Sreemanti Sengupta, Odditor, The Odd Magazine |
Malay Roychoudury, Odd Activit, Inspiration, Mentor |
Malay Roychoudhury is a witness to the
chaotic creative climate of the 60s.
He was the chief propagator of the Hungryalist movement in Bengal, which is the correspondent of the Beat Movement. He has till date written more than 70 books including poetry, novel, essay, drama, criticisms and translated works by Neruda, Ginsberg, Lorca, Tzara,Artaud, Rimbaud, and more in Bengali. He is best known for his poem Stark Electric Jesus as translated from the bangle original, Prochondo Boidyutik Chutor for which he was sentenced to prison by the Calcutta Court on charges of obscenity. You can read some of his critically acclaimed work here. On Facebook
chaotic creative climate of the 60s.
He was the chief propagator of the Hungryalist movement in Bengal, which is the correspondent of the Beat Movement. He has till date written more than 70 books including poetry, novel, essay, drama, criticisms and translated works by Neruda, Ginsberg, Lorca, Tzara,Artaud, Rimbaud, and more in Bengali. He is best known for his poem Stark Electric Jesus as translated from the bangle original, Prochondo Boidyutik Chutor for which he was sentenced to prison by the Calcutta Court on charges of obscenity. You can read some of his critically acclaimed work here. On Facebook