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Product DescriptionIn Bengali literature Buddhadeva Bose was truly a phenomenon. A versatile writer, comfortable in genres as diverse as poetry, novel, short story, drama, essay, travelogue, and memoir---he was also an influential editor and critic, a translator of poetry who had a profound impact on younger poets, a writer for children, and a pioneer in comparative literary studies. This volume presents a substantial selection of Bose's poems in English translation along with a detailed Introduction by the translator Ketaki Kushari Dyson, herself a distinguished bilingual poet, and necessary critical apparatuses. This book will prove useful to students and teachers of language and literature, Indian writing in translation, translation studies, as well as general readers.About the AuthorBuddhadeva Bose studied English Literature at Dhaka University. He taught for a good part of his life, and set up the Department of Comparative Literature at Jadavpur University, Kolkata. He also taught at various American universities and travelled and lectured widely.Ketaki Kushari Dyson has published in both Bengali and English, covering genres from poetry, fiction, drama, essay, and criticism to literary translation and researched-based works. She received the Ananda Puraskar twice (1986 and 1987) and the Bhubanmohini Dasi Medal of the University of Calcutta for her contribution to Bengali letters (1986).