A major writer of C 20th French literature, Tournier always questioned the archetype of occidental wisdom. He is a one of the contester for Nobel Prize in literature.
Established in 1956, Bingsha Shatabdi follows two different trends in publication, It brings out direct translations from various European languages like French, Dutch, German into Bangla. It deals with both contemporary and classical literature. Its second goal is to publish collections of essays in Bangla and English, and its area of concentration is Social Science And Ancient Indian Civilization and Culture.
