Bimal Dey

Bimal Dey is a Bengali travel writer. He was born in 1940. has written a number of acclaimed travel books, among which are:^[1]

Mohatirther Shesh Jatri (মহাতীর্থের শেষ যাত্রী, The Last Traveller to the Great Shrine)
Poribrajoker Na Bola Kahini (পরিব্রাজকের না বলা কাহিনী, Untold Tales of the Voyager)
Mohatirthe Koilash Babar Shondhane (মহাতীর্থে কৈলাসবাবার সন্ধানে, In Search of Koilash Baba at the Great Shrine)
Pahar Panchali (পাহাড় পাঁচালী, Mountain Tales)

Reviewing Mohatirther Shesh Jatri, the author Sanjib Chattopadhyay wrote "I cursed myself for not having read such a beautiful book until now."^[2]

Dey has also been translated into English. The Last Time I Saw Tibet (Penguin, 2007) recounts his journey through Tibet in the 1950s when, as a teenager, he travelled from Sikkim to Lhasa and Mansarovar.^[3]

He now lives in Switzerland.

References

^ https://www.rokomari.com/book/author/109126/bimal-dey
^ CHATTOPADHYAY, SANJIB (2019). SANJIB CHATTOPADHYAY: Hariye Jaowa Lekha (in Bengali). PATRA BHARATI. ISBN 978-81-8374-543-7.
^ Dey, Bimal (2007). The Last Time I Saw Tibet. Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0-14-310124-6.

[1] ttps://www.rokomari.com/book/author/109126/bimal-dey

[2] CHATTOPADHYAY, SANJIB (2019). SANJIB CHATTOPADHYAY: Hariye Jaowa Lekha (in Bengali). PATRA BHARATI. ISBN 978-81-8374-543-7.

[3] Dey, Bimal (2007). The Last Time I Saw Tibet. Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0-14-310124-6.

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