Kiriti Sengupta
Kiriti Sengupta, an Indian poet-translator, promoted the rich heritage of Bengali poetry to the Western countries in his book The Reciting Pens. The author has significantly showcased the aura of Bengali literature to the English-speaking audience. The Reciting Pens has been widely reviewed, and published by the Inner Child Press, Limited (U.S.A.). Dr. Kiriti Sengupta is a professionally qualified Dental Surgeon from Calcutta, a bilingual poet and translator both in Bengali and English. He has four books to his credit until now: The Reciting Pens (his InterViews of three published Bengali poets along with his translations of a few of their poems), The Unheard I (literary nonfiction), Byakul Shabdo Kichu (Bengali poetry), and Aay Na (Bengali nonfiction based on free verses). His poetry has appeared in several e-zines, Tajmahal Review, The Hans India, Kritya, and in international anthologies â Heavens Above: Poetry Below (Canada), and Twist of Fate (U.S.A.). Sengupta is expecting his next release My Glass of Wine (a novelette based on autobiographic poetry) during Christmas, 2013.