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Mitra studied medicine and did postgraduate studies in [[orthopaedic surgery]] at the [[Gajara Raja Medical College]], [[Jiwaji University]], [[Gwalior]], India. He further specialised in [[aerospace medicine]] and [[family medicine]] at the [[University of Pretoria]], South Africa.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.boloji.com/poetry/articles/025.htm | title=A Chat by Ramendra Kumar}}</ref> | Mitra studied medicine and did postgraduate studies in [[orthopaedic surgery]] at the [[Gajara Raja Medical College]], [[Jiwaji University]], [[Gwalior]], India. He further specialised in [[aerospace medicine]] and [[family medicine]] at the [[University of Pretoria]], South Africa.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.boloji.com/poetry/articles/025.htm | title=A Chat by Ramendra Kumar}}</ref> | ||
A practitioner of [[orthopaedic surgery]] and [[trauma surgery]], currently working at the Accident and Emergency unit of Cecilia Makiwane Hospital, [[Mdantsane]], South Africa, he has published five volumes of poetry and exhibited his poetry art. Mitra figures in the international roster of physician poets, a massive roster of ancient and contemporary poets / writers maintained by Daniel Bryant and assisted by Suzanne Poirer, Professor of Literature and Medical Education, [[University of Illinois]], USA<ref>{{cite web |url=http://library.med.nyu.edu/library/eresources/featuredcollections/bryant/bioshm.html#MITRA |title=Bryant Collection – Physician Roster |access-date=10 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110527010110/http://library.med.nyu.edu/library/eresources/featuredcollections/bryant/bioshm.html#MITRA |archive-date=27 May 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> He represented South Africa at the World Literature Festival in [[Oslo]] 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://du-store-verden.no/index.php?topic=02/dsv2008/150/contributors&page=2 | title= Participation World Literature Festival, Oslo}}</ref> | A practitioner of [[orthopaedic surgery]] and [[trauma surgery]], currently working at the Accident and Emergency unit of Cecilia Makiwane Hospital, [[Mdantsane]], South Africa, he has published five volumes of poetry and exhibited his poetry art. Mitra figures in the international roster of physician poets, a massive roster of ancient and contemporary poets / writers maintained by Daniel Bryant and assisted by Suzanne Poirer, Professor of Literature and Medical Education, [[University of Illinois]], USA<ref>{{cite web |url=http://library.med.nyu.edu/library/eresources/featuredcollections/bryant/bioshm.html#MITRA |title=Bryant Collection – Physician Roster |access-date=10 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110527010110/http://library.med.nyu.edu/library/eresources/featuredcollections/bryant/bioshm.html#MITRA |archive-date=27 May 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> He represented South Africa at the World Literature Festival in [[Oslo]] 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://du-store-verden.no/index.php?topic=02/dsv2008/150/contributors&page=2 | title= Participation World Literature Festival, Oslo}}</ref> Amitabh Mitra is listed in 78 Notable Alumni of [[University of Pretoria]] | ||
<ref>{{cite web |url=https://edurank.org/uni/university-of-pretoria/alumni/ |title=78 Notable Alumni of University of Pretoria}}</ref> | |||
==Artistic influences== | ==Artistic influences== | ||
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==As artist== | ==As artist== | ||
