Manosi Saha, a writer, teacher, organizer, and performer from Kingston, Canada, writes for various magazines and newspapers from Bangladesh and North America. Currently, she is serving as the secretary of Bangladesh Writers Club, Canada. Manosi highlighted the importance of translated literature at the International Festival of Authors (TIFA) 2020, Canada’s largest and longest-running literary festival….
Laboni Islam was born in Canada to Bangladeshi parents. She is a member of the League of Canadian Poets and a graduate of the University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies Creative Writing Program. Her poem “Lunar Landing, 1966” was shortlisted for the CBC Poetry Prize (2017). She is the author of the chapbooks Light…
K. Gandhar Chakravarty is a poet, scholar, and musician. His poems have been published internationally and some have been translated into Bengali, the mother tongue of his most immediate ancestors. Author of Kolkata Dreams (2009) and Maple Vedas (2010) Gandhar explores the liminal space of being Indo-Canadian in his poetry books. Gandhar is also published scholar in the field of…
“Gandhar has messed with identity and time in a Puckish and magical manner…. Like in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, there is a primary motivation to lose one’s individuality and deconstruct reality. Gandhar has done that with excellence while merging the maple with the tulsi leaf…. classic.”
There are many lines and moments in K. Gandhar Chakravarty’s Kolkata Dreams that underscore the fact these poems do indeed reside in multiple landscapes, in that world between the East and West, and oftentimes simultaneously. This is a terrain where gods walk the streets and think human thoughts and do human deeds.
Jharna Chatterjee, born in 1939, grew up in semi-rural Arambagh, West Bengal, amid a culturally rich environment. From childhood she started writing poems, then stories and essays on diverse topics. She earned a Bachelor’s degree with Honours in Philosophy from Calcutta University before migrating to Canada in 1966 and earning a Master’s and a doctoral…
Jannatul Nayeem started writing short stories and poems from secondary school level. In the year 2022, her debut book, a volume of poems titled ‘Kabi Basna’ was published. Having completed academic education in Physics, engineering and energy management from Dhaka University, Bangladesh, Toyama University and Nara Institute of Technology, Japan and Ryerson University and University…
Jamil Bin Khalil, a contemplative bard, resonates with Jibanananda Das’s insight, affirming for himself that “Not everyone is a poet; some are poets.” His poetic journey eschews personal verses for the melodic embrace of others’ recitations. Within the rhythms of his own creation, Khalil explores contemporary landscapes, delving into societal intricacies and the poignant echoes…
Jakaria’s writing career started at the high school stage with publishing a magazine named ‘Moushomver’ along with his boyhood friends. The writer wrote three books named Shopner Immigration’, ‘Homelss, and Jotsna Mansion’ which were published at the 2023 21st February Book Fair in Bangladesh. The writer while writing those books used his long own immigration…
Hassan Gorkey, born in Bangladesh, is currently living in British Columbia. Hasan writes articles and columns for prominent newspapers named ‘Dainik Prothom Alo’, ‘Dainik Ittefaq’, ‘Kathmandu Post’, ‘The South Asian Journal’, ‘Bangla Kagoj’, and ‘The Weekly Peninsula’. He has authored Roddurre Samuddurre and Factors Influencing the Choice of Newspaper Readers — a collection of short stories and…