Sangeeta Bandyopadhyay

Sangeeta Bandyopadhyay (born 23 November 1974) is a Bengali author, film critic and newspaper columnist.[1][2][3]

Early life and education

Sangeeta Bandyopadhyay was born in 1974 in Durgapur in Paschim Bardhaman district. She was educated at Bagbazar Multipurpose School and later at Gokhale Memorial Girls' College.[4]

Career

In 2001, Bandyopadhyay's poetry was published in the Bengali literary magazine, Desh.[4] Having moved to Kolkata in 1996, in 2016, she relocated to London to live with her husband, a British citizen.[2]

Since the publication of her debut novel, Shankini, in 2006, Bandyopadhyay has written fourteen novels and over sixty five short stories.[5][6] Her work experiments with atypical narrative styles and explores themes of sexuality, class, fate and identity.[7][8][9][10][11] Due to social taboos, her depictions of female sexuality in particular have made Bandyopadhyay controversial in India.[12][13]

Awards and honours

In 2017, Arunava Sinha's English translation of Bandyopadhyay’s The Yogini was a winner of a PEN Translates Award.[14][15]

Works

  • Shankini (শঙ্খিনী), Ananda Publishers, 2006. ISBN 978-81-7756-583-6[16][6]
  • Panty and Other Stories (প্যানটি ও অন্যান্য গল্প), Ananda Publishers, 2006. (Panty, Hamish Hamilton, 2014; trans. Arunava Sinha). ISBN 9788177566055 (Bengali); ISBN 9780670087020 (English)[17][18][19]
  • Abandon (রুহ্‌), Ananda Publishers, 2008. (Abandon, HarperCollins Publishers India, 2013; trans. Arunava Sinha). ISBN 978-93-5029-655-4 (English)[12][20][21]
  • Ghats (ঘাট), Ananda Publishers, 2010. ISBN 978-81-7756-927-8[22]
  • The Yogini (যোগিনী), Ananda Publishers, 2009. (The Yogini, Titled Axis Press, 2019; trans. Arunava Sinha). ISBN 978-81-7756-784-7 (Bengali); ISBN 978-1-911284-27-7 (English)[23][24][25]
  • Hidden Treasure, Zubaan Publishers, 2024; trans. Ipsa S. ISBN 9788194253341[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Authors & Translators". Tilted Axis Press. Retrieved 2026-05-07.
  2. 1 2 "Introducing "India's Ferrante"". Tilted Axis Press. 2016-05-07. Retrieved 2026-04-20.
  3. ↑ ""পাঠক যেটুকু মনে রাখে তার জন্য দু' চারখানা ভালো লেখাই যথেষ্ট" - সঙ্গীতা বন্দোপাধ্যায়". Barta 24 (in Bengali). Retrieved 2026-04-22.
  4. 1 2 "শুভ জন্মদিন সঙ্গীতা, বাংলা সাহিত্যের এক অনন্যা | Dhaka Barta". Retrieved 2026-04-23.
  5. 1 2 "Hidden Treasure". Zubaan. 2025-04-02. Retrieved 2026-04-20.
  6. 1 2 Bandyopādhyāẏa, Saṅgītā (2006). Śaṅkhinī (in Bengali). Ānanda. ISBN 978-81-7756-583-6.
  7. ↑ Hazelton, Claire Kohda (2016-06-17). "Panty by Sangeeta Bandyopadhyay review – two worlds collide". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2026-04-20.
  8. ↑ Sharma, Swati (2020-03-13). "A maze of karma and destiny". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 2026-04-20.
  9. ↑ Mark (2018-12-12). "Guilt, sexuality and modernity: Sangeeta Bandyopadhyay, Panty and Abandon". Translating Women. Retrieved 2026-04-20.
  10. ↑ Islam, Mohammad (2020). "Exploring Love, Sex, and Loneliness in Sangeeta Bandyopadhyay's "Panty"". Journal of Global Postcolonial Studies. 8 (2): 229–240. doi:10.5744/jgps.2020.1015. ISSN 2643-8399.
  11. ↑ Kohda, Claire; Hazelton, Claire Kohda (2016-06-17). "Panty by Sangeeta Bandyopadhyay review – two worlds collide". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2026-05-07.
  12. 1 2 "In Sangeeta Bandyopadhyay's "Abandon," a Destitute Woman's Desire to Write Clashes with Motherhood". Words Without Borders. Retrieved 2026-04-20.
  13. ↑ "'My God, so much sex?'". PEN Transmissions. 2016-06-02. Retrieved 2026-05-07.
  14. ↑ Goyal, Sana (2018-03-30). "Sangeeta Bandyopadhyay: 'India's Elena Ferrante'". mint. Retrieved 2026-04-22.
  15. ↑ "Indian translator Arunava Sinha is among PEN Translates 2017 grant winners". Scroll.in. 2017-11-09. Retrieved 2026-04-22.
  16. ↑ "Authors & Translators". Tilted Axis Press. Retrieved 2026-04-20.
  17. ↑ Bandyopādhyāẏa, Saṅgītā (2006). Pyānṭi o anyānya galpa (in Bengali). Ānanda. ISBN 978-81-7756-605-5.
  18. ↑ Bandyopādhyāẏa, Saṅgītā (2014). Panty. Hamish Hamilton by Penguin Books India. ISBN 978-0-670-08702-0.
  19. ↑ "Trisha Gupta reviews Sangeeta Bandyopadhyay's Panty". asymptotejournal.com. Retrieved 2026-04-20.
  20. ↑ Bandyopadhyay, Sangeeta; Sinha, Arunava Trans (2013-07-18). Abandon. HarperCollins Publishers India. ISBN 978-93-5029-655-4.
  21. ↑ Bandyopādhyāẏa, Saṅgītā (2008). Ruh (in Bengali). Ānanda. ISBN 978-81-7756-701-4.
  22. ↑ Bandyopādhyāẏa, Saṅgītā (2010). Ghāṭa (in Bengali). Ānanda Pābaliśārsa. ISBN 978-81-7756-927-8.
  23. ↑ "যোগিনী". MUKTADHARA. Retrieved 2026-05-07.
  24. ↑ Bandyopādhyāẏa, Saṅgītā (2019). The Yogini. Tilted Axis Press. ISBN 978-1-911284-27-7.
  25. ↑ Wallace, Jane (2019-09-23). ""The Yogini" by Sangeeta Bandyopadhyay". Asian Review of Books. Retrieved 2026-05-07.
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