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'''Alokeranjan Dasgupta''' (6 October 1933 – 17 November 2020) was a [[Bengalis|Bengali]] poet who was the author of over 20 books of poetry. He translated [[Bengali language|Bengali]] and Santal poetry and plays into [[English language|English]] and German, and also translated literature from [[German language|German]] and [[French language|French]] into [[Bengali language|Bengali]]. He also published a number of books of essays, and was well known for his distinctive prose style.<ref name="ref001">[http://www.parabaas.com/translation/database/authors/texts/alokeranjan.html Parabaas.com]</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=সংবাদদাতা|first=নিজস্ব|title=প্রয়াত কবি অলোকরঞ্জন|url=https://www.anandabazar.com/state/poet-alokeranjan-dasgupta-passed-away-1.1230325|access-date=2020-11-18|website=anandabazar.com|language=bn}}</ref><br />
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== Education ==<br />
Dasgupta was born in 1933 in [[Kolkata]]. He studied at [[Visva-Bharati University|Visva-Bharati]], Santiniketan, and then at [[St. Xavier's College, Kolkata|St. Xavier's College]], the [[Presidency University, Kolkata|Presidency College]], and finally at the [[University of Calcutta]], gaining a [[Ph.D.]] for his studies on the lyric in Indian poetry.<ref name="ref001" /> He used also to be associated vigorously with the little magazines and translate the original [[German language|German]] works into [[Bengali language|Bengali]].<br />
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== Career ==<br />
After completing his [[Ph.D.]], Dasgupta taught comparative literature and Bengali at the Department of [[Comparative literature|Comparative Literature]] (founded by [[Buddhadeva Bose]]) at [[Jadavpur University]] from 1957 until 1971,<ref name="ref001" /> when he went to Germany on a Humboldt Foundation Fellowship.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.calcuttaweb.com/nri/Alokeranjan_Dasgupta.shtml |title=Calcuttaweb.com |access-date=2 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120511011529/http://www.calcuttaweb.com/nri/Alokeranjan_Dasgupta.shtml |archive-date=11 May 2012 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Since 1971, he taught at the faculty of the South Asia Institute of the [[Heidelberg University|University of Heidelberg]], [[Germany]]. He was closely associated with the Deutsche-Indische Gessellschaft (DIG), which is a premier institution for promoting close links between [[India]] and Germany.<ref>[http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/NM4/Prof-Alokeranjan-Dasgupta-Philosopher-poet/Article1-39833.aspx Hindustan Times]</ref><br />
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A poet much admired by his fellow poets and the wannabes, his poetry is known for both thematic and technical innovations. The [[German government]] felicitated him for his contribution to bring together two different cultures together by awarding him the [[Goethe Medal]] in 1985.<ref>{{Cite web|last=admin|first=CNWebdesk|date=2020-11-18|title=প্রয়াত অলোকরঞ্জন দাশগুপ্ত » Bengali News {{!}} Live News {{!}} Calcutta News {{!}} Breaking News Kolkata Live News Channel, Bengali News|url=https://calcuttanews.tv/poet-alokranjan-dasgupta-passed-away-in-kolkata/|access-date=2020-11-18|website=Bengali News {{!}} Live News {{!}} Calcutta News {{!}} Breaking News|language=en-US|archive-date=18 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201118053301/https://calcuttanews.tv/poet-alokranjan-dasgupta-passed-away-in-kolkata/|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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== Awards ==<br />
Dasgupta received many awards and honors including the Sudha Basu award from the [[University of Calcutta]] (1983), the Goethe Prize in Germany (1985), the [[Ananda Purashkar]] (1985), the [[Pravasi Bharatiya Samman]] (1985), the [[Rabindra Puraskar]] (1987), the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] (1992) for his book of poems ''Marami Karat'' (translated as ''The Mystical Saw and Other Poems'')<ref name="ref001" /> and the [[Pravasi Bharatiya Samman]] (2005).<br />
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== Bibliography ==<br />
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* ''Saranarthir Ritu O Shilpa Bhabna'', Ananda Publishers, 1993. {{ISBN|81-7215-159-4}}.<br />
* ''Bhramane Nay Bhubane'', Ananda Publishers. {{ISBN|81-7066-145-5}}.<br />
* ''Chayapathera Sandra Samlapika'', Ananda Publishers. {{ISBN|81-7215-277-9}}.<br />
* ''Ekhanao Nameni, Bandhu, Niukliyara sitera Godhuli'', Ananda Publishers. {{ISBN|81-7215-996-X}}.<br />
* ''Jvarera Ghore Taraju Kempe Yaya''<br />
* ''Samabayi silpera Garaje''<br />
* ''Tushara Jure Trisulacihna''<br />
* ''Problems of Translation from South Asian Languages'' (by Universitat Heidelberg, Alokeranjan Dasgupta)<br />
* ''The Lyric In Indian Poetry'' (1962)<br />
* ''The Mystical Saw and Other Poems'' (by Roland Hindmarsh, Sahitya Akademi, Alokeranjan Dasgupta) (1996)<br />
* ''Satabarshikira alochayaya'' (2000)<br />
* ''The Shadow of a Kite and Other Essays'' (2004)<br />
* ''Alo Aro Alo'' (Collection of poems) (Abhijan Publishers, 2009)<br />
* ''Se Ki Khunje Pelo Iswerkana'' (Collection of poems) (Abhijan Publishers, 2012)<br />
* ''Nirishwar Pakhider Upasonalaye'' (Collection of poems) (Abhijan Publishers, 2013)<br />
* ''Ekhon Nabhonil Amar Tahabil'' (Collection of poems) (Abhijan Publishers, 2014)<br />
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