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Indian poet, essayist and editor

Prabal Kumar Basu (Bengali: প্রবালকুমার বসু) is an Indian poet, essayist and editor.

He writes in his mother tongue Bengali.

Early life

Prabal Kumar Basu was born on 21 September 1960, in Kolkata (erstwhile Calcutta) to Debkumar Basu^[1] and Chhanda Basu.

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Debkumar Basu was quite well known and active in the Bengali cultural sphere and most of his friends and acquaintances were prominent writers, poets, artists and others. Young Prabal grew up in an environment where the arts featured prominently as a part of daily life.

The seeds of his literary aspirations were sowed at an early age.^{[citation needed]}

The poet Shakti Chattopadhyay^[2] was a huge influence on Prabal. Travelling with the senior poet through rural West B