Joy Goswami

Joy Goswami ( _bn. জয় গোস্বামী) (born 1954) is an Indian poet. Goswami writes in Bangla and is widely considered as one of the most important Bengali poets of his generation.

Biography

Joy was born on November 10, 1954 in Kolkata. His family moved to Ranaghat, West Bengal shortly after and he has lived there ever since. Goswami was introduced to and encouraged with respect to poetry by his father, a well-known political worker in the area. He lost his father at the age of six, after which the family was sustained by his mother, a teacher. She died in 1984. Goswami's formal education stopped early, in grade eleven. By this time he was already writing poetry. After a long period of writing in little magazines and periodicals, his writing was finally published in the influential Desh Patrika. This brought his immediate critical acclaim and so long after his first poetry collection was published, named "Christmas o Sheeter Sonnetguchchho" (Sonets of Christmas and Winter). He has received the Anita-Sunil Basu Award from the Bangla Academy, Govt of W.B. the prestigious Ananda Purashkar in 1989 for "Ghumiyechho, Jhaupata?" (Have you slept, Pine leaf?) and the Sahitya Akademi Award, 2000 for his anthology "Pagali tomara sange"(With you, O crazy girl). Though he is a primarily a romantic poet, he has expressed his dissent on several grave injustices that have taken place in India. These include the mass killing of Dalits in Jehana village in 2001 and the Nandigram massacre of 2007. He has been vocal against state brutalities.

Works

* Christmas o Sheeter Sonnetguchchho (1976)
* Protnojeeb (1978)
* Aleya Hrod (1981)
* Unmader Pathokromo (1986)
* Bhutumbhogoban (1988)
* Ghumiyechho Jhaupata? (1989)
* Jara Brishtite Bhijechhilo
* Santansantati
* Moutat Maheswar
* Sakalbelar Kobi
* Mrito Nagorir Raja

Published works by Jaya Gosvāmī (which is how his name is transliterated in the Library's catalog and Name Authority File) listed in the [http://catalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&CNT=25+records+per+page&CMD=nkey+%22Gosv¯am¯i+Jaya%22 Library of Congress Catalog] :

* Bajrabidyu_t-bharti khātā. Kalakātā: Ānanda Pābali'sārsa, 1995. ISBN 81-7215-399-6
* Bishāda. Kalakātā: Ānanda Pābali'sārsa, 1998. ISBN 81-7215-786-X
* Hrdaye premera ´sīrsha. Kalakātā: Ānanda Pābali'sārsa, 1994. ISBN 81-7215-293-0
* Jaga_tabāri. Kalakātā: Ānanda Pābali'sārsa, 2000. ISBN 81-7756-107-3
* Kabitāsamgraha. Kalakātā: Ānanda Pābali'sārsa, <1997-2001>
* Mā nishāda. Kalakātā: Ānanda Pābali'sārsa, 1999. ISBN 81-7215-946-3
* Manoramera upanyāsa. Kalakātā : Ānanda Pābali'sārsa, 1994. ISBN 81-7215-222-1
* Oh svapna! Kalakātā: Ānanda Pābali'sārsa, 1996. ISBN 81-7215-512-3
* Pāgalī, tomāra sange. Kalakātā: Ānanda Pābali'sārsa, 1994. ISBN 81-7215-290-6
* Pātāra po'sāka. Kalakātā: Ānanda Pābali'sārsa, 1997. ISBN 81-7215-672-3
* Pretapurusha o anupama kathā. Kalakātā: Ānanda, 2004. ISBN 81-7756-402-1
* Raudrachāyāra samkalana. Kalakātā: Ānanda Pābali'sārsa, 1998. ISBN 81-7215-821-1
* Sam'sodhana bā kātākuti. Kalakātā: Ānanda Pābali'sārsa, 2001. ISBN 81-7756-124-3
* Sānjhabātira rūpakathārā. Kalakātā: Ānanda Pābali'sārsa, 1998. ISBN 81-7215-839-4
* Seisaba seyālara. Kalakātā: Ānanda Pābali'sārsa, 1994. ISBN 81-7215-316-3
* Shanjhbati's dreams = Shanjhbatir rupkathara. New Delhi: Srishti Publishers & Distributors, 2004. ISBN 81-88575-43-7
* Suranga o pratirakshā. Kalakātā: Ānanda Pābali'sārsa, 1995. ISBN 81-7215-420-8
* Sūrya-porā chāi. Kalakātā: Ānanda Pābali'sārsa, 1999. ISBN 81-7215-773-8
* Yārā brshtite bhijechila. Kalakātā: Ānanda Pābali'sārsa, 1998. ISBN 81-7215-566-2

Some MP3 recordings of him reading his poetry, along with a photograph, can be found at the [http://www.loc.gov/acq/ovop/delhi/salrp/joygoswami.html South Asian Literary Recordings Project] page.

ample Work

"বাত্সরিক" (Batshorik)
নাম লিখেছি একটি তৄণে (Naam likhecchi ekti trine)
আমার মায়ের মৄত্যুদিনে (Amar mayer mrityudine)

"Yearly"
On a grass I have written the name
On the day my mother died

[From "Ghumiyechho, Jhaupata?"]

External links

* [http://www.parabaas.com/translation/database/translations/poems/joygoswami_skye.html Translation of six poems]
* [http://www.calcuttaweb.com/bangla/joy1.shtml Interview in Bengali]

Awards

* Anita-Sunil Basu Award from Bangla Akademi, W.B. Govt.
* Ananda Purashkar (1989)
* Sahitya Akademi Award (2000)