Alokranjan Dasgupta
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Alokranjan Dasgupta is a renowned India
n poet of Bengali literature
and a German
scholar who manages his time by shuttling between Kolkata
, India
and Germany
.
He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award
given by the Sahitya Akademi
, India’s National academy of letters in 1992 for his Poetry collection, Marami Karat
works into Bengali
. He belonged to the Bengali faculty of Jadavpur University
.
A poet much admired by his fellow poets and the wannabes, his poetry is known for both thematic and technical innovations. The German government has felicitated him for his contribution to bring together two different cultures together by awarding him the Goethe Prize
.
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n poet of Bengali literature
Bengali literature
Bengali literature is literary works written in Bengali language particularly from Bangladesh and the Indian provinces of West Bengal and Tripura. The history of Bengali literature traces back hundreds of years while it is impossible to separate the literary trends of the two Bengals during the...
and a German
Germans
The Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages....
scholar who manages his time by shuttling between Kolkata
Kolkata
Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
and Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
.
He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award
Sahitya Akademi Award
Sahitya Akademi Award is a literary honor in India which Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, annually confers on writers of outstanding works in one of the following twenty-four major Indian languagesAssamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, English, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri,...
given by the Sahitya Akademi
Sahitya Akademi
The Sahitya Akademi ', India's National Academy of Letters, is an organisation dedicated to the promotion of literature in the languages of India...
, India’s National academy of letters in 1992 for his Poetry collection, Marami Karat
Career
Back in his younger days, he used to be associated vigorously with the little magazines and translate the original GermanGerman language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
works into Bengali
Bengali language
Bengali or Bangla is an eastern Indo-Aryan language. It is native to the region of eastern South Asia known as Bengal, which comprises present day Bangladesh, the Indian state of West Bengal, and parts of the Indian states of Tripura and Assam. It is written with the Bengali script...
. He belonged to the Bengali faculty of Jadavpur University
Jadavpur University
Jadavpur University , is a premier educational and research institution in India.It is located in Kolkata, West Bengal and comprises two campuses - the main campus at Jadavpur and the new campus at Salt Lake...
.
A poet much admired by his fellow poets and the wannabes, his poetry is known for both thematic and technical innovations. The German government has felicitated him for his contribution to bring together two different cultures together by awarding him the Goethe Prize
Goethe Prize
The Goethe Prize of Frankfurt-am-Main is a German literary award of high prestige named after Johann Wolfgang Goethe. It was initially an annual award, but became triennial...
.
Works
- Saranarthir Ritu O Shilpa Vabna. Ananda Publishers, 1993. ISBN 81-7215-159-4.
- Vramane Nay Vubane. Ananda Publishers. ISBN 81-7066-145-5.
- Ekhono Nameni Bandhu Nuclear Godhuli. Ananda Publishers. ISBN 81-7215-996-X.
- Chhaya Pather Sandra Sanglapika. Ananda Publishers. ISBN 81-7215-277-9.