Subhash Mukhopadhyay

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Subhash Mukhopadhyay (Shubhash Mukhopaddhae, 1919-2003), was one of the twentieth century's best Bengali poets.

He is also known as the "podatik kobi" in Bengali literature.

Anjan Basu, a Bangalore-based writer/critic, released a book containing thirty of Subhash's best known poems in English translation, titled 'A Day Is Breaking.'

The book includes a lengthy introduction to the poet's work as well.

In 1991, he was honoured with the Jnanpith Award.

Early life

Mukhopadhyay was born in 1919 in Krishnanagar, a town in Nadia district in West Bengal's province. He studied philosophy at the Scottish Church College in Calcutta, graduating with distinction in 1941.

Personal life

In 1951, Mukhopadhyay married Gita Bandyopadhyay, who was also a well-known writer. They had three daughters and a boy when they were adopted.

In his remaining years, Mukhopadhyay had been disillusioned with politics, according to those close to him. He died in Kolkata in July 2003 from severe heart and kidney disease. He was 84.

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Career

Mukhopadhyayaya demonstrated strong political convictions at an early age, much like his contemporary Sukanta Bhattacharya. He was deeply committed to social justice and was active in left-wing student politics throughout his college years. Following his graduation, he officially joined the Communist Party of India. He became one of a select group of literary scholars with first-hand knowledge as both a party worker and activist.

He published his first collection of poetry Padatik (Pedestrian), in 1940, when still a student. Many commentators regard this book as a turning point in modern Bengali poetry. It marked a drastic departure from the earlier Kallol generation of poets, and Subhash's distinct, direct voice, coupled with his technical ability and a critical world view, earned him a following. Subhash wrestled with the era of great upheavals in Bengali society, from top to bottom in poetry. The 1940s were marked by world war, hunger, partition, national riots, and mass emigration in Bengal. Subhash's writings moved away from the traditional moorings of the establishment poets and instead addressed the common people's's dissatisfaction and disillusion. He remained an ardent promoter of the Bengali people and Bengali tradition throughout his life. His radical activism phewod unabated. He was one of the founders of the "Anti-Fascist Writers' and Artists' Union," which was established in March 1942 in response to the assassination of Somen Chanda, a fellow-writer and Marxist activist. Subhash remained a member of the Communist Party until 1982 and spent time in prison as a political prisoner in the late 1960s. Subhash's poetry developed into something more personal and reflective from the late 1950s to present. Phul phutuk na phutuk, aaj Boshonto, one of his most popular poems, was a result of this period.

Subhash's poetry took a different path towards the narrative and the allegorical later in the 1970s. However, he never lost his scientific expertise or his unique voice. Subhash has also published prose works, essays, and travelogues in addition to verse. He was also involved in journalism, having worked on the editorial staff of daily and weekly newspapers. He was the editor of Parichay's most respected Bengali literary journal. He was also a prolific and well-known children's writer. He worked with Satyajit Ray in the early sixties to edit the Bengali children's periodical Sandesh.

Subhash's work as a translator is also noteworthy, in comparison to the above. He is credited with converting several of Nazim Hizmet's designs into Bengali (from Turkish).

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