His present art is about the black township of [[Mdantsane]],<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.southafricanartists.com/showartist.asp?Code=MITRA001 |title= South African Artists}}</ref> where he works at the [[Cecilia Makiwane Hospital]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://desicritics.org/2009/03/01/103634.php |title=Cecilia Makiwane Hospital, Symbol of Hope and Courage in South Africa |access-date=26 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100619232159/http://desicritics.org/2009/03/01/103634.php |archive-date=19 June 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|work=[[Daily Dispatch]] |url=http://www.dispatch.co.za/article.aspx?id=385484 |title=Journey through Mdantsane |last=Hennop |first=Jan |date=11 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615142054/http://www.dispatch.co.za/article.aspx?id=385484 |archive-date=15 June 2011 }}</ref> | His present art is about the black township of [[Mdantsane]],<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.southafricanartists.com/showartist.asp?Code=MITRA001 |title= South African Artists}}</ref> where he works at the [[Cecilia Makiwane Hospital]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://desicritics.org/2009/03/01/103634.php |title=Cecilia Makiwane Hospital, Symbol of Hope and Courage in South Africa |access-date=26 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100619232159/http://desicritics.org/2009/03/01/103634.php |archive-date=19 June 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|work=[[Daily Dispatch]] |url=http://www.dispatch.co.za/article.aspx?id=385484 |title=Journey through Mdantsane |last=Hennop |first=Jan |date=11 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615142054/http://www.dispatch.co.za/article.aspx?id=385484 |archive-date=15 June 2011 }}</ref> | ||
''Mdantsane Breathing'' is his book on the art and poetry of Mdantsane. | ''Mdantsane Breathing'' is his book on the art and poetry of Mdantsane. | ||
On 15 December 2018, Mitra received the Provincial Eastern Cape Minister of Art and Culture's Special Award in the category of Fine Arts for his continued dedication to South African Arts. | On 15 December 2018, Mitra received the Provincial Eastern Cape Minister of Art and Culture's Special Award in the category of Fine Arts for his continued dedication to South African Arts. | ||
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The [[University of Cape Town]] honors and commemorates woman heroes of anti-apartheid struggle which includes [[Cecilia Makiwane]]. A charcoal portrait of [[Cecilia Makiwane]] done by Mitra was exhibited at the Molly Blackburn Hall, University of Cape Town campus on 19 September 2019.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2019-09-20-rethinking-art-at-uct|title=Rethinking Art at UCT}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ilamagazine.net/post/poet-artist-dr-amitabh-mitra?fbclid=IwAR1zfH6B0qcLff17dqCBM33glTditR8VKeAfCqwp0A5bF26D1_rhs8D3rHg |title=Visual Art of Poet, Artist, Dr. Amitabh Mitra}}</ref> | The [[University of Cape Town]] honors and commemorates woman heroes of anti-apartheid struggle which includes [[Cecilia Makiwane]]. A charcoal portrait of [[Cecilia Makiwane]] done by Mitra was exhibited at the Molly Blackburn Hall, University of Cape Town campus on 19 September 2019.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2019-09-20-rethinking-art-at-uct|title=Rethinking Art at UCT}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ilamagazine.net/post/poet-artist-dr-amitabh-mitra?fbclid=IwAR1zfH6B0qcLff17dqCBM33glTditR8VKeAfCqwp0A5bF26D1_rhs8D3rHg |title=Visual Art of Poet, Artist, Dr. Amitabh Mitra}}</ref> | ||
The 2021 National Arts Festival, Grahamstown, South Africa honored Dr. Mitra by making a short film on his visual art and reasons for fusing Arts with Medicine.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nationalartsfestival.co.za/dsrac-craft/|title=Craft Matters, A Department of Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture Initiative}}</ref> | |||
==As poet== | ==As poet== | ||
