Moti Nandi | |
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Native name | মতি নন্দী |
Born | Kolkata, West Bengal, India | 10 July 1931
Died | 3 January 2010 Kolkata, West Bengal, India | (aged 78)
Alma mater | University of Calcutta |
Moti Nandi; 10 July 1931 – 3 January 2010) was a Bengali writer and journalist.
Moti Nandi was from Kolkata.[citation needed] He graduated from the University of Calcutta and became a sports journalist and worked as a sports editor in Anandabazar Patrika.[citation needed]
He was awarded the Lifetime Achievement award (2008) at a ceremony to mark the grand finale of the maiden edition of the Excellence in Journalism Awards.[1] His first short story was published in Desh weekly in 1957. His story for Pujabarshiki was in Parichoy Magazine in 1985.[2] The character Kalabati from his novels is popular among the younger audience.[3]