Famous People with Name Swadesh

Swadesh Bharati            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Swadesh Bharati: recipient of “Premchand Award” and “Sahitya Bhushan Award” lives in Kolkata from where he edits “RUPAMBARA”- a literary bilingual quarterly journal. He has been in active field of creative writing since more than 45 years. Born at Pratapgarh (U.P) on 12.12.1939 and educated at Eving Christian College, Allahabad, Charuchandra College, Kolkata University, Annamalai University, Chennai with MA in Public Administration. He received the highest literary Honours as Shaitya Mahamhopadhyay (D.Lit), from Hindi Uiversity, Allahabad, (Hindi Sahitya Sammelan, Prayag).He has started writing at the age of 12 years.

Swadesh Roy            Origin/Culture/Country: Muslim

Swadesh Roy: in Bangladesh is a journalist and writer. He has written many books as well as poetry, short stories and essays. He has had 22 books published, some of which include Muniar Chok, Chibuk Paharer Shada Murti, Mousumi Bou, and Meghnar Buke Lata. His most recent book is Ma Shukhtara Dhekten. He is also a political analyst of Bangladesh.

Swadesh Chakrabortty            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Swadesh Chakrabortty: was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Howrah constituency of West Bengal and is a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) political party.

Morris Swadesh            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Morris Swadesh: was an American linguist. He was born in Holyoke, Massachusetts to Russian Jewish parents from whom he learned Yiddish. He received his B.A. from the University of Chicago and his Ph.D. from Yale University, where he studied with Edward Sapir. During the Second World War he worked on military projects to compile reference materials for Burmese, Chinese, Russian, and Spanish. In May 1949 Swadesh was fired by the City College of New York as the result of accusations that he was a Communist, making him one of a number of anthropologists to fall victim to harassment by anti-communists during the McCarthy Era. He continued to work in the United States with limited funding from the American Philosophical Society until 1954 when he took a position as Professor at the National School of Anthropology and History (Escuela Nacional de Antropología e Historia) in Mexico City, where he remained until his death.