Shanibarer Chithi (meaning the Saturday Letter in English) was a monthly Bengali literary magazine published by Shaniranjan Press in Kolkata, India.[1] It was published between 1924 and 1962.
History and profile edit
It was founded in 1924 by Ashok Chattopadhyay as the conservative response to the progressive literary magazine Kallol which was founded a year ago.[1] Its first issue appeared on 26 July 1924.[2] The magazine started as a weekly publication and later became a monthly publication.[3] The magazine was one of the major satirical publications in India.[4] Sajanikanta Das joined the magazine from eleventh issue as the editor who made the magazine popular.[5]
Shanibarer Chithi ceased publication in 1962.[6]
Editors edit
- Jogananda Das
- Nirad Chandra Chaudhuri
- Sajanikanta Das
- Parimal Goswami
References edit
- ^ a b Chakrabarty, Dipesh (2004). "Romantic Archives: Literature and the Politics of Identity in Bengal". Critical Inquiry. 30 (3): 669. doi:10.1086/421165.
- ^ Sharmily, Nawshin (2019). Mirroring universalism in Kazi Nazrul Islam: a humaniterian poet with distinctive style (BA thesis). BRAC University. p. 30. hdl:10361/15713.
- ^ Chowdhury, Titas (28 May 2012). "'শনিবারের চিঠি'র নজরুল বিরোধিতার স্বরূপ". Jai Jai Din (in Bengali). Dhaka. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
- ^ Kunal Chakrabarti; Shubhra Chakrabarti (22 August 2013). Historical Dictionary of the Bengalis. Scarecrow Press. p. 147. ISBN 978-0-8108-8024-5. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ^ "Sajanikanta Das". Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: A-Devo, Volume 1. Sahitya Akademi. 1987. pp. 878–879. ISBN 8126018038.
- ^ Chowdhury, Asma (2015). India at the end of the British Raj: Autobiographical perceptions of Nirad C Chaudhuri (PhD thesis). University of Dhaka. p. 185.
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