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BOOK REVIEW OF KALEIDOSCOPE OF LIFE: SELECTED SHORT STORIES OF BIBHUTIBHUSHAN BANDOPADHYAY—DEBOTTAMA GHOSH

BOOK REVIEW BY DEBOTTAMA GHOSH In Kaleidoscope of Life– Selected Short Stories of Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay, a newly translated anthology, translator Hiranmoy Lahiri evokes a tapestry of rural Bengal that transcends its historical setting to…...

INTERVIEW WITH SHANTA GOKHALE—OWSHNIK GHOSH

  INTERVIEW WITH SHANTA GOKHALE BY OWSHNIK GHOSH   Shanta Gokhale is an Indian writer, translator, journalist and theatre critic. Shanta Gokhale has previously worked as a part-time teacher and as a public relations executive. Gokhale initially published stories, in both English and Marathi, in various publications, and eventually in the 1970s, she started publishing…...

Interview with Anita Agnihotri — Owshnik Ghosh

INTERVIEWED BY OWSHNIK GHOSH     Anita Agnihotri  is a Bengali writer. She has been writing poetry, short stories, novels and essays over four decades. Her works have been translated into several major Indian and foreign…...

Interview with Guadalupe Nettel — Owshnik Ghosh

INTERVIEWED BY OWSHNIK GHOSH     Guadalupe Nettel is the author of four inter-nationally award-winning novels: El huésped, The Body Where I Was Born, After the Winter and Still Born; and three collections of…...

Wisława Szymborska and the Art of ‘rybka’: An interview with Michał Rusinek — Anindita Mukherjee

INTERVIEWED BY ANINDITA MUKHERJEE      I encountered the term ‘rybka’ for the first time from my friend and colleague Dr. Małgorzata Szajbel-Keck, who teaches at European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder). In one of our conversations on…...

Exploring the World of Kashmiri Poet Shabir Magami — Dr. Showkat Hussain Dar

INTERVIEWED BY DR. SHOWKAT HUSSAIN DAR   Poetry has long been held as a profound form of artistic expression, offering a sophisticated medium for exploring and articulating the subtleties of human experience. It transcends conventional language by…...

Interview with Fabio Jermini — Annalisa Carlevaro

INTERVIEWED BY ANNALISA CARLEVARO   Fabio Jermini was born in Sorengo (Switzerland) in 1988. He graduated from the University of Geneva with a thesis on Somiglianze by Milo De Angelis (published in 2015) and obtained a PhD in Italian philology…...

Some Words about Poetry: A Conversation with Hélène Dorion — Marilou Brousseau

ABRIDGED FROM HÉLÈNE DORION’S INTERVIEW WITH MARILOU BROUSSEAU FOR THE PROGRAMME AU COEUR DE L’ÊTRE, RADIO VM, ON 21 OCTOBER, 2021     Marilou Brousseau: How did this writing adventure begin for you? What triggered…...

Conversation with Poet Nimrod— Patrick Williamson

INTERVIEWED BY PATRICK WILLIAMSON     Patrick Williamson: What themes or ideas do you explore in your poetry? How do your personal experiences or beliefs influence your writing? Nimrod: I only write about…...