# Selected Poems

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**Author:** Susmita Bhattacharya
 **Pages:** 144 **Year of Publication:** First 
published 1999, Revised and enlarged second edition 2010 **Price:** HB Rs 200, FB
Rs 150 **ISBN:** HB 978-81-8157-933-1 (9788181579331) FB 978-81-8157-934-8 (9788181579348)

_**About the Author**_
 Susmita Bhattacharya was born in Calcutta in 1947. She received
a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Poona University in 1975. Dr. Bhattacharya has written
several poetry collections. Her Bengali volumes include _Karir Pahar Harer Pahar_
and _Purushottamer Sange Pancham Sakshatkar_. Her English volumes, in translation,
comprise _**Lost Atlantis and Other Poems**_ (**Writers Workshop**, India, 1995)
and _Dark_ (Sanbun, Delhi, 2004). She has two works of research to her credit: _**
The Concept of Equality – A Philosophical Enquiry**_ (**Writers Workshop**, India,
2002) and _An Aesthetic Assessment of Bihu Songs_.

In addition to writing, Dr. Bhattacharya is actively involved in women’s rights 
projects and is associated with Maitree – a network that campaigns for the rights
of women.

_**Teaser:**_
 Dr. Bhattacharya writes about this book: “This is a bilingual book,
containing each poem in two versions: Bengali and English. In most cases, the poems
were first written in Bengali and then either translated or transcreated in English
by the poet or by various distinguished translators from various walks of life, 
whose bio-data have been included. In some cases, however, the poems were first 
written in English and then transcreated in Bengali by the poet.”

Apart from the author, the other translators are Rajlakshmee Debee, Shyamasree Lal,
Arati Ganguli, Marian Maddern, Debjani Chatterjee, Aditya Bhattacharjee, Sabyasachi
Bagchi, Atri Bhattacharya, Srinjay Chakravarti and Joe Winter.

_**Contents**_
 112 poems in Bengali and English