The Ancient Bark
By Pronabi Gogoi, Translated by Ananda Bormudoi
A Collection of poems originally written in Assamese.
2024, PWF, HB Price Rs 175.00, ISBN 978-81-975772-0-8
About the Poet
Pronabi Gogoi is an Assamese poet based in Duliajan, Assam. She has published one collection of poems titled Son-Bariyalar Sapon in 2017. Her poems published in various leading Assamese magazines and literary supplements. Her poems have been translated into English. Besides poetry she also writes short story.
About the Translator
Dr. Ananda Bormudoi is a literary critic and translator based in Guwahati, Assam. He translates from Assamese language to English and vice versa. He has published more than fifteen books on literary criticism in Assamese and English. He has translated more than eight books from Assamese to English and vice versa. Some of his critically acclaimed books in Assamese are Asamiya Samalochana Sahityar Chamu Buranji (A Short History of Assamese Literary Criticism, 2008); Asamiya Kavitar Samalochana (Criticism of Assamese Poetry, 2012); Yuganayak Sankardeva (Hero of the Era Sankardeva, 2014); Adhunik Asamiya Sahityar Itihas (A History of Modern Assamese Literature, 2023).
About the book
“Pronabi recreates human relationships from her memory and very often her memory rings in tragic strains. Her poetic world is not one of boisterous joy but of a calm of mind attained after all passions are spent. The poet is often contemplative. Silence is most eloquent in her poems and the poet enacts the role of the interpreter of silence.”
Ananda Bormudoi, Critic and Translator