Falguni Roy (; 1945–1981) was an anti-establishment
Bengali
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poet born in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Along with
Shakti Chattopadhyay
Shakti Chattopadhyay (25 November 1933 – 23 March 1995) was an Indian poet and writer who wrote in Bengali. He is known for his realistic depictions of rural life. He was a green poet, many of his poems raised the issue of nature in crisis. T ...
,
Malay Roy Choudhury
Malay Roy Choudhury (born 29 October 1939) is an Indian Bengali poet, playwright, short story writer, essayist and novelist who founded the Hungryalist movement in the 1960s.
Early life and education
Malay Roy Choudhury was born in Patna, ...
,
Samir Roychoudhury
Samir Roychowdhury (Bengali: সমীর রায়চৌধুরী) (1 November 1933 – 22 June 2016), one of the founding fathers of the Hungry Generation (also known as Hungryalism or Hungrealism (1961–1965)), was born at Panihati, ...
,
Subimal Basak, Debi Roy (Haradhon Dhara), Utpal Kumar Basu,
Binoy Majumdar
Binoy Majumdar ( bn, বিনয় মজুমদার) (17 September 1934 – 11 December 2006) was a Bengali poet. Binoy received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2005.
Biography
Binoy Majumdar was born in Myanmar (erstwhile Burma) on 17 Sept ...
,
Sandipan Chattopadhyay
Sandipan Chattopadhyay (25 October 1933 – 12 December 2005) was an Indian Bengali writer. His 1961 book ''"Kritadas Kritadasi"'' changed the landscape of Bengali fiction and made his name. A staunch anti-establishment figure and a supporter o ...
,
Basudeb Dasgupta
Basudeb Dasgupta (31 December 1938 – 31 August 2005) is an Indian novelist and short-story writer associated with the Hungry generation movement in Bengali literature. He is considered one of the most significant avant-garde and controvers ...
, Roy was also associated with the
Hungryalist
The Hungry Generation ( bn, হাংরি জেনারেশান) was a literary movement in the Bengali language launched by what is known today as the Hungryalist quartet, ''i.e.'' Shakti Chattopadhyay, Malay Roy Choudhury, Samir Royc ...
movement. Anti-establishment poet Tushar Roy was his brother.
Film
An experimental short film about Roy, ''Ebang Falguni (The Lost Lines Of A Beauty Monster)'', was shown at foreign film festivals. Entirely shot on DVcam, score is composed by Monomix, and runs just over 21 minutes. This film had two screenings at the
River To River Florence Indian Film Festival, Florence, Italy, 8 and 11 December 2004. It featured in Indian Short Shorts section with English and Italian subtitles. It was produced by
Subhankar Das and directed by Sharmi Pandey.
Famous poems
He is famous for his book ''Nashto Atmar Television'' (
ষ্ট আত্মার টেলিভিসনwhich literally means: "Television of the Rotten Soul") published on the Independence Day of 1973, a day considered to be the date signifying the end of
Modernism
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in Bengali poetry. Some of his poems published in the anthology ''Amar Rifel Amar Bible athoba Falguni Royer Falguni Roy'' are:
*"Amar Rifle amar Bible" (আমার রাইফেল আমার বাইবেল)
*"Manik Bandyopadhyayer Choshma" (মানিক বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়ের চশমা)
*"Kritrim Saap" (কৃত্রিম সাপ)
*"Aamader Swapno" (আমাদের স্বপ্ন)
*"Kobita Bullet" (কবিতা বুলেট)
*"Biplober Gaan" (বিপ্লবের গান)
*"Aami Aamar Moton" (আমি আমার মতন)
*"Manusher songe kono Birodh Nei" (মানুষের সঙ্গে কোনো বিরোধ নেই)
*"Nashto Atmar Television" (নষ্ট আত্মার টেলিভিসন)
*"Sesh Bibriti" (শেষ বিবৃতি)
*"Baektigato Bichhana" (ব্যক্তিগত বিছানা)
See also
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Shakti Chattopadhyay
Shakti Chattopadhyay (25 November 1933 – 23 March 1995) was an Indian poet and writer who wrote in Bengali. He is known for his realistic depictions of rural life. He was a green poet, many of his poems raised the issue of nature in crisis. T ...
*
Malay Roy Choudhury
Malay Roy Choudhury (born 29 October 1939) is an Indian Bengali poet, playwright, short story writer, essayist and novelist who founded the Hungryalist movement in the 1960s.
Early life and education
Malay Roy Choudhury was born in Patna, ...
*
Subimal Basak
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Basudeb Dasgupta
Basudeb Dasgupta (31 December 1938 – 31 August 2005) is an Indian novelist and short-story writer associated with the Hungry generation movement in Bengali literature. He is considered one of the most significant avant-garde and controvers ...
*
Tridib Mitra
Tridib Mitra (born 31 December 1940) was an anti-establishment writer and part of the Hungry generation movement in Bengali literature. Mitra along with his wife, Alo Mitra, edited Hungry generation magazines "The Waste Paper" in English and " ...
*
Samir Roychoudhury
Samir Roychowdhury (Bengali: সমীর রায়চৌধুরী) (1 November 1933 – 22 June 2016), one of the founding fathers of the Hungry Generation (also known as Hungryalism or Hungrealism (1961–1965)), was born at Panihati, ...
*
Sandipan Chattopadhyay
Sandipan Chattopadhyay (25 October 1933 – 12 December 2005) was an Indian Bengali writer. His 1961 book ''"Kritadas Kritadasi"'' changed the landscape of Bengali fiction and made his name. A staunch anti-establishment figure and a supporter o ...
*
Hungry generation
The Hungry Generation ( bn, হাংরি জেনারেশান) was a literary movement in the Bengali language launched by what is known today as the Hungryalist quartet, ''i.e.'' Shakti Chattopadhyay, Malay Roy Choudhury, Samir Royc ...
*
Binoy Majumdar
Binoy Majumdar ( bn, বিনয় মজুমদার) (17 September 1934 – 11 December 2006) was a Bengali poet. Binoy received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2005.
Biography
Binoy Majumdar was born in Myanmar (erstwhile Burma) on 17 Sept ...
*
Sandipan Chattopadhyay
Sandipan Chattopadhyay (25 October 1933 – 12 December 2005) was an Indian Bengali writer. His 1961 book ''"Kritadas Kritadasi"'' changed the landscape of Bengali fiction and made his name. A staunch anti-establishment figure and a supporter o ...
References
External links
"India: The Hungry Generation" ''
Time
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''. 20 November 1964.
Photographs of the participants of the movement
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Bengali-language poets
1981 deaths
1945 births
Bengali male poets
University of Calcutta alumni
Writers from Kolkata
Indian male poets
Hungry generation
20th-century Indian poets
Poets from West Bengal
20th-century Indian male writers