Sukumar Ray

Sukumar Ray was born in Calcutta on 30 October 1887, the son of Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury, a children's author, illustrator, printing pioneer and publisher. A graduate of Presidency College in physics and chemistry, he founded a circle that he called the Nonsense Club, then inherited the children's magazine Sandesh, in which his writings appeared, illustrated by himself. Close to the Brahmo Samaj, he married Suprabha Devi in 1919; their son Satyajit, born in 1921, became a filmmaker. He died of leishmaniasis in Calcutta on 10 September 1923.

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• PoetryRhymes Without Reasonআবোল তাবোলSukumar Ray · 1923Literature