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Avik Gangopadhyay (born May 6, 1969), is a well known writer, currently residing in Kolkata, West Bengal. He has more than 20 published books to his credit in both - English and Bengali on subjects like aesthetics, theories of literature, language and criticism, dead languages, not-so-discussed historical issues, philosophical and religious studies.
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Early Life and Family
Avik Gangopadhyay, a post-graduate in English Language and Literature from Jadavpur University, Kolkata,is the son of Late Manab Gangopadhyay and Sriparna Mukhopadhyay . His father, Late Manab Gangopadhyay, noted academician and litterateur, formerly Reader and Head of the Department of Bengali Language and Literature in Government colleges in West Bengal, India, including Presidency College and University was an author of novels and short stories of exceptional themes and stylistics, critical and philosophical treatises in Bengali and English. Sriparna Mukhopadhyay (Gangopadhyay), on the other hand was a celebrated classical dancer and singer of songs by Tagore. Due to his father’s transferable job, Avik Gangopadhyay had his schooling in different places and in different Institutions like Sri Aurobindo Vidyamandir, St. Thomas, Ballygunge Government High School, MAMC High School, Bidhan Institution. He graduated with Honours in English Language and Literature from Durgapur Government College(1989), completed Post Graduation in English from Jadavpur University, Kolkata(1992), and did Bachelor of Education from University of Calcutta(1998). He completed Diploma both in Library Science(1993) and in Journalism and Mass Communication(1990). His thirst for Languages took him to Kalidas Chatuspathi, MaxMuller Bhavan (Goethe Institute) and Alliance Francais in pursuit of learning Sanskrit, German and French respectively. Avik is married to singer of light classical songs Swati Gangopadhyay.
Career
Although he has made his mark in literature multifarious ways, it is the world of poetry that appealed to him the most. Most of his poems, written from his late teens, are either confined to himself, or presented in Literary assemblages or published in little magazines and weekend literary columns of newspapers. These poems have been later collected and published both in English and Bengali in Editions like The Murmur of the Mist( 2002), The Shadow before Dusk(2002), Shells Upon the Shore(2002), Rup Arup Aparup(2002), Vishanna Chhaya(2002), Ekaler Kobita(2004), Ekaler Chorita(2004). He also has short stories to his credit which are published in the collections Morshumi Mon(2004), Anurag Golpo Samvar(2002), Ekhon Golpo(2010). Often experimenting and researching modern symbolic poetic drama in classical strain, he found his inspiration to venture further into the less traversed path of Bengali poetic drama. These have also been published in Sarodiya Proma(2004) and Bhashabandhan Utsav Sonkhya(2011). However, his literary comfort zone has always remained in the domain of critical literature. A glimpse of the titles and themes of his books and the treatment of the corresponding themes in them will bring to light his efforts to unravel the not-so-discussed regions in interdisciplinary studies. Almost all his works are flavored by his grasp in the fields of psychology, philosophy, history, eastern and western classical music, fine arts and treasures of antiquity. By profession he is a teacher, well known for his knowledge in diverse fields, enjoying immense popularity and respect from students and their parents. Already the author of 30 Published books on topics like aesthetics, literature and language, his latest venture of editing 6 books of poems and short stories in Bengali and English has received considerable critical attention both in home and abroad.
Works
English Titles
Bengali Titles
English Titles Edited by Avik
Bengali Titles Edited by Avik
Awards and Recognition
He was awarded the Editor’s Choice Award for his Achievement in Poetry from the Library of Poetry, USA, in April 2002. He also finds time to devote to answer queries across the globe as an Expert on the first half of 20th century on the esteemed webzine on Classical Literature. Book reviews and Profiles of Avik frequently surface in leading newspapers like The Times of India, The Hindustan Times, The Statesman, Anandabazar Patrika, Daily Observer, Boier Desh, Saptahik Bartaman including other leading literary columns of newspapers, e-journals and in the internet.