Background
Goswami was born in Ratandia, Faridpur, in Bengal (then part of British India, now Bangladesh), in 1926. His father, Parimal Goswami, was a popular Bengali writer, newspaper editor and photographer.
Goswami was born in Ratandia, Faridpur, in Bengal (then part of British India, now Bangladesh), in 1926. His father, Parimal Goswami, was a popular Bengali writer, newspaper editor and photographer.
His family settled in Kolkata in 1937 and he graduated from Calcutta University in 1948.
Thus, Goswami grew up in a literary atmosphere. Goswami worked in various organizations before taking a job with the Anandabazar Patrika newspaper. He was a journalist from 1972-1986.
Goswami died on 14 March 2012 in a hospice in Kolkata after a long battle with prostate cancer.