Manabendra Bandyopadhyay
Manabendra Bandyopadhyay (1938–2020) was an Indian writer and translator, best known for his translations of Latin American literature and world poetry into the Bengali language.[1] He was born in 1938 in Sylhet (in modern Bangladesh) and studied comparative literature at Jadavpur University under the tutelage of Buddhadev Bose. He later taught at Jadavpur.
Works
[edit]Among the many authors he translated into Bengali are:
- Gabriel García Márquez
- Juan Rulfo
- Alejo Carpentier
- Nicanor Parra
- Jules Verne
- Aime Cesaire
- Hans Magnus Enzensberger
- Stanislav Lem
- Edward Lear
- Arthur Conan Doyle
- La Fontaine
- Edward Bond
- Charles Perrault
- Miroslav Holub
- Edgar Allan Poe
- Czeslaw Milosz
Death
[edit]He died from COVID-19 complications in 2020.[2] He is survived by his daughter, Kaushalya Bannerji.
References
[edit]- ^ "Former JU professor passes away". The Telegraph, India. 5 August 2020. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
- ^ "Former JU professor passes away".
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