Sree Parabat
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Prabir Kumar Goswami | |
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 Portrait of Sree Parabat taken at his residence in Kolkata in 1992 | |
| Native name | শ্রীপারাবত (প্রবীর কুমার গোস্বামী) |
| Born | 1 January 1927 Amla Sadarpur, Kusthia, Undivided Bengal (now in Bangladesh) |
| Died | 2 November 2010 (aged 83) |
| Pen name | Sree Parabat, Sri Parabat |
| Occupation | Writer, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Kolkata Police[1] |
| Nationality | British Indian, Indian |
| Alma mater | Scottish Church College |
| Relatives | Rebanta Goswami (Brother), Amiya Bhushan Majumdar (cousin),Advaita Acharya, Bijoy Krishna Goswami, Dwijendralal Ray |
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Sree Parabat or Sri Parabat (1 January 1927 – 2 November 2010) was a Bengali-language writer from Kolkata, India, known mainly for his historical novels.
His novels include Ami Sirajer Begum, Mamtaz Duhita Jahanara, and Aravalli Thekey Agra.
Sree Parabat is a pen name; The writer's actual name was Prabir Kumar Goswami.
He was born to Sudhir Kumar Goswami and Preetibindu Devi at his maternal grandparents' home in Cooch Behar on 1 January 1927.
The Goswami family's ancestral home was in Amla Sadarpur, Nadia district in undivided Bengal, (presently Kusthia district in Bangladesh).
Both his parents belonged to very educated and literary Hindu families. On his father's side, he belonged to the Hindu Baishnava family "Advaita Parivāra", which was the 13th generation of direct descendant of Sree Sree Advaita Acharya, who was the childhood teacher and later a close associate and follower of Chaitanya. Hindu social reformer Bijoy Krishna Goswami also belongs to the same holy family and was the 7th-generation direct descendant of Sree Sree Advaita Acharya.
Novelist and science-fiction writer Rebanta Goswami was his own younger brother and novelist Amiya Bhushan Majumdar was a first cousin of Sree Parabat on the maternal side.
Adaptation
The novel Ami Sirajer Begum was made into a multi-episode television show starting from 10 December 2018.
Death
He died on 2 November 2010 at his Kolkata house.
During the last fifteen years of his life, he lived in the Santoshpur, Kolkata. Before that, he lived in Beliaghata, Park Circus and, even before, North Kolkata.