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Svalikhita-jivani
Autobiography
(left)Bhaktivinoda Thakur's photo with his autograph and (right) the first page of his original Svalikhita-jivani ().
Svalikhita-jivani is an autobiography written in by Kedarnatha Datta (also known as Bhaktivinoda Thakur), a prominent thinker of Bengali Renaissance and a leading philosopher, savant and spiritual reformer of Gaudiya Vaishnavism who effected its resurgence in India in late 19th and early 20th century and was hailed by contemporary scholars as the most influential Gaudiya Vaisnava leader of his time.
Written in Bengali on the request of Bhaktivinoda's son Lalita Prasad, Svalikhita-jivani gives a detailed autobiographical account that spanned most of his life from his birth in until retirement in The book was published by Lalita Prasad in , after Bhaktivinoda's death.
In February , a Bengali version of the Svalikhita Jivani was jointly published by the Bhaktivedanta Research Center and Dey’s Publishing. It w