Bijoy Sankar Barman (born 1980) is an Indian poet, writer and translator who writes in Assamese language. He has been awarded with Yuva Puraskar by Sahitya Akademi[1]
Barman was recognized by Indian Express as one of the ten ‘Best Young Writers’ of India in 2012.[2]
Apart from English and all other constitutionalized regional languages in India, his poems have been translated into Italian, French, Spanish, Estonian etc. The Mexican-Spanish version of his poem has been broadcast by Radio UdeG.[3] He participated in literary events abroad.
His poem has been included in Great Indian poems,[4] a representative anthology of 3000 years of Indian poetry edited by poet-diplomat Abhay K.
Works edit
- His poetry book in Estonian translated by Mathura was published in 2016 as 'Pisarateoja Ketetong' meaning 'Streaming Tears of Ketetong'.[1]
- He was the first one to translate the Tamil classic Kuruntokai to Assamese language. It was published as 'Kurundoheir Kabita' in 2014 in Assamese.[1]
- 'Ashokashtami' (published in 2011 won Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar in 2013 for this poetry collection)
- His poetry book in Bengali translated by Sanjay Chakraborty was published as 'Amar Angulgulir Ongkurodgam'[5] in 2019 by Monfakira.[6]
- 'Tug at the Gillnet',[7] a poetry book of fifty three poems by Bijoy Sankar Barman translated into English by Nirendra Nath Thakuria was published by Halfcrow Publication House in 2021.
Awards edit
- Munin Barkataki Award (2007)
- Sahitya Akademi's Yuva Puraskar (2013)
- Sabda Yuva Sahitya Award (2018)
References edit
- ^ a b c Das, Gaurav (23 September 2016). "Assamese poet first to find Estonian audience". The Times of India. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
- ^ "Best Young Writers - Indian Express".
- ^ "04-BIJOY SANKAR BARMAN-FLUVIAL - udgtv". udgtv.com. Archived from the original on 22 December 2019.
- ^ "Great Indian poems". www.bloomsbury.com.
- ^ "Poetry". www.monfakira.com.
- ^ "বিজয়-শংকর-বর্মন-আমার-আঙুল". www.monfakira.com.
- ^ Deka, Mahesh (7 March 2022). "Assamese poet's new translated poetry book dwells on death". NORTHEAST NOW. Retrieved 31 March 2024.