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Nationality
  
Indian

Spouse
  
Mallika Sengupta

Role
  
Poet


Name
  
Subodh Sarkar

Occupation
  
Poet

Books
  
Manipurer Ma, Kallu

Subodh Sarkar Every time I lost one poetfriend I found one hundred

Born
  
1958 (age 65),
Krishnanagar

Website
  
www.indianpoetsubodhsarkar.com

Nationality
  
Indian

Known for
  
Poetry

Similar
  
Sunil Gangopadhyay, Joy Goswami, Mallika Sengupta

Mayurpankhi by subodh sarkar bengali poem recitation bangla kobita abritti


Subodh Sarkar (Bengali: সুবোধ সরকার) (born 1958, Krishnanagar) is a Bengali poet , writer and editor, and a reader in English literature at City College, Kolkata. He is a recipient of the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award.

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Biography

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His first book of poem was published in the late 1970s, and now he has 26 books to his credit – 20 of poems, two of translations and one travelogue on America. His poems have been translated into English, French and several Indian languages and published in several journals and anthologies. Sarkar is the editor of Bhashanagar, a Bengali culture magazine with occasional English issues. In 2010 he was appointed as the guest editor of Indian Literature, the flagship journal of Sahitya Akademi. He married Mallika Sengupta who was also a poet.

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In 2016, he was a Fulbright visiting professor of English at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, IA.

Awards and honours

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  • Shakti Chattopadhyay Binodan Vichitra Puroskar (1997)
  • Bangla Academy|Bangla Akademi Anita-Sunil Basu Puroskar from Pashchimbanga Bangla Akademy (2000)
  • Sahitya Akademi Award (2013) for Dwaipayan Hrader Dhare
    • BangaBhushan from the Govt Of West Bengal 2015D.Lit from University of GourBanga, Bengal 2015Gangadhar Meher National Award from Sambalpur University 2014

    List of publications

    Books of poems:

  • Kabita 78–80, Krishnanagar, 1980
  • Riksha Mesh Katha, Krishnanagar, 1983
  • Eka Narakgami, Kolkata, Prativas, 1988
  • Maronottar Jal, Shatabdir Mukha, Kakdwip, 1990
  • Maruvumir Golap, Amritalok, Medinipur, 1991
  • Chandradosh Oshudhe Sarena, Prativas, Kolkata, 1991
  • Adai Hat Manush, Boipara, Kolkata, 1993
  • Chihh, Kalkata, Ananda Publishers, 1993, ISBN 81-7215-246-9
  • Rajneeti korben Na, Kolkata, Prativas, 1997
  • Dhanyabad Marichika Sen, Kolkata, Katha O Kahini, 1997
  • Sab Rasta Rome-e Jae Na, Patralekha, Kolkata, 2001
  • Bhalo Jaygata Kothae, Kolkata, Ananda Publishers, 2001,ISBN 81-7215-916-1
  • Jerujalem Theke Medinipur, Srishti, Kolkata, 2001
  • Kallu, Kolkata, Ananda Publishers, 2003
  • Krittikae Sonnet Cangaroo, Saptarshi Prakashan, Kolkata, 2003
  • Shrestha Kabita, Kolkata, Deys Publication, 2004
  • Ami Karo Andhakar Noi, Kolkata, Prativas, 2004
  • Manipurer Ma, Kolkata, Ananda Publishers, 2005, ISBN 81-7756-485-4
  • Boma Bananor Class, Saptarshi Prakashan, Kolkata, 2006
  • Ja Upanishad Tai Koran, Ananda Publishers, 2006
  • Pratibader Kabita, Deep Prakashan, Kolkata, 2007
  • Prem O Pipegun, Aajkaal Prakashani, 2008

    • Book of poems in English translation:

  • Route Map 25, Bhashanagar, Kolkata.2004

    • Book of translation:

  • Biswa Kabita, Prativas, Kolkata, 199

    • Travelogue:

  • Deshta America, Vostok, Kolkata, 1993
  • Blasphemy- Poetry by Subodh Sarkar and Visual by Manas Roy (Roymans)- 2014

    • Books co-authored with Mallika Sengupta:

  • Sohag Sharbari, Abhiman, Howrah, 1985
  • Prem O Pratibader Kabita, Kolkata, Vikash Grantha Bhavan, 2001
  • Subodh Mallika Square, Kolkata, Vikash Grantha Bhavan, 2006

    • First Exculsive Interview of Kovi Subodh Sarkar in video format from SHILPANIR RECORDS, 2010

    References

    Subodh Sarkar Wikipedia
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