[From Wikipedia] Leela Majumdar (Bengali: লীলা মজুমদার Lila Mojumdar), (February 26, 1908– April 5, 2007) was a Bengali writer. She was married to Sudhir Kumar Mazumdar renowned dentist, in 1933. For two decades she devoted herself to housekeeping. Her son Ranjan and daughter Kamala were born in 1934 and 1938 respectively. Her husband died in 1984. Apart from her children, she had, at the time of her death, two grandsons, two granddaughters and three great-grandchildren.
An incomplete
bibliography lists 125 books including a collection of short stories, five books under joint authorship, 9 translated books and 19 edited books. Her first
published book was
Boddi Nather Bari(1939) but her second compilation
Din Dupure (1948) brought her considerable fame From the 1950s, her incomparable children’s classics followed. Although humour was her forte, she also wrote detective stories,
ghost stories and fantasies. Her autobiographical sketch
Pakdandi provides an insight into her childhood days in Shillong and also her early years at Santiniketan and with All India Radio.Apart from her glittering array of children’s literature, she wrote
a cookbook, novels for adults (
Sreemoti,
Cheena Lanthan), and a biography of Rabindranath Tagore. She lectured on Abanindranath Tagore and translated his writings on art into English. She translated Jonathan Swift’s
Gulliver’s Travels and Ernest Hemingway’s
The Old Man and the Sea into Bengali. Satyajit Ray had thought of filming
Podi Pishir Bormi BakshoArundhati Devi made it into a film in 1972. Chhaya Devi played the role of the young hero, Khoka’s famed aunt Podipishi. For a special Mahila Mahal (women’s section) series of All-India Radio, dealing with the “natural and ordinary problems” in the everyday life of a girl growing up in a typical, middle-class, Bengali family, she created
Monimala, the story of a “very ordinary girl” whose grandmother starts writing to her from when she turns 12, continuing into her marriage and motherhood.
Holde Pakhir Palok, Tong Ling, Maaku, Podi Pishir Bormi Baksho, Boddi Nather Bari, Din Dupure, Chhotoder Srestho Galpo, Monimala, Bagher Chhokh, Bok Dharmik, Taka Gaachh, Lal Neel Deslai, Basher Phul, Moyna,Shalikh, Bhuter Bari, Aaguni Beguni, Tipur Upor Tipuni, Patka Chor, Aashare Galpo, Chiching Phank, Je Jai Boluk, Chhotoder Tal Betal, Batash Bari, Bagh Shikari Bamun, Baghyar Galpo, Shibur Diary, Howrahr Dari,Ferari, Nepor Doi, Aar Konokhane, Kheror Khata, Ei Je Dekha, Pakdandi,Sreemoti, Cheena Lanthan,Moni Manil,Naatghar, Batashbari, Kaag Noi, Shob Bhuture.Bak Badh Pala.Her autobiographical sketch Pakdandi provides an insight into her childhood. Her autobiographical work aar konokhane(আর কোনোখানে) was much acclaimed.
[From BD Torrent.Com] লীলা মজুমদার (ফেব্রুয়ারী’১৯০৮ থেকে এপ্রিল’২০০৭)
শ্রী ঊপেন্দ্রকিশোর রায়ের ভাই, প্রমদারঞ্জন রায় এবং সুরমা দেবীর কন্যা আমাদের লীলা মজুমদার। শিলং’এ জন্ম। কলকাতা থেকে ম্যাট্রিক পাশ করে কলিকাতা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় থেকে বি.এ. এবং এম.এ. তে প্রথম বিভাগে প্রথম হয়ে পাশ করে প্রথমে দার্জিলিং এবং পরে শান্তিনিকেতন হয়ে কলকাতা আশুতোষ কলেজ এবং শেষে অল ইন্ডিয়া রেডিওর প্রোডিউসার। “শিশুদের জন্য ভাল সাহিত্য রচনা নাকি খুবই কঠিন”- এই ধারণাকে নস্যাত করে দিয়ে অসংখ্য কালজয়ী শিশু সাহিত্যের স্রষ্টা তিনি। পদি পিসীর বর্মি বাক্স ছাড়াও হলদে পাখীর পালক, বদ্যিনাথের বাড়ী, খেরোর খাতা ইত্যাদি। রাজ্য পুরস্কার শিশুসাহিত্যের জন্য, বাংলা নাটক আকাদেমী’র পুরস্কার, রবীন্দ্র পুরস্কার, বিদ্যাসাগর পুরস্কার আরো কত অসংখ্য পুরস্কারে ভুষিত তিনি।
An incomplete bibliography lists 125 books including a collection of short stories, five books under joint authorship, 9 translated books and 19 edited books. Her first published book was Boddi Nather Bari(1939) but her second compilation Din Dupure (1948) brought her considerable fame From the 1950s, her incomparable children’s classics followed. Although humour was her forte, she also wrote detective stories, ghost stories and fantasies. Her autobiographical sketch Pakdandi provides an insight into her childhood days in Shillong and also her early years at Santiniketan and with All India Radio.Apart from her glittering array of children’s literature, she wrote a cookbook, novels for adults (Sreemoti, Cheena Lanthan), and a biography of Rabindranath Tagore. She lectured on Abanindranath Tagore and translated his writings on art into English. She translated Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels and Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea into Bengali. Satyajit Ray had thought of filming Podi Pishir Bormi BakshoArundhati Devi made it into a film in 1972. Chhaya Devi played the role of the young hero, Khoka’s famed aunt Podipishi. For a special Mahila Mahal (women’s section) series of All-India Radio, dealing with the “natural and ordinary problems” in the everyday life of a girl growing up in a typical, middle-class, Bengali family, she created Monimala, the story of a “very ordinary girl” whose grandmother starts writing to her from when she turns 12, continuing into her marriage and motherhood.
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