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Mitra's art and poetry on the township of Mdantsane, South Africa, was exhibited at the 2011 International Symposium for Poetry and Medicine and [[Hippocrates Prize for Poetry and Medicine]] Awards on Saturday, 7 May 2011, entitled ''Poems from Cecilia Makiwane Hospital''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://go.warwick.ac.uk/cpt/poetry/symp |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120712233043/http://go.warwick.ac.uk/cpt/poetry/symp |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-07-12 |title=2011 International Symposium for Poetry and Medicine, University of Warwick, UK }}</ref><ref>{{ cite web |url=http://www.writingworks.co.za/20110522/poetry-and-medicine/ |title=Poetry and Medicine}}</ref> | Mitra's art and poetry on the township of Mdantsane, South Africa, was exhibited at the 2011 International Symposium for Poetry and Medicine and [[Hippocrates Prize for Poetry and Medicine]] Awards on Saturday, 7 May 2011, entitled ''Poems from Cecilia Makiwane Hospital''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://go.warwick.ac.uk/cpt/poetry/symp |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120712233043/http://go.warwick.ac.uk/cpt/poetry/symp |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-07-12 |title=2011 International Symposium for Poetry and Medicine, University of Warwick, UK }}</ref><ref>{{ cite web |url=http://www.writingworks.co.za/20110522/poetry-and-medicine/ |title=Poetry and Medicine}}</ref> | ||
''Splinters of a Mirage Dawn, An Anthology of Migrant Poetry of South Africa'' (co-edited with [[Naomi Nkealah]]) was short listed for the National Humanities and Social Sciences Award, South Africa, 2016.<ref>{{ cite web|url=http://poetsprintery.bookslive.co.za/blog/2016/04/11/daily-dispatch-south-africas-premier-daily-features-splinters-of-a-mirage-dawn-anthology-of-migrant-poetry-of-south-africa/|title=Daily Dispatch, South Africa’s premier daily features Splinters of a Mirage Dawn, Anthology of Migrant Poetry of South Africa}}</ref> | ''Splinters of a Mirage Dawn, An Anthology of Migrant Poetry of South Africa'' (co-edited with [[Naomi Nkealah]]) was short listed for the National Humanities and Social Sciences Award, South Africa, 2016.<ref>{{ cite web|url=http://poetsprintery.bookslive.co.za/blog/2016/04/11/daily-dispatch-south-africas-premier-daily-features-splinters-of-a-mirage-dawn-anthology-of-migrant-poetry-of-south-africa/|title=Daily Dispatch, South Africa’s premier daily features Splinters of a Mirage Dawn, Anthology of Migrant Poetry of South Africa}}</ref> Dr. Mitra's latest poetry book, ''Anarchy and the Sea'' encompassing Covid 19 feelings, violence and trauma he encounters in Emergency Medicine and impasto seascapes of violent storms he paints are reflected in this coffee table book. This book will be launched in the prestigious National Art Festival, Grahamstown, South Africa on the 14 July 2021. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://nationalartsfestival.co.za/show/book-launch-anarchy-and-the-sea-by-dr-amitabh-mitra/?fbclid=IwAR2nFVG8E4dkkjVTkNzQRgsClS-CoZ6Y5WmnG-tNMCRO_ZM16_oR2F7mIXM/|title= The Fringe,Book Launch: Anarchy and the Sea by Dr Amitabh Mitra}}</ref> | ||
==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
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*{{Cite web |work= [[Daily Dispatch]]|url=http://www.pressreader.com/south-africa/daily-dispatch/20160926/281539405439121 |title= Solo Art Show Demonstrates Doctor's Versatility |date=26 September 2016 |first=Vuvu |last=Vena}} | *{{Cite web |work= [[Daily Dispatch]]|url=http://www.pressreader.com/south-africa/daily-dispatch/20160926/281539405439121 |title= Solo Art Show Demonstrates Doctor's Versatility |date=26 September 2016 |first=Vuvu |last=Vena}} | ||
*{{Cite web |work= [[Go & Express Community Newspaper]]|url=http://showme.co.za/east-london/news/mitra-acrylic-works-for-coach-house/ |title=Mitra Acrylic Works for Coach House |date=23 September 2016}} | *{{Cite web |work= [[Go & Express Community Newspaper]]|url=http://showme.co.za/east-london/news/mitra-acrylic-works-for-coach-house/ |title=Mitra Acrylic Works for Coach House |date=23 September 2016}} | ||
*{{Cite web |work= [[Ann Bryant Gallery,]]|url=https://www.annbryant.co.za/dr-amitabh-mitra|title=Ann Bryant Gallery, Amitabh Mitra, his art and delusions|year=2021}} | |||
*{{Cite web |work= [[Anarchy and the Sea]]|url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57488676-anarchy-and-the-sea|title = Review of Anarchy and the Sea|year=2021}} | |||
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