elite through Shahjahan Hotel.
Several of his works were adapted into films, including those directed by Satyajit Ray.
His debut novel Kato Ajanare was earlier considered for adaptation by Ritwik Ghatak.
Sankar was known for immortalising Kolkata’s social and cultural landscape through literature.