Ananda Puraskar
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Edition 65 (2010) Winner
Sunanda Sikdar
スナンダ・シクダル
Sunanda Sikdar
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1951 （Digpait (then East Pakistan, now Bangladesh)）
- Nationality
- India
- Languages
- Bengali, English
- Residence History
- Born in Digpait (now Bangladesh) → Migrated to Kolkata, India (migrated with family in the 1950s)
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, Memoirist
- Active Years
- 2008-
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Ananda Puroshkar | Doyamoyeer Kotha (Dayamayee's Tale) | — | Ananda Publishers | 受賞 |
Ananda Puroshkar
2008
Work:
Doyamoyeer Kotha (Dayamayee's Tale)
Organization:
Ananda Publishers
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Doyamoyeer Kotha
2008 MemoirA memoir recounting the author's and her family's experiences after the Partition of India. It covers childhood in Digpait, the migration from East Pakistan to Kolkata, India, and themes of memory, loss, and identity reconstruction. Upon publication it received strong critical and popular acclaim and is regarded as a notable post-partition memoir in contemporary Bengali literature.
PartitionMigration and displacementMemory and lossIdentity
Translations
- A Life Long Ago
Bibliography
- Doyamoyeer Kotha (Dayamayee's Tale), 2008
Translations of Works
- A Life Long Ago (English translation published by Penguin India)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Memoiristic, descriptive styleDetailed memory-driven narration and personal testimony
- Recurring Motifs
- Remembrance of homelandWounds of PartitionFamily narratives
Legacy
Since its 2008 publication, Sikdar's memoir has received strong critical and popular acclaim and is regarded as an important post-Partition memoir in contemporary Bengali literature. The Ananda Puroshkar award and the English translation increased its visibility both within India and abroad.
Quotes
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"In Bangla literature, the greatest success story in recent times has been a post-partition memoir: Dayamayeer Katha (Dayamayee’s Tale), Sunanda Sikdar’s maiden work. Upon its arrival in January 2008, it received both critical and popular acclaim and in no time traversed the distance from being a cult hit to becoming an instant classic."
Source: Prasanta Chakravarty (review) (2010)
Trivia
- Born in Digpait when it was part of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).
- Her family migrated to Kolkata in the 1950s.
- Her memoir was translated into English and published by Penguin India as 'A Life Long Ago'.
- An extract was included in Penguin's anthology 'First Proof: The Penguin Book Of New Writing From India 6'.