Kajal Bandyopadhyay

Kajal Bandyopadhyay (born 13 February 1954 ) is a Bangladeshi poet, writer, and translator. He teaches English literature and previously worked as head of the dept. of English at the University of Dhaka.

Education Bandyopadhyay graduated from the University of Dhaka and completed his Ph.D. from Jadavpur University, Calcutta on Wole Soyinka. 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.

Professor Bandyopadhyay's "essays speak of establishing a plural and classless society. They also unveil religious orthodoxy and fanaticism, and bring out the causes of cultural imperialism."

Interest on African literature Kajal Banerjee has an especial fascination for African literature. He did his Ph.D. on the plays of Noble laureate African writer Wole Soyinka. Some books of his essays on African literature in English and Ibsen's plays have been received warmly.

Selected publications Source: Books of Bengali poems

Name Publishers First Published Hameshai Danober Trankorta-Besh Kangal Deerghokal (Seeker for a Long Time) 1985 Dagdha Dhoolikona (Burnt-out Speck) 1986 Prithibir Grihakone (In a Home of the Earth) 1988 Utthaner Mantra Nei (No Chant to Rise) 1989 Heshe Othe Ashrujol (Tears smiles) 1998 Unoswad Unouchcharon Phulo Unmatto Rangeen Tritiya Bishwer Kobita (Poems of the Third World) 1998 Protiprem, Proti-Akhyan Ananya 2017

Essay Name Publishers First Published Swapna (Dream) 1985 Samrajyobad: Onya Unmochan (Imperialism: Other Exposures) Bangla Academy 1986 Katha Kalantorer, Pragotir Jatio Grantho Prokashon 2009 Pragati Sahitya Katipoy Tattwo Bichar Nandyonik 2011 Rabindranath: Dharmobhabna Moordhanyo 2012 Tension and Syntheses in Wole Soyinka's Plays Dhaka University Press 5 August 2012 Female Power And Some Ibsen Plays Moordhanyo 2015

Edited Bibliography

Name Co-editor Publishers First Published Rabindra Utsab Jatio Rabindrasangeet Sammilon Parishad, Dhaka Mahanagar Chapter February, 2012 Jago Amritopiyasee Chitto Jatio Rabindrasangeet Sammilon Parishad, Dhaka Mahanagar Chapter 2009 Doohkher Timire Registrar, University of Dhaka October, 2006 Chhayachchhanna, He Africa Shahitya Prokash, Dhaka & Naya Udyog, Kolkata February, 1993 Bangladesher Buddhwibritti: Dharma Samprodayikotar Sangkat (Intellectual Practices in Bangladesh: A Crisis of Religious Communalism) Prof. Salahuddin Ahmad, Syed Ameerul Islam Jatio Grantho Prokashon 1998 Ekobingsho (A journal of poetry and poetics (28th -33rd Numbers)) Africar Alo Songkolon (Collection of essays about African Literature and Culture) Centre for Studies in African

Translations

Name Co-translator Writer Publishers First published Ovishap Ujjal Bhattacharjee Ousmane Sembène Ankur Prokashoni February, 2015 Ouponibeshikotar Mukhosh Unmochon Aimé Césaire 2014 Tuccher Podaboli Pablo Neruda Shuddhaswar February, 2014 Nazim Hikmeter Kobita (Nazim Hikmet’s Poetry) Subhash Mukhopadhyay Nazim Hikmet Ankur Prokashoni 2013 Kabi Chatustoy Bangla Pratidhwani Pablo Neruda Ankur Prokashoni 2012 Anti-During (Socialism) Friedrich Engels 2007 Pavlovio Manostatwer Prathomik Porichoy Ushree Sengupta Bijnyan Chetona Parishad 2005 Europer Chitrakala Agnes Allen Jatio Grantha Prokashan 1992 Punjibad and Paribesh Binash Boris Gorizontov Jatiyo Sahityo Prokashani 1988

Biography in Bengali Name Biography of Publishers First published Ahmedur Rahaman Ahmedur Rahaman Bangla Academy February, 1990 Roopkathar Raja Hans Christian Andersen Muktadhara 1986