Background
Shakti Chattopadhyay was born at Baharu village in modern-day South 24 Parganas district, Paschimbanga (West Bengal), India to Bamanath Chattopadhyay and Kamala Devi. He lost his father at the age of four and brought up by his maternal grandfather.
Education
University of Calcutta. City College, Kolkata.
Career
He came to Bagbazar, Calcutta in 1948 and got admitted to Maharaja Cossimbazar Polytechnic School in class VIII. In 1949 he established Pragati Library and started a hand-written magazine, Pragati, which was soon changed into a printed one, changing the name to Bahnishikha. lieutenant was the same year when he got membership of the Communist Party of India (Consumer price index). In 1953, he passed Intermediate Commerce Examination, but gave up studying commerce and got admitted to the Presidency College (now Presidency University, Kolkata) with Honours in Bengali literature but he did not appear in the examination.
Early writings
In March 1956, his poem "Yama" was published in Kabita, a literary magazine published by Buddhadeb Bose.
After that he started writing for Krittibas and other magazines. Buddhadeb Bose also invited him to join the Comparative Literature course in newly opened Jadavpur University.
He joined the course, but could not complete it either. In 1958, he terminated his relationship with the Consumer price index. He worked at Saxby Pharma Limited. as a store assistant and later taught at Bhowanipur Tutorial Home (Harrison Road branch).
He also started a business himself and ran it for sometime before he gave up and joined Hind Motors as junior executive.
But he could not continue anywhere. He started indulging in a wayward lifestyle and drinking heavily. Hungry Generation
However he left the movement in 1963 due to differences of opinion with the other members.
Politics
Here he was introduced to Marxism by a teacher.