Bishnupriya Chowdhuri
Managing Editor
A bilingual writer and translator, Bishnupriya leads the editorial team for Antonym Collection publishing. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Central Florida, a masters in Comparative Literature from Jadavpur University. She translates short fiction, creative non-fiction, memoirs and experimental lyrical prose from Bengali to English. She has edited two anthologies of translated short stories and has published her first translated novel No One As Rano Biswas by Alokparna. Other than writing, she keeps close, her daughterβs hands, afternoon breezes and the jade plants that know everything.
Some of her work
Standing on the bridge: The lights, shades and learnings from the craft of Translation: In Conversation with Prof. Arunava Sinha
This week, to honor the languages and the magic they are capable of as they shape-shift one onto another, we have had ARUNAVA SINHA, a prolific translator and teacher of Creative writing from India bare his heart about the process...
Read MoreRemedyβ Sayeed Azaad
Translated from the Bengali by Bishnupriya Chowdhuri β Late again Maimuna! You know I must leave early for the college. Unlike your line of work where you get to show up as you wish. We…...
Read MoreReflecting on Tagore’s Memoirs & Lettersβ In Conversation with Manjira Dasgupta
INTERVIEWED BY BISHNUPRIYA CHOWDHURI "Long before he was bestowed with the title and all that associated reverence of a #world-poet, he was just another boy. Eighth in the line of eleven siblings, #Rabindranath was sent…...
Read MorePracticing Art In Secretβ In Conversation With Ramakanta Samantaray
Interviewed by Bishnupriya Chowdhuri Ramakanta Samantaray, born in 1972, has studied painting at the Bibhuti Kanungo College of Art and Craft (Bhubaneshwar), and Odia Literature and Language at the Utkal University (Bhubaneshwar). His doctoral work was…...
Read MoreNo One As Rano Biswas: A Reviewβ Yashodhara Gupta
A BOOK REVIEW BY YASHODHARA GUPTA βThen do you need to stay lonely a bit more? Do you need another slice of darkness? At this very moment, you raised your eyes from the…...
Read MoreMove the Margins : Conversation with Chandramohan S
Chandramohan S is one of Indiaβs brightest emerging poetic voices.Β Identifying himself as aΒ DalitΒ poet and literary critic based in Trivandrum, his accolades include a shortlistΒ for Srinivas Rayaprol Poetry Prize 2016.Β He also was awarded a fellowship atΒ the International Writing Program (IWP-2018) at the University of Iowa...
Read MoreMarco Polo Travels : 2020 – Amar Mitra
One of them had started for Venice, Italy. Marco Polo, the wanderer, on his way back to Venice, had arrived in a new country. So began this world-travelogue...
Read MoreIn Conversation With Tarun K. Saint & Francesco Versoβ Bishnupriya Chowdhuri
This week,Β The AntonymΒ published the book review ofΒ Kalicalypse: Subcontinental Science Fiction,Β a collection of short stories by science fiction writers from Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and India. To read the review, click here! It is a dual language…...
Read MoreIn Conversation With Rongili Biswasβ Bishnupriya Chowdhuri
INTERVIEW BY BISHNUPRIYA CHOWDHURI Rongili Biswas is a bilingual writer and musician based in Kolkata, India. She has published a novel and a collection of short stories and has edited three books. She has also…...
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Personally , I am an admirer of the Translator π. I usually go through her writings . This is also…
Personally I am an admirer of the Translator, I usually prefer to go through her writings . She is an…
Such a simple yet powerful expression of the wrongdoings that occurs in domestic sectors. Absolutely loved the story.
Can you please cite the original poem ? Where to find it in Bangla?
Such a wonderful work ma'am β€οΈ I loved it
Just a wonderful work Ma'am....I loved itβ€οΈ