Name: Bankim Chandra Chatterjee.
Real Name: Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay.
Date of Birth: 26 June 1838.
Died: 8 April 1894.
Nationality: India.
Country: West Bengal.
Occupation: Writer, poet, novelist, essayist, journalist, government official.
Pen Name: Kamalakanta.
Awards: Bankim Puraskar or Bankim Memorial Award.
Books:
Fiction:
- Durgeshnandini (March 1865).
- Kapalkundala (1866).
- Mrinalini (1869).
- Vishabriksha (The Poison Tree, 1873).
- Indira (1873, revised 1893).
- Jugalanguriya (1874).
- Radharani (1876, enlarged 1893).
- Chandrasekhar (1875).
- Kamalakanter Daptar (From the Desk of Kamlakanta, 1875).
- Rajani(1877).
- Krishnakanter Uil (Krishnakanta’s Will, 1878).
- Rajsimha (1882).
- Anandamath (1882).
- Devi Chaudhurani (1884).
- Kamalakanta (1885).
- Sitaram (March 1887).
- Muchiram Gurer Jivancharita (The Life of Muchiram Gur).
Religious Commentaries:
- Krishna Charitra (Life of Krishna, 1886).
- Dharmatattva (Principles of Religion, 1888).
- Devatattva (Principles of Divinity).
- Srimadvagavat Gita, a Commentary on the Bhagavad Gita (1902).