Kajal Bandyopadhyay

Kajal Bandyopadhyay
Born (1954-02-13) February 13, 1954
Occupation Writer, professor
Language Bengali, English
Nationality Bangladeshi

Kajal Bandyopadhyay (born February 13, 1954) is a Bangladeshi poet, writer, and translator.[1] He teaches English literature at the University of Dhaka. Bandyopadhyay graduated and postgraduated from the University of Dhaka and completed his Phd from Jadavpur University, Calcutta on Wole Soyinka.[1]

As a Marxist poet, Bandyopadhyay vividly portrays the "lives of toiling masses, particularly their problems, social conflicts, intrigues and inner complexes" with poignant poetic expressions.[1][2] A presidium member of Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council, Bandyopadhyay is also a vehement activist against communal violence in Bangladesh. He champions secularism and non-communalism in Bangladesh; to protest attacks on minority communities in Bangladesh, he wanted to receive self-imprisonment in 2013.[3][4]

Selected publications[1]

Collections of poems

  • Kangal Dirghakal (Seeker for a Long Time, 1985)
  • Dagdha Dhulikana (Burnt-out Speck, 1986)
  • Prithibir Grihakone (In a Home of the Earth, 1988)
  • Utthaner Mantra Nei (No Chant to Rise, 1989)
  • Hese Othe Ashrujal (Tears smiles, 1998)

Books of essays

  • Samrajyabad: Anya Unmocan (Imperialism: Other Exposures, 1986)
  • Swapna (Dream, 1985)

Others

  • Ahmedur Rahman (1990)
  • Bangladesher Buddhibritti: Dharma Sampradayikotar Sangkat (Intellectual Practices in Bangladesh: A Crisis of Religious Communalism, 1999)
  • Tritiya Bishwer Kobita (Poems of the Third World, jointly with others, 1998)

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Selina Hossain, Nurul Islam and Mobarak Hossain, ed. (2000). Bangla Academy Dictionary of Writers. Dhaka: Bangla Academy. pp. 95–96. ISBN 984-07-4052-0.
  2. ↑ "All about sexual, textual politics". The Daily Star. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
  3. ↑ "DU teacher offers to be in jail". The Daily Star. 24 April 2013. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
  4. ↑ সাম্প্রদায়িক সহিংসতা অব্যাহত : স্বেচ্ছায় কারাবরণ করতে চান অধ্যাপক কাজল বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়. The Sangbad (in Bengali). 24 April 2013. Retrieved 27 November 2013.


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