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Ketaki Kushari Dyson

ケタキ・クシャリ・ダイソン

Ketaki Kushari Dyson

プロフィール

性別
女性
生誕
1940-06-26 (Calcutta (Kolkata), India)
国籍
India
言語
Bengali, English
居住地歴
Calcutta (Kolkata), India → Near Oxford, United Kingdom

経歴

職業
poet, novelist, translator, literary critic, diaspora scholar
活動期間
1960年〜
影響を受けた人物
Rabindranath Tagore, Buddhadeb Bosu

学歴

Jadavpur University
Faculty of English / Department of English
国: India
Studied English literature in Kolkata
University of Oxford
Faculty of English / Department of English
学位: PhD
期間: 1970年代
卒業年: 1978
国: United Kingdom
Doctoral thesis on British journals and memoirs in the Indian subcontinent (basis for 'A Various Universe')

受賞歴

Ananda Puraskar
1986
主催: Ananda Prize Committee
結果: 受賞
Ananda Puraskar
1997
主催: Ananda Prize Committee
結果: 受賞
Bhubanmohini Dasi Medal, University of Calcutta
1986
主催: University of Calcutta
結果: 受賞
Prafullakumar Sarkar Memorial Ananda Prize
1986
対象作品: Rabindranath and Victoria Ocampo (research/translation work)
主催: Ananda (publisher/award)
結果: 受賞
Star Ananda Award in Bengali Literature
主催: Star Ananda
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

A Various Universe: The Journals and Memoirs of British Men and Women in the Indian Subcontinent, 1765-1856

1978年 academic study

Based on doctoral work at Oxford, this study compiles and analyzes journals and memoirs of British men and women in the Indian subcontinent from the Company period up to 1856, exploring narratives of empire and colonial experience.

colonialismmemoir studiescross-cultural encounters

Noton Noton Pairaguli

1983年 novel (Bengali)

A novel portraying the life, struggles and identity search of a Bengali woman immigrant in Britain. Originally serialized and well received.

migrationidentitywomen's perspective

Spaces I Inhabit

1983年 poetry (English)

A collection of English poems reflecting life across two cultures, inner landscapes, everyday life and memory.

diasporamemoryplace and belonging

Hibiscus in the North

1979年 poetry (English)

An English poetry pamphlet juxtaposing life in the North (around Oxford) with memories of Bengal.

nostalgiacultural overlap

Katha Boltey Dao

1992年 poetry (Bengali)

A Bengali poetry collection focusing on personal memories, women's perspectives and details of daily life.

womeneveryday lifememory

全著作

  • A Various Universe: The Journals and Memoirs of British Men and Women in the Indian Subcontinent, 1765-1856
  • Noton Noton Pairaguli
  • Spaces I Inhabit
  • Hibiscus in the North
  • Katha Boltey Dao
  • Nari, Nogori (autobiographical sketches)
  • Bhabonar Bhaskarya (collected essays)

作家による翻訳

  • Translations of works by Rabindranath Tagore
  • Translations of poetry by Buddhadeb Bosu

作風・主題

文体
bilingual (Bengali and English) poetic and prose stylelyrical, memory-focused narration
頻出モチーフ
diaspora and migrationidentity and belongingwomen's perspectivesgastronomy and everyday details

評価・遺産

Ketaki Kushari Dyson is recognized as a diaspora writer and scholar working in both Bengali and English. Her diverse output—covering immigrant experience, women's perspectives and colonial-era source studies—has contributed to Bengali letters and South Asian studies.

豆知識

  • She says she began writing poetry at the age of four.
  • Born in Calcutta, she has lived for many years near Oxford.
  • She cites Rabindranath Tagore and Buddhadeb Bosu as early influences.