Subodh Sarkar

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Born 1958 (age 65), Krishnanagar Website www.indianpoetsubodhsarkar.com Nationality Indian Known for Poetry Similar Sunil Gangopadhyay, Joy Goswami, Mallika Sengupta

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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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