Biography

Syed Kawsar Jamal who was born in the village of Murshidabad

Murshidabad

Murshidabad is a city in Murshidabad district of West Bengal state in India. The city of Murshidabad is located on the southern bank of the Bhagirathi, a distributary of the Ganges River. It was the capital of undivided Bengal during the Mughal rule. Nawabs of Bengal used to rule Bengal from this...

, West Bengal

West Bengal

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, India

India

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 on 24 October, 1950, is an eminent poet and essayist in Bengali. He started writing from the early seventies of the last century. He has been contributing his writings to the major literery journals in Bengali. His books of poems are Nasto Aranye Eucalyptus, Anya Aak Upatyaka, Chernobyler Megh, Nakshatra-Perek and Anupasthitir Adal Theke.

His Chernobyler Megh was awarded Sopan Sahitya Puraskar and Ashalata Sahitya Puraskar. Jamal's poems are characterized by an apparent simplicity but marked by a mystical myriad mind delving deep into the nature of human mind.

Jamal has three books of translation published by the National Book Trust, India.Besides, he has translated more than hundred French poems into Bengali for Bengali literary magazines.

Syed Kawsar Jamal did his Master's degree from the University of Calcutta

University of Calcutta

The University of Calcutta is a public university located in the city of Kolkata , India, founded on 24 January 1857...

and after a short stint in teaching in a higher secondary school joined All India Radio in 1978. A radio broadcaster by profession, he taught journalism and mass communication in Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (1997-2000) and presently a guest lecturer in Visva-Bharati.

His Books of Poems

Nasto Aranye Eucalyptus (1978),
Anya Ak Upatyaka (1985),
Chernobyler Megh (1993),
Ramdhanumaya (1997),
Nakhatraperek (2000),
Anupasthitir Adal Theke (2005)

Books of Translation

Upendrakishor Roychoudhury (Lila Majumdar),
Indian Literature : An Overview (Krishna Kripalini),
A Village by the Sea (Anita Desai)

External links

• Google Books