Bikash Sarkar

Bikash Sarkar (Bengali: বিকাশ সরকার) (born 27 May 1965, Gairkata গয়েরকাটা) is a Bengali poet, writer, journalist and editor. He is a recipient of the prestigious Jugasankha Award 2010.

Biography

Born in Gairkata, a suburb in Dooars region of West Bengal in the year 1965, Bikash Sarkar started writing poetry at a very early age. Later on, he also successfully tried his hand in writing stories and novels. Recently three of his books, ‘Bishaadbaalok’, ‘Anantachhutor’ and ‘Aaanandadotara’ have been published by Ananda Publishers. His first book of poem ‘Kanisker Matha’ (The Head of Kaniska) was published in 1983, when he was just 17 years old and now he has 16 books to his credit – 10 of poems, one collection of short stories, one of translations and two of novel. His poems have been translated into English, Assamese, Nepali and Hindi and published in several journals and anthologies. Bikash Sarkar was the editor of Masik Jugasankha, a Bengali monthly magazine. Now he is Assistant Editor of Dainik Jugasankha. Earlier he edited two little magazines named ‘Thaba’ and ‘Lekhakarmee’. He married Krishna Dey and his daughter is Bipasha, who is a teacher.

Awards and honours

List of publications

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