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Sunanda Sikdar

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Sunanda Sikdar

プロフィール

性別
女性
生誕
1951 (Digpait (then East Pakistan, now Bangladesh))
国籍
India
言語
Bengali, English
居住地歴
Born in Digpait (now Bangladesh) → Migrated to Kolkata, India (migrated with family in the 1950s)

経歴

職業
Writer, Memoirist
活動期間
2008年〜

受賞歴

Ananda Puroshkar
2008
対象作品: Doyamoyeer Kotha (Dayamayee's Tale)
主催: Ananda Publishers
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Doyamoyeer Kotha

2008年 Memoir

A 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
翻訳
  • A Life Long Ago

全著作

  • Doyamoyeer Kotha (Dayamayee's Tale), 2008

作品の翻訳

  • A Life Long Ago (English translation published by Penguin India)

作風・主題

文体
Memoiristic, descriptive styleDetailed memory-driven narration and personal testimony
頻出モチーフ
Remembrance of homelandWounds of PartitionFamily narratives

評価・遺産

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.

引用

  • "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."
    出典: Prasanta Chakravarty (review) (2010年)

豆知識

  • 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'.