An outstanding book of poetry Nabaneeta Dev Sen was one of the foremost Bengali writers of her generation―a poet, a novelist, a scholar, a humorist, a playwright. For the first time comes a translation of her poetry into English that gathers some of the deepest, most beautiful and revealing work she ever created. These luminous poems explore the joys and agonies of first love, motherhood, and decay with a restless, tactile imagination, both picking apart and celebrating the rituals that make us human. And it shows Dev Sen―a fiery feminist, formidable academic and political activist―at her most human, most intimate. Stunningly translated with lightness and lyricism by her daughter Nandana Dev Sen, this radiant collection is at once compassionate and unsparing, conversational and symphonic.

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Nabaneeta Dev Sen (1938–2019) was one of Bengal’s foremost writers, equally expressive in poetry and prose, fiction and non-fiction. She has over one hundred books to her credit and her many honours include the Padma Shri, Bangla Academy Lifetime Achievement Award, Sahitya Akademi Award, and Lifetime Achievement Award of the Publishers’ and Booksellers’ Guild. DevSen lived a parallel life as a distinguished international scholar and feminist, and was the founder and president of the West Bengal Women Writers’ Association, Soi. Nandana Dev Sen is a writer, actor, and child-rights activist.

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