Jibanananda Das
Selected Poems with an Introduction, Chronology, and Glossary
| Language: English |
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Jibanananda Das (1899-1954) is one of the most important poets of Bengal. Nevertheless, he remains a poet little known outside West Bengal and Bangladesh. Perhaps due to the absence of competent translations into English and other languages, Das's achievement as a poet remains unrepresented in world literature. This selection of poems is designed to emphasize how Das's poems are great treasures of our literature through the medium of translation. Fakrul Alam's uniquely competent English translations were done originally to mark the birth centenary celebrations of Jibanananda Das (1999). In this second edition, he has translated a few more poems to show even more fully the range of Das's verse. Lovers of poetry outside the Bengali-speaking world should get a sense of the richness of Das's poetry, his growth as a poet, and the extraordinary range of his work through these translations.
Fakrul Alam
Fakrul Alam is a Professor of English at the University of Dhaka. He is the author of Daniel Defoe: Colonial Propagandist (University of Dhaka publications, 1989) and Bharati Mukherjee (New York: Twayne Publishers, 1995) and numerous essays published nationally and internationally. He edits The Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh (Humanities).
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