Manohar Mouli Biswas

Manohar Mouli Biswas, also known as Manohar Biswas, is a bilingual poet, essayist, and contributor to Dalit Literature from the Bengal region.

Life and career

Manohar Mouli Biswas was born into the Namasudra caste in Dakshin Matiargati, Khulna, East Bengal, in 1943.

He is the current President of Bangla Dalit Sahitya Sanstha.

He has published four volumes of poetry, a collection of short stories, seven essay anthologies, and an autobiography titled "Amar Bhubaney Ami Benche Thaki" (2013). The latter has been translated by Angana Dutta and Jaydeep Sarangi as "Surviving in My World: Growing Up Dalit in Bengal" (2015).

Poems in translation His poems are translated widely from Bangla into English and into other languages.

- translated by Jaydeep Sarangi

List of works

Poetry collections

Ora Amar Kabita (8 May 1985), Dipali Book House, Kolkata, West Bengal Tarer Kanna : Titiksha (31 December 1987), J/3 Tangra Govt. Housing Estate; distributed by Aditya Prakashalaya, Kolkata, West Bengal Vivikto Uthaney Ghar (June 1991), J/3 Tangra Housing Estate; distributed by Dipali Book House, Kolkata, West Bengal Poetic Rendering As Yet Unborn, (Translation of Bangla poetry in English) (2010), published by Shubhra Biswas in Calcutta Book Fair 2010, Kolkata, West Bengal, Bikshata Kaler Banshi (16 August 2013), Chaturtha Dunia, Stall22 Bhabani Dutta Lane, Kolkata, West Bengal, The Wheel Will Turn (Translation of Bangla poetry in English) (2014), Cyberwit.net, Allahabad, India,

Short story Krishna Mrittikar Manoosh(8 May 1988), published by Satyabrata Majumdar; distributed by Nirmal Book Agency, Kolkata, West Bengal

Autobiography Amar Bhubaney Ami Benche Thaki (13 June 2013), Chaturtha Dunia, Kolkata Surviving in My World : Growing Up Dalit in Bengal (2015), Stree

Essays Dalit Sahityer Digboloy (1992), J/3 Tangra Govt. Housing Estate; distributed by Dr. Ambedkar Prakashani, Dalua, Garia, South 24 Parganas, West Bengal Yuktivadi Bharatbarsha: Ekti Aitihyer Sandhan (1998), Chaturtha Dunia, Kolkata, Vonnochokhe Prabandha Mala (14 April 2003), Chaturtha Dunia, Kolkata Dalit Sahityer Ruparekha (February 2007), Bani Silpa, Kolkata Prabandhe Prantajan Authoba Asprisher Diary (January 2010), Chaturtha Dunia, Kolkata, An Interpretation of Dalit Literature, Aesthetic, Theory and Movements: Through the Lens of Ambedkarism (January 2017), published by Shubhra Biswas on behalf of Bangla Dalit Sahitya Sanstha, and Chaturtha Dunia, Kolkata,

Edited books Adwaita Malla Barman: Ekti Sahityik Pratishrot (1995), Chaturtha Duniua, Kolkata Shatobarsher Bangla Dalit Sahitya: Bangla Dalit Writings from 1911–2010 (26 January 2011), Chaturtha Dunia, Kolkata, Chaturtha Duniar Galpa (2005), Chaturtha Dunia, Kolkata Krishna Chandra Thakur (Kesto Sadhu): Smriti Sambhar (1999), Chaturtha Dunia, Kolkata Anya Bhashar Dalit Kabita (September 1994), Chaturtha Dunia, Kolkata

Magazine/editorial Dalit Mirror (Govt. of India Registration no 71031/97),