# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/samaresh-basu
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:55:25.202Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/samaresh-basu"
name: "Samaresh Basu"
slug: "samaresh-basu"
description: "Samaresh Basu was an Indian writer in modern Bengali literature, known for his versatility and vast range of themes. He wrote under the pen name Kalkut. Basu was awarded the 1980 Sahitya Akademi Award in Bengali, by Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, for his novel, Shamba. He won the 1983 Filmfare Awards for Best Story for Namkeen."
tagline: "Bengali writer (1924-1988)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3b/SamareshBasuPic.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1924-12-11"
deathDate: "1988-03-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.36
  momentum:             0.1475237091675448
  historical:           7.101334666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0097897"
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    title: "সমরেশ বসু"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "समरेश बसू"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Samaresh Basu"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump