Syed Mustafa Siraj

Syed Mustafa Siraj
Syed Mustafa Siraj
Born(1930-10-14)14 October 1930
Murshidabad, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died4 September 2012(2012-09-04) (aged 81)
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Pen nameIblis
Occupation
LanguageBengali
NationalityIndian
Alma materBerhampore College
PeriodContemporary
Genres
Years active1962–2012
Notable works
  • Aleek Manush
  • Neel Gharer Nati (1966)
  • Colonel Niladri Sarkar
  • Amartya Premkatha (1988)
  • Trinabhumi
  • Inspector Bramha
  • Bhautik Galpa Samagra
  • Tara Ashariri
Notable awards
SpouseHasne Ara Siraj
Children
  • Amitabha Siraj
  • Abhijit Siraj
  • Anita Siraj
  • Anindita Siraj
ParentsSyed Abdur Rahman Ferdausi (father)
Anwara Begum (mother)

Syed Mustafa Siraj (Bengali pronunciation: [soi̯od̪ must̪afa ʃiɾad͡ʒ]; 14 October 1930 – 4 September 2012) was an Indian author. In 1994, he received the Sahitya Akademi Award for his novel Aleek Manush. In 2005, his short story Ranirghater Brittanto was adapted into the film Faltu by Anjan Das. His oeuvre consists of some 150 novels and 300 short stories. In detective fiction, he is the creator of Colonel Niladri Sarkar, also known as, "Goenda Colonel".

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