Aryanil Mukhopadhyay

Aryanil Mukhopadhyay (Mukherjee in English) (born 1964) is a Bengali language poet who also writes in English (mostly by means of transcreation). He grew up in Kolkata (erstwhile Calcutta). His earliest Bengali work dates back to the beginning of the 1990s. He was involved with some of the parallel literary movements that grew in the margins of mainstream Bengali literature. Aryanil is published widely in Bengali poetry circles. He has authored six books of poetry in two languages and 3 collections of essays and hybrid-prose. A prolific poetry-essayist, he writes regularly in both electronic and print media. Some of his English work on the net can be found in
Moria Poetry; Asian Cha; Big Bridge; Drunken Boat; Jacket & RainTaxi
His poetry has been included in many anthologies, including the Indian Poetry issue @ The Literary Review ., INDIVISIBLE - a collection of South Asian American poetry & a shortly forthcoming Bengali poetry Anthology (in Spanish) from Calambur Press, Madrid, Spain & The Harper Collins Book of Modern Indian Poetry in English.
An engineering mathematician by profession, Aryanil lives in the United States since 1995. He is the second generation editor of the Kaurab print magazine and is also the founder editor of Kaurab Online, the first Indian language poetry webzine (1998).
Work
Books: Poetry
Khelaar Naam Sabujayan (The Greening Game, 2000). Hardcover. Kaurab Prakashani (Press).
Haawaamorager Man (Weathercock Mind 2004). Hardcover. Kaurab Prakashani (Press).
Sunamir Ek Bachhar Par (One Year After The Tsunami). Paperback. 2008. Kaurab Prakashani (Press).
late night correspondence - a book of transcreated poems in English 2008. Paperback. CinnamonTeal Press.
ISBN - 978-81-906900-6-5.
Books: Collaborative Poetry
chaturangik/SQUARES - a chess book of collaborative poetry (double version) with Pat Clifford, 2009. Paperback. CinnamonTeal Press. ISBN - 978-81-907296-6-6.
Books: Hybrid Text
Mouchaaker Prakriti - a textual hybrid of poetry, fiction, screenplay. Kaurab Prakashani (Press). 2010.
Books: Prose
Kinaaraar Rupakathaa (Marginal Fables, 2006; Kaurab Prakashani)
Kabitaar Anyakonakhaane (Another Place for Poetry, Essays on international poetry, vol.1, 2010; Patralekha Press)
Ei Ghar: John Ashbery'r kabitaa (This Room : The poetry of John Ashbery, Patralekha Press, 2010)
Awards and recognition
In 2007 Aryanil received the Subhas Mukhopadhyay Smarak Samman ' from the Kabita Pakkhik (Poetry Fortnightly) magazine & press, Kolkata.

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