Occupation Writer, professor Role Poet Name Kajal Bandyopadhyay | Nationality Bangladeshi Language Bengali, English | |
Born February 13, 1954 (age 70) ( 1954-02-13 ) | ||
KIRTANIYA KAJAL BANDYOPADHYAY KRISHNA SUDAMA PALA KIRTAN
Kajal Bandyopadhyay (born 13 February 1954) is a Bangladeshi poet, writer, and translator. He teaches English literature at the University of Dhaka.
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Teaching Career
Bandyopadhyay graduated from the University of Dhaka and completed his Ph.D. from Jadavpur University, Calcutta on Wole Soyinka.
Literature
As a Marxist poet, Bandyopadhyay vividly portrays the "lives of toiling masses, particularly their problems, social conflicts, intrigues and inner complexes" with poignant poetic expressions. A presidium member of Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council, Bandyopadhyay is also a vehement activist against communal violence in Bangladesh. He champions secularism and non-communalism in Bangladesh; to protest attacks on minority communities in Bangladesh, he wanted to receive self-imprisonment in 2013.