Pritish Nandy
- January 4, 2024
- Poet
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Pritish Nandy Biography
| Name | Pritish Nandy |
| Birthday | Jan 15 |
| Birth Year | 1951 |
| Place Of Birth | India |
| Birth Country | India |
| Birth Sign | Capricorn |
| Spouse | Rina Pritish Nandy |
| Children(s) | Rangita Pritish Nandy, Kushan Nandy, Ishita Nandy |
Pritish Nandy is one of the most popular and richest Poet who was born on January 15, 1951 in India, India. Indian poet and television personality who wrote Of Gods and Olives and appeared on “The Pritish Nandy Business.”
He produced Jhankaar Beats, a 2003 film directed by Sujoy Ghosh.
Pritish Nandy’s first book of poems Of Gods and Olives was published in 1967. Three further volumes followed in the 1960s and a further 14 volumes were published in the 1970s. During the seventies Nandy edited and published a poetry magazine called Dialogue which published many of India’s finest poets in English and other languages, in translation. Dialogue also published over forty books of poems, of first time poets as well as famous poets. It became an iconic platform for contemporary Indian poetry, in English and in translation. In July 1981 Nandy was nominated as a Poet Laureate by the World Academy of Arts and Culture at the Fifth World Congress of Poets in San Francisco. Nandy’s poem Calcutta If You Must Exile Me is considered a pioneering classic in modern Indian literature.
The Government of India conferred on him the Padma Shri in 1977 for his contribution to Indian literature. He wrote a new book of poems called “Again” in 2010 after a long hiatus and then, “Stuck on 1/Forty in 2012”. In 2014, his version of the Isha Upanishad was published. His Collected Poems are being published by Seagull Books.
His brother, Ashis Nandy, became a renowned psychologist.
Pritish Nandy Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Poet |
| House | Living in own house. |
Pritish Nandy is one of the richest Poet from India. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Pritish Nandy 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
He attended La Martiniere College. He published his first volume of poetry in 1967.
He founded Pritish Nandy Communications in 1993. The organization produced “The Pritish Nandy Business,” India’s first daily business television show.
Pritish Nandy (born 15 January 1951) is an Indian poet, painter, journalist, parliamentarian, media and television personality, animal activist and maker of films, TV and streaming content. He was member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian parliament representing Maharashtra based party Shiv Sena. He is the author of forty books of poetry in English and has translated poems by other writers from Bengali and Urdu into English as well as a new version of the Isha Upanishad. Apart from these, he has authored books of stories and non fiction as well. He was publishing director of The Times of India Group and editor of The Illustrated Weekly of India and Filmfare in the 1980s. He founded Pritish Nandy Communications Ltd, the content company, in 1993.
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Pritish Nandy has worked for many causes but is best known as the founder of People for Animals, India’s largest animal protection NGO that Maneka Gandhi, its co-founder, heads and runs as chairperson. He received the International Humanitarian Award at the Genesis Awards in Los Angeles in 2012, supported by the Humane Society of the United States, the largest animal protection body in the US. On 28 November 2012 Pritish Nandy founded World Compassion Day, a platform for promoting the values of compassion and ahimsa, and the first lecture on the occasion was delivered in Mumbai by the 14th Dalai Lama who spoke on the ethical treatment of animals.
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Pritish Ranked on the list of most popular Poet. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in India. Pritish Nandy celebrates birthday on January 15 of every year.