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KHAGENDRANATH MITRA
Khagendranath Mitra: (1896–1978) was a prominent writer for children of Bengali. Even today his writings are enjoyed greatly by children and preteens.Khagendranath Mitra needs no formal introduction. He was the first Indian children's writer whose books were translated into foreign languages. Russian translation of Bhombol Sardar was of immense popularity. Children get lost their ways in Sundarban reading his book Sundarbaner Pothe (On the Way to Sundarban). Africar Jongole (In the Forests of Africa) is a thrilling piece, revealing the terrible nature of jungles to them.
Mitra, besides writing more than 100 books, was a good editor too. Kishor (The Preteens), the first child periodical in Asia was the brain child of him, though it was not published for a year. Notun Manush (New Man), Chhotoder Mohol (The Gallery for Children), Banshory (The Flute), Sonar Kathi (The Golden Stick), Shishusathi (The Children's Friend; Annual) were among the periodicals he edited.
Stories
· Moutuski
· Sei Chhokrata (That Lad)
· Kopaler Lekha (The Fate)
· Swapne Paoya Golpo (The Story Obtained in a Dream)
· Kortababur Petni Dekha (The Female-Ghost Kortababu Saw)
· Mintur Chhobi (Mintu's Picture)
· GoneshChandrer Ashubho Jatra (The Unholy Journey of GaneshChandra)
· Parghater Alapeer Pallay (The Gossiping Man of Parghat)
· Chorer-o Adhom (Even Inferior Than a Thief)
· Badanpur Bungalowr Sei Rat (That Night At Badanpur Bungalow)
- Bagdi Dakat (The Bagdi Bandits)
- Africar Jongole (In the Forests of
Africa ) - Sundarbaner Pothe (On the Way to Sundarban)
- Black Arrow
- Bhombol Sardar (Bhombol the Leader),in 4 volumes- This is a fascinating account of life of a preteen village boy, Bhombol. Perhaps, this is a nostalgic memory of his own childhood.
- Pujoneeyo Dosyu (Adorable Dacoit)- Prohelika Series of Deb Sahitya Kutir
VOMBOL SARDAR
KOBITA SINGHA
Kabita Sinha, (b. Kolkata,1931-1999), Bengali poet, novelist, feminist and radio director. She is noted for her modernist stance, rejecting the traditional housebound role for Bengali women, a theme echoed later in the work of other poets including Mallika Sengupta and Taslima Nasrin.
Born into a literary family, she started writing as a child. In 1951, while a student of Botany at the Presidency College, Calcutta, she married author and editor Bimal Roy Choudhury, against the wishes of her family. A rebellious spirit, she was involved in dissidence movements in the '50s.
In the process, she never finished her bachelors degree - this she would complete many years later, from Asutosh College. She worked for some years as a schoolteacher before joining the West Bengal government as an editor. In 1965 she joined All India Radio and was at one point station director at Darbhanga, Bihar. In 1966 she started the poetry magazine dainik kabitA with her husband.
In 1981, she was invited to the Iowa International writer's workshop.
In the 80s she launched a number of programs involving the youth in All India Radio.
Although Kabita Sinha is primarily known for her poetry, it was as a novelist that she first entered Bengali literature. Her first novel, chArjan rAgI JubatI (four angry young women) was published in 1956. This was followed by ekTi khArAp meyer galpa (story of a bad girl, 1958), nAyikA pratinAyikA (heroine, anti-heroine, 1960).
In the meantime, she was also writing poetry in various magazines, but her first volume of poetry, sahaj sundarI (easy beauty), was published only in 1965. The 1976 collection kavitA paramesvarI (poetry goddess) became particularly well known.
Many of her poems address the woman's place vis-a-vis man in poems like AjIban pAthar pratimA (stone goddess, all my life), Iswarke Eve (Eve speaks to God), or apamAner janya fire Asi (because I crave your insults).
Other collections include hariNAbairI (enemy deer, 1985), and her shreShTa kabitA (selected poems) which came out in 1987
A novel on eunuchs, pauruSh (lit. manliness, English title: The Third Sex, 1984), won the Nathmal Bhualka award in 1986.
In total, she published nearly fifty books, including some under the pen name Sultana Choudhury. She has been anthologized in a wide range of poetry collections, and has also been widely translated.
CHAR POLATAKER KAHINI
Born into a literary family, she started writing as a child. In 1951, while a student of Botany at the Presidency College, Calcutta, she married author and editor Bimal Roy Choudhury, against the wishes of her family. A rebellious spirit, she was involved in dissidence movements in the '50s.
In the process, she never finished her bachelors degree - this she would complete many years later, from Asutosh College. She worked for some years as a schoolteacher before joining the West Bengal government as an editor. In 1965 she joined All India Radio and was at one point station director at Darbhanga, Bihar. In 1966 she started the poetry magazine dainik kabitA with her husband.
In 1981, she was invited to the Iowa International writer's workshop.
In the 80s she launched a number of programs involving the youth in All India Radio.
Although Kabita Sinha is primarily known for her poetry, it was as a novelist that she first entered Bengali literature. Her first novel, chArjan rAgI JubatI (four angry young women) was published in 1956. This was followed by ekTi khArAp meyer galpa (story of a bad girl, 1958), nAyikA pratinAyikA (heroine, anti-heroine, 1960).
In the meantime, she was also writing poetry in various magazines, but her first volume of poetry, sahaj sundarI (easy beauty), was published only in 1965. The 1976 collection kavitA paramesvarI (poetry goddess) became particularly well known.
Many of her poems address the woman's place vis-a-vis man in poems like AjIban pAthar pratimA (stone goddess, all my life), Iswarke Eve (Eve speaks to God), or apamAner janya fire Asi (because I crave your insults).
Other collections include hariNAbairI (enemy deer, 1985), and her shreShTa kabitA (selected poems) which came out in 1987
A novel on eunuchs, pauruSh (lit. manliness, English title: The Third Sex, 1984), won the Nathmal Bhualka award in 1986.
In total, she published nearly fifty books, including some under the pen name Sultana Choudhury. She has been anthologized in a wide range of poetry collections, and has also been widely translated.
CHAR POLATAKER KAHINI
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