Suddhasattwa Basu

Suddhasattwa Basu (born 1956) is an Indian author, painter, illustrator, and animation film maker. Born in West Bengal, he spent his childhood in a small town named Chandannagar, West Bengal. Basu studied fine arts at the Government College of Art & Craft in Kolkata. He began his career as an illustrator and designer for the children's magazine Target.[1] He has illustrated several children's books. The Song of a Scarecrow (2002) [2] written and illustrated by him received the Chitrakatha award, and a special mention at the Biennial of Illustration, Bratislava, Slovakia in 2003. He has conceptualised and illustrated many titles for the National Book Trust, such as Whatever you give and Ravan's Remedy, for preschool children. Basu's works include his nature illustrations for Khushwant Singh's Nature Watch, Delhi Through the Seasons[3] and his work in Ka: The Story of Garuda (2004), by Roberto Calasso, retold by Geeta Dharmarajan. Basu designed, directed and animated India's first indigenously made animation television serial for children Ghayab Aya. It was made in ten parts and first telecast on Doordarshan in July 1990. Suddhasattwa Basu works and lives in New Delhi, India.[4]

watercolour on paper, 22” x 36”, 2017
watercolour on paper, 22” x 36”, 2017 – 18
Ghayab Aya, 1990

Suddhasattwa Basu
Born1956
Alma materGovernment College of Art & Craft

As Author and Illustrator
  • The Song of the Scarecrow (2002) by Suddhasattwa Basu (Katha Books)
  • Whatever You Give (2009), National Book Trust, Delhi
  • Ravan Remedy (2013), National Book Trust, Delhi

As Illustrator
gollark: It is too poorly defined.
gollark: The correct political/economic system is me as supreme world dictator. I would work something good out probably.
gollark: YOU will be transported to Brazil.
gollark: You can simulate quantum computers on classical computers. It's just very slow.
gollark: Real time conversation rate is maybe 40 WPM which is, according to my calculator, about 25 times faster than that, so there may be difficulties.

References
  1. Zipes, Jack. Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's Literature. OCLC 69772015.
  2. "Illustrators @ Katha".
  3. Sharma, Riya (8 October 2015). "Imagine the verse". The Pioneer. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  4. Sen, Jayanti. "India's Expanding Animation Horizons". Animation World Network.
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