Sasthibrata Chakravarti Bhattacharya (1939–2015), known as Sasthi Brata, was a British-Indian Indo-Anglian writer of fiction. He is best known for his best selling novel Confessions of an Indian Woman Eater.
Sasthibrata Chakravarti Bhattacharya | |
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Born | 1939 |
Died | 2015 |
Occupation | Writer |
Nationality | British-Indian |
Education | Calcutta Boys' School, Presidency College (Physics) |
Genre | Fiction, short stories, poetry, memoir, travel |
Notable works | Confessions of an Indian Woman Eater |
Sasthibrata was educated at Calcutta Boys' School, Kolkata and then at Presidency College, Kolkata, where read Physics.[1][2] [3]
Sasthibrata lived a checkered life. After his literary career, he had worked as a salesman for air conditioners, a lavatory attendant, a postman, a kitchen porter, to supplement his pension.[4] He died in 2015 at the age of 75.