Subodh Sarkar
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Subodh Sarkar, a major Indian Bengali poet, editor and Reader in English at City College, Kolkata, was born in 1958 at Krishnanagar.
His first book of poems was published in the late 70s and now he has 26 books to his credit - 20 of poems, 2 of translations and one travelogue on America. His poetry is incisive, satiric, provocative, manipulative, and most of all, entertainingly contemporary which brings a fresh new idiom to Bengali poetry.
His poems has been translated into English, French and several Indian languages and published in prestigious journals and anthologies. He has been invited to participate in poetry readings, seminars, conferences and translation-workshops in U.S.(1992, 2005 & 2006), Taiwan (1996), Germany (2005, 2006), France (2005), Czech Republic (2005) Bangladesh and several parts of India. He has interviewed major international poets including Allen Ginsberg in New York, British poet Sir Stephen Spender, Chilean poet Nicanore Parra and the first black male American Pulitzer prize winner, Yusef Komunyakaa. He has worked with Danniel Weissbort at Iowa and Bhopal, and with Chilean poet Raul Jurita in an audio-cassette project, which highlighted his and Jurita’s poems, the first of its kind in Indo-Latin American history.
Married to Mallika Sengupta, a noted Bengali poet. He lives in Kolkata.
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[edit] External links
1.The Parabaas Bookstore: Bengali Books, and in Translations
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[edit] Awards and Honours
Shakti Chattopadhyay Binodan Vichitra Puroskar (1997)
Bangla Akademi Anita-Sunil Basu Puroskar (1998)
[edit] Editing
Subodh Sarkar is the Editor of Bhashanagar, a Bangla culture magazine with occassional English number.
[edit] List of Publications- Books of poems:
1] Kabita 78-80, Krishnanagar, 1980
2] Riksha Mesh Katha, Krishnanagar, 1983
3] Eka Narakgami, Kolkata, Prativas, 1988
4] Maronottar Jal, Shatabdir Mukha, Kakdwip, 1990
5] Maruvumir Golap, Amritalok, Medinipur, 1991
6] Chandradosh Oshudhe Sarena, Prativas, Kolkata, 1991
7] Adai Hat Manush, Boipara, Kolkata, 1993
8] Chihh , Kalkata, Ananda Publishers, 1993
9] Rajneeti korben Na, Kolkata, Prativas, 1997
10] Dhanyabad Marichika Sen, Kolkata, Katha O Kahini, 1997
11] Sab Rasta Rome-e Jae Na, Patralekha, Kolkata, 2001
12] Bhalo Jaygata Kothae, Kolkata, Ananda Publishers, 2001
13] Jerujalem Theke Medinipur, Srishti, Kolkata, 2001
14] Kallu, Kolkata, Ananda Publishers, 2003
15] Krittikae Sonnet Cangaroo, Saptarshi Prakashan, Kolkata, 2003
16] Shrestha Kabita, Kolkata, Deys Publication, 2004
17] Ami Karo Andhakar Noi, Kolkata, Prativas, 2004
18] Manipurer Ma, Kolkata, Ananda Publishers, 2005
19] Boma Bananor Class, Saptarshi Prakashan, Kolkata, 2006
20] Ja Upanishad Tai Koran, Ananda Publishers, 2006
Book of poems in English translation:
21] Route Map 25, Bhashanagar, Kolkata.2004
Book of Translation:
22]Biswa Kabita, Prativas, Kolkata, 199
Travelogue:
23] Deshta America , Vostok, Kolkata, 1993
Books co-authored with Mallika Sengupta:
24] Sohag Sharbari, Abhiman, Howrah, 1985
25] Prem O Pratibader Kabita, Kolkata, Vikash Grantha Bhavan, 2001
26] Subodh Mallika Square, Kolkata, Vikash Grantha Bhavan, 2006
[edit] A sample poem by Subodh Sarkar
A Dog's C.V.
Dad’s German, Mom lived in an Entaly lane
Weight at birth : 2 and a ½ pounds; name : Gina;
Nicknamed by the women of the house as Fuchu, Fuchidear, Fuchan….
Color : pitch black; no tail.
Food : during day eight pieces of beef,
At night a bowl of milk; three years old;
No record of biting anyone.
Except in the last elections
When a dhoti-clad gentleman
Came vote-begging with folded arms.
Gina chased the man out into the road,
But didn’t bite him. According to c.v.
If she had, Gina would have had rabies!
Translated By Fakrul Alam-->
