Subimal Basak

{{Short description|Indian fiction writer (Born: 1939)|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use Indian English|date=November 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox person | name = Subimal Basak | image =  | caption =  | birth_date =  | birth_place =  | occupation = Fiction writer | movement = Hungry Generation | notable_works =  | awards =  | website =  }}

'''Subimal Basak''' is an Indian fiction writer. He is a member of the Hungry generation,<ref>http://www.kaurab.com/english/bengali{{Dead link|date=June 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }} poetry/Hungry-Generation</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080308010547/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,830799,00.html "India: The Hungry Generation", ''TIME magazine'', 20 November 1964]</ref> with Samir Roychoudhury,<ref>[http://www.kaurab.com/english/bengali-poetry/malay.html Malay Roychoudhury, the creator of Hungry alist movement]{{Dead link|date=August 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Falguni Roy, Shakti Chattopadhyay and the movement's creator Malay Roy Choudhury.

The Hungry Generation archive,<ref>[http://www.library.northwestern.edu/spec/pdf/hungrygeneration.pdf Hungry Generation Archive]</ref> and Weissner Archive with Subimal Basak Papers<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.library.northwestern.edu/spec/pdf/weissner.pdf|title=Libraries & Collections: Libraries - Northwestern University}}</ref> are held at Northwestern University; the Howard McCord archive is held at Washington State University.<ref>[http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/holland/masc/finders/cg578.htm Howard McCord Archive containing Subimal Basak Papers]</ref>

==Awards== Subimal Basak was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize for his translation ''Amar Tomar Tar Katha'' by the Government of India in 2008. He was felicitated by Alochana Chakra at the Bangla Academy in 2009.

==Film== Srijit Mukherji has directed a film titled ''Baishe Srabon'' in which famous Bengali director Gautam Ghose has portrayed the role of a Hungryalist intellectual. This was for the first time that Bengali avant garde literature has been incorporated into mainstream cinema.

==Works of Subimal Basak== *''Chhatamatha'' (Novel). Published by Hungry Prokashani, Kolkata 700049. Cover designed by Malay Roy Choudhury. 1965 *''Habijabi'' (Poems). Published by Hungry Printers, Howrah. Cover by Subimal Basak. 1970. *''Guerrilla Aakrosh'' (Short Stories). Published by Hungry prokashani, Kolkata 700049. Cover designed by Subimal Basak. 1974. *''Atmar Shanti Du Minit'' (Short Stories). Published by Hungry Prokashani, Kolkata 700049. Cover designed by Subimal Basak. 1985. *''Ajatha Khitkal'' (Short Stories). Published by Ebang Publishers, Kolkata 700034. Cover designed by Subimal Basak. 1987. *''Biyar Geet O Dhakai Chhora'' (Collection of Folk Songs). Published by Subimal Basak, Kolkata 700056. Cover designed by Subimal Basak. 1987. *''Kusanskar'' (Collection of Bengali Superstitions). Published by Subimal Basak. Cover designed by Subimal Basak. 1987. *''Protnibeej'' (Novel). Published by Haowa49 Publishers, Kolkata 700070. 1996. *''Casual Leave'' (Shorty Stories). Published by Graffiti, Kolkata 700029. Cover designed by Sharmi Pandey. 2000 *''Bakbakani'' (Poems). Published by Sumeriya Publishers, Kolkata. Cover designed by Subimal Basak. 2000. *''Ethi'' (Short Stories). Published by Ebang Publishers, Kolkata 700047. Cover designed by Madhubani Painters. 2001. *''Kutti'' (Short Skits). Published by Subimal Basak.Kolkata. 2003. *''Tijorir Bhetor Tijori'' (Short Stories). Published by Haowa49 Publishers, Kolkata 700070. Cover designed by Subimal Basak. 2005. *''Gopan Dastabej O Sheetatap Niyantrito Atma'' (Short Stories). Published by Haowa49 Publishers, Kolkata 700070. Cover designed by Samir Roychoudhury.2007.

==Sources==

*''Chhitephota''. An Anthology of articles on Subimal Basak edited by Dr. Sajal Ranjan Acharyya. 79 Station Road, Udaypur, Kolkata 400049. *''Van Tulsi Ki Gandh'' by Phanishwarnath Renu. Published by Rajkamal Prakashan, Delhi-2, India. (1984) *''Hungry Shruti & Shastravirodhi Andolon'' by Dr Uttam Das. Published by Mahadiganta Publishers, Kolkata, India. (1986) *''Salted Feathers'' edited by Dick Bakken, Portland, Oregon, USA. (HUNGRU Issue, 1967) *''Intrepid'' edited by Carl Weissner, Buffalo, NY, USA. (Hungry Issue, 1968) *''Milon: Subimal Basak Special'' edited by Biswajit Nandi, Tura, Meghalaya, India. (2007) *''Encyclopedia in Assamese'' (Vol VII) edited by Rajen Saikia. Published by Assam Sahitya Sabha, Jorhat, Assam. (2007) *''E-Kaler Gadya Padya Andoloner Dalil'' by Satya Guha. Published by Adhuna, Kolkata, India. (1970) *''Bangriji Sahitye Khudhito Bangsha'' by Jyotirmay Datta. DESH Literature Issue. Kolkata, India. (Bengali Year 1375)

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{commons category}} *[http://hungryalistgeneration.blogspot.com Articles on Hungry Generation by Howard McCord, Nissim Ezekiel, S Modgal, Indrajit Bhattacharjee] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20111004124623/http://www.tudo.co.uk/pradip/shell/contents/pphoo_magazine/2003_01_jan/pages_04.html On Pradip Choudhuri, a major Hungryalist poet.] *[http://www.thewastepaper.blogspot.com Hungryalist Influence on Allen Ginsberg.] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20080308010547/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,830799,00.html TIME magazine news about the participants of the movement] *[http://www.kaurab.com/english/bengali_poetry/Hungry-Generation Photographs of the participants including Subimal Basak]

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