9 1 2 – 1 9 8 2 ) ▁was ▁a ▁Beng ali ▁writer . ▁He ▁created ▁a ▁n iche ▁for ▁himself ▁in ▁Beng ali ▁literature . ▁ ▁J y ot ir ind ran ath ▁was ▁better ▁known ▁for ▁his ▁short ▁stories . ▁Sh al ik ▁ki ▁Char ai ▁is ▁a ▁notable ▁collection ▁of ▁his ▁short ▁stories . ▁His ▁first ▁novel ▁was ▁S ury am uk hi . ▁His ▁most ▁famous ▁novel ▁was ▁Bar o ▁G har ▁Ek ▁U than . ▁Among st ▁his ▁other ▁books ▁were ▁ ▁Mir ar ▁Dup ur , ▁Pre mer ▁Che ye ▁Bar o ▁and ▁E i ▁Tar ▁Pur ask ar . ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁J y ot ir ind ran ath ▁N and i ▁was ▁born ▁at ▁Com illa , ▁now ▁in ▁Bang l adesh , ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 2 . ▁His ▁father , ▁Ap ur ba ▁Ch andra ▁N and i , ▁was ▁a ▁lawyer ▁at ▁Bra h man bar ia ▁nearby . ▁However , ▁J y ot ir ind ran ath ▁had ▁decided ▁early ▁in ▁life ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁writer . ▁He ▁started ▁with ▁poetry ▁when ▁at ▁school ▁and ▁switched ▁over ▁to ▁pro se . ▁He ▁made ▁his ▁way ▁to ▁hand - written ▁wall ▁mag az ines ▁and ▁then ▁his ▁name ▁first ▁appeared ▁in ▁print ▁when ▁he ▁was ▁in ▁college . ▁While ▁still ▁a ▁student ▁he ▁joined ▁the ▁Sw ades hi ▁movement ▁and ▁was ▁ja iled ▁for ▁four ▁months . ▁In ▁ 1 9 3 6 , ▁he ▁moved ▁to ▁Kol k ata