# Ketaki Kushari Dyson, 26 June 1940 – 12 September 2026

- Link: https://writersworkshopindia.com/2026/09/22/ketaki-kushari-dyson-26-june-1940-12-september-2026/
- Published: 2026-09-22T15:42:59+00:00
- Author: shuktara

We regret the passing of Ketaki Kushari Dyson (1940-2026), one of our authors, who
[⌊A sample cover of the book: purple handloom sari with gold embossed insignia (top centre) and the author's name and title printed on a paper strip that wraps around the lower half. The border of the sari lines the right hand margin of the cover.⌉](https://writersworkshopindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Sap.jpg)
studied in Kolkata and then settled in England. A respected scholar and translator
of Tagore, she also wrote original works in Bengali and English. Contrary to the
report printed in _The Telegraph_ (Kolkata), that her first book of English poems
appeared in Oxford in 1979, she, like many Indian poets in English, entrusted **
Writers Workshop** with her debut collection, _**Sap-Wood**_, published in 1978.
We also brought out two volumes of her English translations of the Bengali poet 
Kabirul Islam (_**Poems**_, 1979 and **_The Home-Coming_**, 1982).