Sunil Gangopadhyay was the foremost of Bengal’s angry but romantic young poets in the second half of the twentieth century. Throughout his writing life, he wrote a continuous sequence of love poems addressed to a mythical woman named Neera. These poems became the mantra of two generations of young women and men. From ardent, sexually charged verses of early infatuation, through the demanding and sensual rhythms of a full-blown relationship, to the mellowing middle-age memories of romance, the Neera poems are a pulsating testimony to the cycle of passion, desire, and, inevitably, unrequited longing.
This is a selection of the most stunning of Sunil Gangopadhyay’s Neera poems, most of them translated for the first time, and as capable as ever of sparking off a hundred love affairs when recited aloud.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Sunil Gangopadhyay
One of the leading Bengali literatures of contemporary times, Sunil Gangopadhyay born in Faridpur, Bangladesh obtained a master's degree from Calcutta University. He has worked in several capacities and is presently associated with the "Desh" magazine. He is the Vice-president of the Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi. Sunil Gangopadhyay's first literry contribution was through poetry. He was the founder editor of "Krittivas". It was at the beight of his fame as a poet, that he started writing novels. He has received the "Ananda Puraskar" twice and has also been awarded the "Bankim Puraskar". He was given the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1985. His novels have been made into filsm and have also been serialised for the television. a profilc writer of plays, critical essays and childrens stories, his career spans more than 50 years.
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