Uddam Rajanir Kabya

• Author: Subodh Sarkar
• Genre: Upanyas (Novel)
• Publisher: Ananda Publishers
• Format: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9789354252907
• Pages: 92
• Weight: 210 grams

Synopsis:

• A unique novel written in verse instead of prose.
• Explores an intriguing blend of mythology and modernity.
• Set in a mythological yet contemporary backdrop, where Greece and Ashokban merge into a new world.
• Characters include Homer, Vedavyas, and Valmiki, who watch over a young woman writing a thesis in a café.
• The protagonist might be a Greek general’s concubine or someone seeking freedom with a chained slave.
• Divided into six sargas (cantos), each representing a season, centering around love and human melancholy.
• Breaks conventional storytelling with a lyrical and poetic narrative.

About the Author:

• Born: October 28, 1958, in Krishnanagar.
• Background:
  • Grew up in a refugee family, lost his father at a young age.
  • Professor of English at City College, Kolkata.
  • Has read poetry in USA, France, Germany, Greece, Russia, Taiwan, and Istanbul.
  • Edited "Bhashanagar" magazine with his late wife, poet Mallika Sengupta.
  • Editor of "Indian Literature", the Sahitya Akademi’s English journal.
• Awards & Honors:
  • Sahitya Akademi Award (2013)
  • Binodshakti Chattopadhyay Award
  • Bangla Akademi Award
  • Gangadhar Meher National Award for Poetry (Sambalpur University)
  • Honorary D.Litt. from Gour Banga University & Vidyasagar University
• 2016 Fulbright Fellow at Iowa University, USA.
• Lives in Siriti, Kolkata, with his son Roro.