Mallika Sengupta

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Mallika Sengupta ( Bengali মল্লিকা সেনগুপ্ত, 1960 - May 28, 2011 ) was a Bengali writer and feminist .

biography

Mallika Sengupta began literary writing in 1981 and has published a total of eleven volumes of poetry , two novels and a series of essays . Some of her poems have been translated into English . She edited an anthology of poems by women from Bengal. She also taught sociology at Maharani Kasiswari College, which works with the University of Calcutta . She was head of the department there. She was also the editor of poetry for Sananda magazine . Mallika Sengupta has appeared at readings at poetry and literature festivals in Sweden, Austria, the United States of America and Bangladesh, among others.

Mallika Sengupta has received several awards for her writing. In 1998 she received the Sukanto Puroskar from the government of West Bengal . Between 1997 and 1999 she received a Literature Fellowship from the Government of India . In 2004 she received the Bangla Academy award, which is also awarded by the West Bengal government.

As a feminist and political activist, Mallika Sengupta founded the Forum Aloprithivi , in which other artists and writers are also involved. On this platform, marginalized women should be able to use the artistic forms of expression poetry, theater and music to create awareness of their situation.

In her writing, Mallika Sengupta combined artistic aspirations with social commitment. Her voice is believed to be strong and clear, and she is occasionally compared to Taslima Nasrin .

Alongside Mandakranta Sen , she is considered to be one of the Bengali-speaking poets in India who, in the decades around the turn of the millennium, attracted attention with a feminist agenda and wrote against the patriarchal discourse.

Mallika Sengupta's husband, Subodh Sarkar, was also a poet. The couple had a son. Mallika Sengupta died of cancer on May 28, 2011 in her home.

Publications

Poetry

  • Challish Chander Ayu, Virus publication, 1983
  • Ami Sindhur Meye, Prativas publication, Kolkata, 1988
  • Haghare O Debdasi, Prativas publication, Kolkata, 1991
  • Ardhek Prithivi, Ananda Publishers, Kolkata, 1993, ISBN 81-7215-247-7
  • Meyeder Aa Aaa Ka Kha, Prativas publication, Kolkata, 1998
  • Kathamanabi, Ananda Publishers, Kolkata, 1999, ISBN 81-7215-915-3
  • Deoyalir Council, Patralekha, Kolkata, 2001
  • Amra Lasya Amra Ladai, Sristi Prakashani, Kolkata, 2001 book excerpt (2 translations into English)
  • Purushke Lekha Chithi, Ananda Publishers, Kolkata, 2003, ISBN 81-7756-286-X Book Book excerpt (1 poem online)
  • Chheleke History Parate Giye, Ananda Publishers, Kolkata, 2005
  • Shrestha Kabita, Kolkata, Dey's Publication, 2005
  • Aamake Sariye Dao Valobasa, Ananda Publishers, Kolkata, 2006, ISBN 81-7756-573-7
  • Purusher Janyo Eksho Kabita, Deep Prakashan, Kolkata, 2007
  • O Janemon Jibananada, Banolata Sen Likhchhi, Kolkata, Ananda Pub. 2008
  • Brishtimichhil Barudmichhil, Kolkata, Ananda Pub. 2010

Novels

Reference books

  • Strilinga Nirmana, Ananda Publishers, Kolkata, 1994, ISBN 81-7215-368-6
  • Purush Noi Purushtantra, Vikash Grantha Bhavan, Kolkata, 2002
  • Bibahabichchhinnar Akhyan, Banglar Samaj O Sahitye, Kolkata, Papyrus, 2007

Web links

  • Mallika Sengupta. Poetry International, December 5, 2012, accessed February 13, 2018 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ K. Satchidananda: The Blooming of the Backyard - Part I. Goethe-Institut , May 29, 2011, accessed on February 13, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Noted Bengali poet Mallika Sengupta dead. The Hindu , May 29, 2011, accessed February 13, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Sengupta, Mallika
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Indian author and feminist
DATE OF BIRTH 1960
DATE OF DEATH May 28, 2011