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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Sibaji Bandyopadhyay''' (born 16 November 1954) is an Indian author, critic, academic, theorist and performer, who writes in Bengali and English. His interests lie in the fields of [[Bengali literature|Bengali]] and [[English literature]], [[literary theory]], [[philosophy]], [[feminism]], [[sexuality]], [[Film studies|cinema]] and [[Freudian psychoanalysis|psychoanalysis]].<br />
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== Life ==<br />
He was born in [[Kolkata]] in 1954 to Chinmoyee and Niranjan Bandyopadhyay. Upon finishing his [[Senior Cambridge]] from [[Cambrian Hall|Cambrian Hall, Dehradun]] in 1971, Sibaji pursued an undergraduate degree in mathematics from [[St. Xavier's College, Kolkata]]. Sibaji received his MA (1982) and Ph.D (1991) in [[comparative literature]] from [[Jadavpur University]].<br />
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== Work ==<br />
Sibaji began his career as a temporary lecturer in Bengali and English literature at the [[Government College of Art and Craft|Government College of Art and Craft, Kolkata]] in 1983. He joined the department of Comparative Literature at [[Jadavpur University]] in 1986, where he taught until 2004.<ref>http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050323/asp/careergraph/story_4520978.asp</ref> Sibaji was professor of [[Cultural Studies]] at the [http://www.cssscal.org/ Centre for Studies of Social Sciences, Calcutta] between 2004 and 2014.<ref>http://www.cssscal.org/sibaji_bandyopadhyay_contact.html</ref> Sibaji is among the first scholars to have worked on the poetry of [[Jibanananda Das]]. He is celebrated for his influential work on Bengali children's literature and colonialism, a subject he revisited in numerous monographs. His more contemporary interests lie in the fields of [[Mahabharata]] and the [[Bhagavad Gita]].<br />
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In 2013, [[Rituparno Ghosh]] cast Sibaji in his film ''[[Satyanweshi (film)|Satyanweshi]]'', an adaptation of [[Saradindu Bandyopadhyay|Saradindu Bandyopadhyay's]] celebrated story from the [[Byomkesh Bakshi]] series.<ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3083962/</ref><ref>http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130430/jsp/entertainment/story_16841226.jsp</ref><br />
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== Awards ==<br />
Sibaji was awarded the Vidyasagar Memorial Award in 2010 by the [[West Bengal Government]] for life-time-achievement in Bengali prose.<ref>http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120526/jsp/calcutta/story_15533125.jsp#.VJOP2QAA</ref> He also received the Sisir Kumar Das Memorial Award in 2010 for his contributions to Bengali literature.<br />
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==Selected publications==<br />
'''Bengali'''<br />
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Essays<br />
* ''[https://books.google.com/books/about/Prasanga_Jibanananda.html?id=_rvSMgEACAAJ Prasanga Jibanananda]'' (2011)<br />
* ''[https://www.amazon.in/Gopal-Rakhal-Dwandasamas-Sibaji-Bandyopadhyay/dp/9381640343?tag=googinhydr18418-21&kpid=9381640343&ascsubtag=09b79c55-6aef-4576-a8c6-5cb7b26f14bd Gopal-Rakhal Dwandasamas: Upanibeshbad O Bangla Shishu Sahitya]'' (2013)<br />
* ''Abar Shishu-Sikkha'' (2010)<br />
* ''Bangla Upanyase Ora'' (2002)<br />
* ''Bangla Shishu Shahityer Chhoto Meyera'' (2007)<br />
* ''Galileo'' (2007)<br />
* ''[http://indichouse.com/products/aalibabar-guptabhandar Alibabar Guptabhandar: Prabandha Sankalan]'' (2009)<br />
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Other Writings<br />
* ''Madhyarekha'' [a collection of poems, stories, plays and essays] (2009)<br />
* ''Ekti Barir Golpo'' [film script] (2013)<br />
* ''Uttampurush Ekbachan: Ekti Bhan'' [play] (2002)<br />
* ''Guhalipi'' [an anthology of poems] (2002)<br />
* ''Bhoot-bishayak Ekti Upanyaser Khasra'' [novellette]<br />
* ''Bhoot na Put'' [play; co-authored] (1996)<br />
* ''Tipu Sultaner Swapna'' [translation of [[Girish Karnad]]'s English Play: ''Dreams of Tipu Sultan''] (2010)<br />
* Lekha na Lekha Kabita (2019) [Poetry]<br />
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'''English'''<br />
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Essays<br />
* ''[http://kafila.org/2013/07/19/e-book-sibaji-bandhopadhyay-reader/ Sibaji Bandyopadhyay Reader]'' [an anthology of essays in English] (2012)<br />
* ''Through a Trap-door: A Performative Response to [[Chittrovanu Mazumdar]]'' [texts with images] (2013)<br />
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Edited Volumes<br />
* ''[https://www.amazon.in/Mahabharata-Now-Narration-Aesthetics-Ethics/dp/0415710553 Mahabharata Now: Narrative, Aesthetics, Ethics]'' [co-edited with [[Arindam Chakrabarti]]] (2014)<br />
* ''Thematology'' (2004)<br />
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