Santosh Kumar Ghosh

Santosh Kumar Ghosh was an Indian Bengali litterateur and a journalist of repute. Born in Faridpur district of what is now in Bangladesh, Santosh Kumar had his ancestral house in Barisal district (presently in Bangladesh). Son of Suresh Chandra Ghosh and Sarajubala Devi, he passed the Matriculation examination with a first division scoring very high percentage in both Bengali and Mathematics.

Throughout his literary career Santosh Kumar won various awards. He was given the Ananda Puroshkar in the year 1971, Bisesh Ananda in 1972, the Sahitya Akademi Awardalso in 1972. In 1984 he was given an honorary D.Lit from Taiwan Kobisangha . He died on 26 February 1985 (aged 64) in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.