Sibaji Bandyopadhyay (born 16 November 1954) is an Indian author, critic, academic, theorist and performer, who writes in Bengali and English. His interests lie in the fields of

Bengali Bengali or Bengalee, or Bengalese may refer to: *something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia * Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region * Bengali language, the language they speak ** Bengali alphabet, the ...

and

English literature English literature is literature written in the English language from United Kingdom, its crown dependencies, the Republic of Ireland, the United States, and the countries of the former British Empire. ''The Encyclopaedia Britannica'' defines E ...

literary theory Literary theory is the systematic study of the nature of literature and of the methods for literary analysis. Culler 1997, p.1 Since the 19th century, literary scholarship includes literary theory and considerations of intellectual history, m ...

, philosophy,

feminism Feminism is a range of socio-political movements and ideologies that aim to define and establish the political, economic, personal, and social equality of the sexes. Feminism incorporates the position that society prioritizes the male po ...

sexuality Human sexuality is the way people experience and express themselves sexually. This involves biological, psychological, physical, erotic, emotional, social, or spiritual feelings and behaviors. Because it is a broad term, which has varied wi ...

cinema Cinema may refer to: Film * Cinematography, the art of motion-picture photography * Film or movie, a series of still images that create the illusion of a moving image ** Film industry, the technological and commercial institutions of filmmaking ...

and

psychoanalysis PsychoanalysisFrom Greek: + . is a set of theories and therapeutic techniques"What is psychoanalysis? Of course, one is supposed to answer that it is many things — a theory, a research method, a therapy, a body of knowledge. In what might b ...

Life

He was born in

Kolkata Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , List of renamed places in India#West Bengal, the official name until 2001) is the Capital city, capital of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of West Bengal, on the eastern ba ...

in 1954 to Chinmoyee and Niranjan Bandyopadhyay. Upon finishing his

Senior Cambridge The Senior Cambridge examinations were General Certificate of Education examinations held in India, Jamaica, Malaysia, Pakistan, and Singapore. They were preceded by the Junior Cambridge and Preliminary Cambridge examinations. History India The ...

from Cambrian Hall, Dehradun in 1971, Sibaji pursued an undergraduate degree in mathematics from

St. Xavier's College, Kolkata St. Xavier's College is a private, Catholic, autonomous higher education college under Calcutta University run by the Calcutta Province of the Society of Jesus in Kolkata, India. It was founded by the Jesuits in 1860 and named after St. Fra ...

. Sibaji received his MA (1982) and Ph.D (1991) in

comparative literature Comparative literature is an academic field dealing with the study of literature and cultural expression across linguistic, national, geographic, and disciplinary boundaries. Comparative literature "performs a role similar to that of the study ...

from

Jadavpur University Jadavpur University is a public state university located in Jadavpur, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It was established in 1905 as ''Bengal Technical Institute'' and was converted into Jadavpur University in 1955. In 2022, it was ranked four ...

Work

Sibaji began his career as a temporary lecturer in Bengali and English literature at the Government College of Art and Craft, Kolkata in 1983. He joined the department of Comparative Literature at

in 1986, where he taught until 2004. Sibaji was professor of Cultural Studies at th
Centre for Studies of Social Sciences, Calcutta
between 2004 and 2014. Sibaji is among the first scholars to have worked on the poetry of

Jibanananda Das Jibanananda Das () (17 February 1899 – 22 October 1954) was an Indian poet, writer, novelist and essayist in the Bengali language. Popularly called "Rupashi Banglar Kabi'' ('Poet of Beautiful Bengal'), Das is the most read poet after Rabindr ...

. He is celebrated for his influential work on Bengali children's literature and colonialism, a subject he revisited in numerous monographs. His more contemporary interests lie in the fields of

Mahabharata The ''Mahābhārata'' ( ; sa, महाभारतम्, ', ) is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India in Hinduism, the other being the '' Rāmāyaṇa''. It narrates the struggle between two groups of cousins in the K ...

and the Bhagavad Gita.
In 2013,

Rituparno Ghosh Rituparno Ghosh (31 August 1963 – 30 May 2013) was an Indian film director, actor, writer and lyricist. After pursuing a degree in economics, he started his career as a creative artist at an advertising agency. He received recognition for his ...

cast Sibaji in his film '' Satyanweshi'', an adaptation of Saradindu Bandyopadhyay's celebrated story from the

Byomkesh Bakshi Byomkesh Bakshi is an Indian-Bengali fictional detective created by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay. Referring to himself as a "truth-seeker" or Satyanweshi in the stories, Bakshi is known for his proficiency with observation, logical reasoning, and ...

series.

Awards

Sibaji was awarded the Vidyasagar Memorial Award in 2010 by the

West Bengal Government The Government of West Bengal also known as the West Bengal Government, is the Subnational administrative division, subnational government of the States and union territories of India, Indian state of West Bengal , created by the Constitution ...

for life-time-achievement in Bengali prose. He also received the Sisir Kumar Das Memorial Award in 2010 for his contributions to Bengali literature.

Selected publications

Bengali
Essays *
Prasanga Jibanananda
' (2011) *
Gopal-Rakhal Dwandasamas: Upanibeshbad O Bangla Shishu Sahitya
' (2013) * ''Abar Shishu-Sikkha'' (2010) * ''Bangla Upanyase Ora'' (2002) * ''Bangla Shishu Shahityer Chhoto Meyera'' (2007) * ''Galileo'' (2007) *
Alibabar Guptabhandar: Prabandha Sankalan
' (2009) Other Writings * ''Madhyarekha'' collection of poems, stories, plays and essays(2009) * ''Ekti Barir Golpo'' ilm script(2013) * ''Uttampurush Ekbachan: Ekti Bhan''

lay Lay may refer to: Places *Lay Range, a subrange of mountains in British Columbia, Canada * Lay, Loire, a French commune * Lay (river), France *Lay, Iran, a village * Lay, Kansas, United States, an unincorporated community People * Lay (surname ...

(2002) * ''Guhalipi'' n anthology of poems(2002) * ''Bhoot-bishayak Ekti Upanyaser Khasra'' ovellette* ''Bhoot na Put'' lay; co-authored(1996) * ''Tipu Sultaner Swapna'' ranslation of Girish Karnad's English Play: ''Dreams of Tipu Sultan''">Girish_Karnad.html" ;"title="ranslation of ranslation of Girish Karnad's English Play: ''Dreams of Tipu Sultan''(2010) * Lekha na Lekha Kabita (2019) [Poetry">Girish Karnad">ranslation of Girish Karnad's English Play: ''Dreams of Tipu Sultan''(2010) * Lekha na Lekha Kabita (2019) [Poetry
English
Essays *
Sibaji Bandyopadhyay Reader
' [an anthology of essays in English] (2012) * ''Through a Trap-door: A Performative Response to Chittrovanu Mazumdar'' [texts with images] (2013) Edited Volumes *
Mahabharata Now: Narrative, Aesthetics, Ethics
' o-edited with Arindam Chakrabarti">Arindam_Chakrabarti.html" ;"title="o-edited with Arindam Chakrabarti">o-edited with Arindam Chakrabarti(2014) * ''Thematology'' (2004)

References

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