Books written by Satyajit Ray and books about Ray
Here you will find listings and links to books on Ray and books written by Ray.
Essential Reading on Ray
A list of our recommended books about Satyajit Ray and his films.
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| Ray, Satyajit. Our films, their films. 1st U.S. ed. New York, Hyperion Books, 1994 / Bombay, Orient Longman, 1976. ISBN 0861256379 / 0863113176 / 0861251768 / 0786861223. A collection of articles written by Ray. Discusses Indian, European, Asian, Russian and Hollywood cinema; aspects of his craft; his encounters with Renoir and Kurosawa; New wave and old masters & Silent films. | Paperback Hardcover US Edition | Hardcover Paperback |
| Ray, Satyajit. My years with Apu. New Delhi / New York. Viking, 1994. ISBN 0670862150. Ray shares his excitement and worries while making the “Apu Trilogy”; The book is as much about “making of a filmmaker: Satyajit Ray” as the films of the trilogy. | Hardcover | Paperback |
| Ray, Satyajit. The chess players : and other screenplays. Edited by Andrew Robinson. London, Faber, 1989. ISBN 0571140742. | Paperback | Paperback |
| Cooper, Darius. The Cinema of Satyajit Ray : Between Tradition and Modernity (Cambridge Studies in Film), 1999. ISBN 0521620260 / 0521629802. A comprehensive look at Ray’s work, the first book to examine Ray’s films from a social and historical perspective. | Hardcover Paperback | Paperback Hardcover |
| Nyce, Ben. Satyajit Ray : A Study of his Films, New York, Praeger, 1988. ISBN: 0275926664. Individual films in detail , bio, career chronology, development as a filmmaker, Ray style & Craft. | Hardcover | Hardcover |
| Robinson, Andrew. Satyajit Ray : The Inner Eye. Berkeley, University of California Press, 1989 / Calcutta, Rupa & Co., 1990. ISBN: 0520069056, 0520069463, 0233986308. Individual films in detail , bio, career chronology, development as a filmmaker, Ray style & Craft. Comprehensive and in depth. | Hardcover | Hardcover Paperback |
| Seton, Marie. Portrait of a director: Satyajit Ray, London, Dennis Dobson, 1971. ISBN 0253168155 / 0234772344 / 0234721278. Individual films in detail , bio, career chronology, development as a filmmaker, Ray style & Craft. Comprehensive and in depth. | Hardcover Paperback | Hardcover Hardcover |
Books Written by Ray
Satyajit Ray wrote over forty fiction and non-fiction books in Bengali. Many of Ray’s screenplays too have been published in Bengali. Only a handful of them are available in English. The Bengali books are difficult to get; the only way to get these books is to request a friend in Calcutta to look in new and used bookshops.
About Cinema & Screenplays
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| Ray, Satyajit. Our films, their films. 1st U.S. ed. New York, Hyperion Books, 1994 / Bombay, Orient Longman, 1976. ISBN 0861256379 / 0863113176 / 0861251768 / 0786861223. A collection of articles written by Ray. Discusses Indian, European, Asian, Russian and Hollywood cinema; aspects of his craft; his encounters with Renoir and Kurosawa; New wave and old masters & Silent films. | Paperback Hardcover US Edition | Hardcover Paperback |
| Ecrits sur le Cinéma (French translation of the above book), Tr. by Tony Mayer, Paris. Editions Jean-Caude Lattés, 1983. | ||
| Ray, Satyajit. My years with Apu. New Delhi / New York. Viking, 1994. ISBN 0670862150. Ray shares his excitement and worries while making the “Apu Trilogy”; The book is as much about “making of a filmmaker: Satyajit Ray” as the films of the trilogy. | Hardcover | Paperback |
| Ray, Satyajit / Shampa Banerjee. The Apu trilogy. Calcutta, Seagull Books, 1985. ISBN 0571125549, 0856471003, 0804466793, 8170460174. Three screenplays of the “Apu Trilogy” films. | Paperback Hardcover | Paperback Paperback |
| Ray, Satyajit. The chess players : and other screenplays. Edited by Andrew Robinson. London, Faber, 1989. ISBN 0571140742. | Paperback | Paperback |
| Ray, Satyajit. Childhood Days- A Memoir. South Asia Books, 7th edition. 1998. ISBN 0140250794. | Paperback | |
| Ray, Satyajit. Pather Panchali. Calcutta, Cine Central, 1984. Screenplay. |
Fiction & others
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| Ray, Satyajit. Best of Satyajit Ray. Penguin India, 2001. ISBN 0143028057 | Paperback | |
| Ray, Satyajit. Bravo Professor Shonku. Translated by Kathleen M. O’Connell. Delhi, Rupa & Co., 1986. ISBN 0318369443. | Paperback | Paperback |
| Ray, Satyajit. Phatik Chand – a novel. Translated by Lila Ray. Delhi, Vision Books, 1984. ISBN: 086578230X, 0861868935 | Paperback | Paperback |
