:Angshuman Kar
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| native_name = অংশুমান কর
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| birth_place = Beliatore, Bankura, West Bengal, India{{Cite web |url=http://kaurab.tripod.com/kau9/poems_angshuman.html |title=পুরুলিয়ার ছেলে অংশুমান কর |access-date=6 February 2018 |archive-date=11 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170911161940/http://kaurab.tripod.com/kau9/poems_angshuman.html |url-status=live }}
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| alma_mater = J. K. College
| occupation = Poet, writer, professor
| genre = Poetry
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Angshuman Kar ({{langx|bn|অংশুমান কর}}) is a Bengali poet and professor of English literature at Burdwan University.{{Cite web|url=http://www.buruniv.ac.in/faculty/AngshumanKar|title=Prof. Angshuman Kar {{!}}{{!}} The University of Burdwan|website=www.buruniv.ac.in|access-date=6 February 2018|archive-date=16 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180416144920/http://www.buruniv.ac.in/faculty/AngshumanKar|url-status=dead}} He is currently working as a professor of English at the University of Burdwan, West Bengal. He had served as the Secretary of the Eastern Region, Sahitya Akademi[http://www.buruniv.ac.in/download/EmpProfiles/EMP_2292_AngshumanKar.pdf Angshuman Kar complete profile at] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220130161437/http://www.buruniv.ac.in/download/EmpProfiles/EMP_2292_AngshumanKar.pdf |date=30 January 2022 }} Burdwan University database as well as a member of advisory board (Bengali) of the Sahitya Akademi.[https://www.telegraphindia.com/1121214/jsp/howrah/story_16314132.jsp Sunil remembered] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180618052446/https://www.telegraphindia.com/1121214/jsp/howrah/story_16314132.jsp |date=18 June 2018 }} The Telegraph 14 December 2012
Early life and career
Kar was born in Beliatore, Bankura, and graduated from J. K. College, Purulia.
He received the fellowship of the Australia–India Council for his research into Aboriginal petitions. He has held positions in various Australian universities.
Bibliography
=Poetry=
- Khelna Pistol, Prachhaya, Barasat,1998
- Bou Ke Nie Lekha Kabita, Kabita Dashdine, Kolkata, 1998
- Garie Namchhi, Kabita Pakshik, Kolkata, 1999
- Apel Saharer Samrat, Kabita Dashdine, Bankura, 2001
- Bankura Purulia Kolkata, Prativash, Kolkata, 2004
- Nasho Square Feeter Jadukar, Saptarshi Prakashan, Kolkata, 2006
- Mukhomukhi Dui Kobi (written with Tarapada Roy), Papyrus, 2007
- Jehadi Tomake, Saptarshi Prakashan, Kolkata, 2008
- Amar Sonar Harin, Saptarshi Prakashan, Kolkata, 2012
=Prose=
- The Politics of Social Exclusion in India: Democracy at the Crossroads, Routledge, Co-editor, with Harihar Bhattacharyya and Partha Sarkar, 2009 (history)[https://books.google.com/books?id=07CMAgAAQBAJ&dq=angshuman+kar&pg=PT7 The Politics of Social Exclusion in India: Democracy at the Crossroads] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221119084235/https://books.google.com/books?id=07CMAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT7&lpg=PT7&dq=angshuman+kar&source=bl&ots=LMctXHph4h&sig=L2Vfq1s-_bZD4HhL87tz16Ot-48&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiwkKue15zWAhWKvo8KHXysDl84ChDoAQhAMAY#v=onepage&q=angshuman%20kar&f=false |date=19 November 2022 }} at Google Books
- Paribortan, Parampara, Kolkata, 2011 (novel)
- 25 Paysar Itihas Boi, Parampara, Kolkata, 2010 (memoir)
- