Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay was an author and one of the leading writers of modern Bengali literature. His best known work is the autobiographical novel, Pather Panchali (The Song of the Road), which was later adapted (along with Aparajito, the sequel) into The Apu Trilogy of films directed by renowned and world-famous Satyajit Ray.In the year 1951 Rabindra Puraskar, the most prestigious literary award in West Bengal, was posthumously awarded to Bibhutibhushan for his novel, Ichhamati, born on 12th September, 1894 and died at the age of 56 on 1st November, 1950. He was talented writer and very much known to us by his works based on films Pather Panchali (1955), Aparajito (1956), Apur Sansar (1959), Baksa Badal (1970), Nishi Padma (1970), Amar Prem (1971), Nimantran (1971), Ashani Sanket (1973), Fuleswari (1974), Alo (2003), Chander Pahar (2013).