| Ray, Satyajit. Stories. London, Secker & Warburg, 1987. ISBN 0436410109 / 0140097295. | Paperback | Paperback Hardcover |
| Ray, Satyajit.Chitrita Banerji (Translator). The adventures of Feluda. India / U.S.A., Penguin Books, 1988. ISBN 0140112219. | Paperback | Paperback |
| Ray, Satyajit. The mystery of the elephant god : more adventures of Feluda, ISBN 0140251227. | Paperback | |
| Ray, Satyajit. Royal Bengal Mystery and Other Feluda Stories. Penguin Books India. ISBN 0140275908 | Paperback | Paperback |
| Ray, Satyajit. Feluda’s last case, ISBN 0140257489. | Paperback | |
| Ray, Satyajit. House of Death and Other Feluda Stories. Penguin Books India. ISBN 0140268030 | Paperback | Paperback |
| Ray, Satyajit. The unicorn expedition, and other fantastic tales of India. New York, E.P. Dutton, 1987. ISBN 0525245448. | Paperback | |
| Ray, Satyajit. Mystery of the Pink Pearl; The Final Feluda Stories. Penguin Books India; ISBN: 0140278214 | Hardcover | Paperback |
| Ray, Satyajit. Night of the Indigo. Penguin Books Australia Ltd., 2000. ISBN 0140294481 | Paperback | |
| Ray, Satyajit. Twenty stories. Translated by Gopa Majumdar. New Delhi / New York, Penguin Books, 1992. ISBN 0140156380. | Paperback | Paperback |
| Ray, Sukumar. Nonsense rhymes. Translated by Satyajit Ray. Calcutta, Writers Workshop, 1970. ISBN 0882535870. | Paperback | |
| Cartier-Bresson, Henri. Henri Cartier-Bresson in India. Foreword by Satyajit Ray. Mapin Publishing in association with Mapin International, New York, 1987. ISBN 0500277125. | Paperback | Paperback Hardcover |
Books about Satyajit Ray and his works
This list contains books that have been written about Satyajit Ray, his films and filmmaking.
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Banerjee, Surabhi. (Surabhi Bandyopadhyaya) Satyajit Ray: Beyond the Frame, 1996. ISBN 8170235456. Bio, study of Ray’s films and Ray’s literary career… | Hardcover | Paperback |
Benegal, Shyam. Benegal on Ray – Satyajit Ray, a film, Calcutta, Seagull Books, 1988. ISBN 8170460212. A long interview of Ray about his films & filmmaking. | Paperback | Paperback |
Cooper, Darius. The Cinema of Satyajit Ray : Between Tradition and Modernity (Cambridge Studies in Film), 1999. ISBN 0521620260 / 0521629802. A comprehensive look at Ray’s work, the first book to examine Ray’s films from a social and historical perspective. | Hardcover Paperback | Paperback Hardcover |
| Das Gupta, Chidananda. The Cinema of Satyajit Ray, India, Vikas, etc. 1980. ISBN 9992670118 / 8123707533 / 0706910354. | Paperback Hardcover | Paperback Hardcover |
| Das, Santi. Satyajit Ray, an Intimate Master. Satyajit Ray Film and Study Collection, 1998. ISBN 8170237483 | Paperback | |
Ganguly, Suranjan. Satyajit Ray: In Search of the Modern, Scarecrow Press, USA, 2000. ISBN: 0810837692. The book examines in depth six of Ray’s major films focusing on issues such as human subjectivity, education, the emancipation of women, new middle class, and the crisis of identity in post-Independence India. | Hardcover | Hardcover |
| Nandi, Alok B. and Ghosh, Nemai. Satyajit Ray at 70 as Writer, Designer, Actor, Director, Cameraman, Editor, Composer. Art Books International. ISBN: 293001007X | Paperback | |
Nyce, Ben. Satyajit Ray : A Study of his Films, New York, Praeger, 1988. ISBN: 0275926664. Individual films in detail , bio, career chronology, development as a filmmaker, Ray style & Craft. | Hardcover | Hardcover |
| Rangoonwalla, Firoze. Satyajit Ray’s art. Delhi, Clarion, 1980. | Hardcover | Hardcover |
| Ray, Bijoya. Bijoya Ray Remembers Satyajit Ray at Work. Pocket Art Series. Roli Books; ISBN: 8174361375 | Paperback | |
Robinson, Andrew. Satyajit Ray : The Inner Eye. Berkeley, University of California Press, 1989 / Calcutta, Rupa & Co., 1990. ISBN: 0520069056, 0520069463, 0233986308. Individual films in detail , bio, career chronology, development as a filmmaker, Ray style & Craft. Comprehensive and in depth. | Hardcover | Hardcover Paperback |
| Sarkar, Bidyut. The World of Satyajit Ray, New Delhi, UBSPD, 1992. ISBN 8185674043. | Hardcover | Hardcover Paperback |
Seton, Marie. Portrait of a director: Satyajit Ray, London, Dennis Dobson, 1971. ISBN 0253168155 / 0234772344 / 0234721278. Individual films in detail , bio, career chronology, development as a filmmaker, Ray style & Craft. Comprehensive and in depth. | Hardcover Paperback | Hardcover Hardcover |
Satyajit Ray, a portrait in black & white, ISBN 0670853232. A collection of Photographs of Ray. | Hardcover |