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{{Infobox writer 
| name = Subhash Mukhopadhyay
| image = Subhash Mukhopadhyay image.jpg
| caption = Subhash Mukhopadhyay
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1919|2|12|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Krishnanagar, Nadia|Krishnanagar]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]
| death_date = 8 July 2003 (aged 84)
| death_place = [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]
| occupation = [[Poet]]
| nationality = [[India]]n
| genre = novels, poetry, libretto
| notableworks =
| native_name = সুভাষ মুখোপাধ্যায়
| native_name_lang = Bengali
}}
'''Subhash Mukhopadhyay''' ({{audio|Subhash mu.ogg|''Shubhash Mukhopaddhae''}}; 12 February 1919 – 8 July 2003) was one of the foremost [[Indian people|Indian]] [[Bengali people|Bengal]]i [[poets]] of the 20th century. He is also known as the "podatik kobi" in the field of Bengali literature. A book of thirty of Subhash's best known poems in English translation, titled ' As Day is Breaking', was published in 2014 by Anjan Basu, a Bangalore-based writer/critic. The book includes a rather detailed introduction to the poet's work as well.<ref>[https://www.loc.gov/acq/ovop/delhi/salrp/subhasmukhopadhyay.html Biography of Subhash Mukhopadhyay from ''The South Asian Literary Recordings Project''] loc.gov.</ref><ref>[http://www.telegraphindia.com/1030709/asp/bengal/story_2146569.asp "Everyman's poet bids final farewell" Obituary of Subhash Mukhopadhyay] ''The Telegraph''. Calcutta, 9 July 2003.</ref> He was honoured with [[Jnanpith Award]] in 1991.<ref name="JP91">{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1030709/asp/bengal/story_2146569.asp|title=Everyman's poet bids final farewell: Obituary [Subhas Mukhopadhyay]|date=9 July 2003|newspaper=The Telegraph (Calcutta)|access-date=22 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303210134/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1030709/asp/bengal/story_2146569.asp|archive-date=3 March 2016|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==Early life==
Mukhopadhyay was born in 1919 in [[Krishnanagar, Nadia|Krishnanagar]], a town in [[Nadia district]] in the province of [[West Bengal]].<ref name="End of revolution for everyman’s poet">{{cite news|title=End of revolution for everyman's poet|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1030709/asp/siliguri/story_2146423.asp|access-date=24 June 2012|newspaper=Telegraph Calcutta|date=9 July 2003}}</ref><ref name="MukherjeeBandyopādhyāẏa1996">{{cite book|author1=Subhash Mukherjee|author2=Surabhi Bandyopādhyāẏa|title=The Cape|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rpuHT_aV1wMC&pg=PP3|access-date=24 June 2012|date=1 January 1996|publisher=Orient Blackswan|isbn=978-81-250-0936-8|pages=3–}}</ref> An excellent student, he studied [[philosophy]] at the [[Scottish Church College]] in [[Calcutta]], graduating with honours in 1941.<ref>''Some Alumni of Scottish Church College'' in ''175th Year Commemoration Volume''. Scottish Church College, April 2008, p. 591</ref>

==Career==
Like his contemporary [[Sukanta Bhattacharya]], Mukhopadhyay developed strong political beliefs at an early age. He was deeply committed to the cause of social justice, and was active in [[left-wing]] student politics through his college years. Following graduation, he formally joined the [[Communist Party of India]]. He thus became one of a handful of literary practitioners with first-hand experience as a party worker and activist.

In 1940, while still a student, he published his first volume of poetry ''Padatik'' (Pedestrian).<ref name="MukherjeeBandyopādhyāẏa1996" /> Many critics regard this book as a milestone in the development of modern Bengali poetry. It represented a clear departure from the earlier [[Kallol]] generation of poets; and Subhash's distinctive, direct voice, allied with his technical skill and radical world-view, gained him great popularity. In his poetry, Subhash grappled with the massive upheavals of that era which ruptured Bengali society from top to bottom. The 1940s were marked by [[Second World War|world war]], [[Bengal famine of 1943|famine]], [[Partition of India|partition]], [[riot|communal riots]] and mass emigration in Bengal. Subhash's writings broke away from the traditional moorings of the establishment poets, and instead addressed the despair and disillusion felt by the common people. He remained throughout his life an advocate of the indivisibility of the Bengali people and Bengali culture. His radical activism continued unabated. He was one of the leaders of the "Anti-Fascist Writers' and Artists' Association", formed in March 1942 in reaction to the murder of [[Somen Chanda]], a fellow-writer and [[Marxist]] activist. Subhash remained attached with the Communist Party until 1982, and spent time in jail as a political prisoner briefly in the late 1960s. From the late 1950s onwards, Subhash's poetry evolved into something more personal and introspective. The lyricism of ''Phul phutuk na phutuk, aaj Boshonto'', one of his most famous poems, was a result of this period.

