Rabindranath Tagore, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913 Manik Bandopadhyay, novelist Rajnarayan Basu, writer and Brahmo Samaj pioneer; maternal grandfather of Sri Aurobindo Rajsekhar Basu, studied chemistry; novelist, published using the nom-de-plume Parasuram Samit Basu, novelist Sasthi Brata, writer Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, poet and novelist Sanjib Chandra Chattopadhyay, writer, brother of Bankim Chandra Shakti Chattopadhyay, poet Jibanananda Das, poet Henry Louis Vivan Derozio, poet[15] Michael Madhusudan Dutt, poet Shankha Ghosh, poet Shahidullah Kaiser, winner of Bangla Academy Award Peary Chand Mitra, novelist; author of the first Bengali novel, Alaaler ghorer dulal Acharya Kuber Nath Rai, writer of Hindi literature Dwijendralal Ray, poet, playwright and musician Sukumar Ray, poet and humourist, printing technologist Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury, writer Bhabendra Nath Saikia, novelist Jyotirindranath Tagore, poet and novelist Alokeranjan Dasgupta Bengali poet; Goethe Award from Palash Baran Pal, studied Physics; writer, poet and linguist. Winner of Rabindra Smriti Puroshkar Ramapada Chowdhury, Indian novelist and short story writer. Anuradha Roy, Indian novelist, journalist and editor Devapriya Roy, Indian novelist.