Later in the 1970s, Subhash's poetry took a turn toward the narrative and the [[allegorical]]. But he never lost his technical facility nor his unique voice. Besides verse, Subhash also wrote works of prose including novels, essays and travelogues. He was active in journalism too, having served on the editorial staff of daily and weekly newspapers. He was an editor of the leading Bengali literary journal ''Parichay''. He was also an accomplished and popular writer for children. He edited the Bengali children's periodical ''[[Sandesh (magazine)|Sandesh]]'' jointly with [[Satyajit Ray]] for a few years in the early sixties.<ref>[http://www.satyajitray.com/content/about/sandesh.htm "Sandesh: Reborn on May, 1931" article from http://www.satyajitray.com]</ref>

Besides the above, Subhash's work as a translator is notable. He is credited with having translated many of [[Nâzım Hikmet|Nazim Hizmet]]'s works into Bengali (from Turkish).

==Personal life==
Mukhopadhyay married Gita Bandyopadhyay, also a well-known writer, in 1951. They adopted three daughters and a son.

According to those close to him, Mukhopadhyay had become disillusioned with politics in his final years. He suffered from severe heart and kidney ailments, and died in [[Kolkata]] in July 2003. He was 84.

==Awards==
Mukhopadhyay received numerous awards and honours in his lifetime, including the two highest literary prizes in India: the [[Sahitya Akademi]] Award in 1964 (for ''Joto Dureii Jai''), and the [[Jnanpith Award]] in 1991. The Government of India awarded the civilian honour of the [[Padma Bhushan]] in 2003.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | date=2015 | access-date=21 July 2015}}</ref>

==Bibliography==

===Sample work===
*'''Excerpt from ''Phul phutuk na phutuk, aaj Boshonto'''''
{{quote| Phul phutuk na phutuk, aaj Boshonto 
Shaan-badhano footpath-ey 
Pathorey paa dubiye 
Ek katth-khotta gachh 
Kochi kochi patae 
Paanjor phatiye hashchhey.}}

Translation to English:
{{quote| Whether flowers bloom or not, it's Spring today 
Standing on the concrete pavement 
Dipping his toes into the rock 
A curmudgeonly tree 
Decked out in new leaves 
Laughs his heart out.}}

*'''English translation of the poem ''Jol Saite''''' <ref>[http://www.telegraphindia.com/1030806/asp/calcutta/story_2232855.asp "Ode to a poet" ''The Telegraph'' Calcutta, 6 August 2003]</ref>
{{quote| 
When you see, may you not feel hurt, 
May your sight be soothed and you feel good, 
For that 
I have stuck flowers in all the thorns pricked in my breast, 
Do smile. 
May you not feel sad when you hear, 
May your ears be soothed with sweet sound and you feel good, 
For that 
I have wrapped my weeping heart in melodious tunes 
Do smile, all ye, do enjoy...}}

==Notable works==

* [[Padatik (The Foot Soldier)]]
* ''Chirkut'' (The Parchment)
* ''Agnikone''
* ''Phul Phutuk'' (Let the Flowers Bloom)
* ''Joto Dureii Jai'' (How Distant I may be)
* ''E Bhai'' (Hey, Brother)
* ''Kaal Modhumash'' (Tomorrow is Spring)
* ''Cheley Gechhey Boney'' (The Son has gone to Exile)
* ''Bangalir Itihaash'' (History of Bengalis)
* ''Desh Bidesher Rupkotha'' (Fairy Tales from Home and Abroad)

==Recognition==

* [[Sahitya Akademi Award]], 1964
* [[Afro-Asian Lotus Prize]], 1977
* [[Kumaran Asan Award]], 1982
* [[Mirzo Tursunzoda Prize]] (USSR), 1982
* [[Ananda Puraskar]], 1991
* Soviet Land Nehru Award
* [[Jnanpith Award]], 1991.

He was a fellow of the [[Sahitya Akademi]], and was the Deputy Secretary of the Progressive Writers' Union. He was conferred Deshikottama (Honorary D.Litt.) by the [[Visva-Bharati University]], [[Santiniketan]]. He was the Organizer-General of the [[Afro-Asian Writers' Association]] in 1983. He was also a member of the Executive Board of the Sahitya Akademi since 1987.

The U.S. [[Library of Congress]] has a collection of forty titles by him including translations.

==Legacy==
* In 2010 a metro railways station in Kolkata [[Kavi Subhash Metro Station]] has been named after poet.<ref name=Gazette>{{cite web |url=http://www.railwaygazette.com/nc/news/single-view/view/kolkata-metro-reaches-new-garia.html |title=Kolkata metro reaches New Garia |date=7 October 2012 |publisher=Railway Gazette |access-date=23 July 2011}}</ref>
*In 2009 Sealdah-NJP Express was named "Padatik Express" after this book in memory of the poet.<ref name="Tracks & trains for ‘backward’ region">{{cite news|title=Tracks & trains for 'backward' region|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1091005/jsp/siliguri/story_11575208.jsp|access-date=7 October 2012|newspaper=Telegraph Calcutta|date=5 October 2009}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://www.loc.gov/acq/ovop/delhi/salrp/subhasmukhopadhyay.html The poet recites from his own poems for the Library of Congress Literary Recordings Project]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3055512.stm BBC obituary dated 8 July 2003]

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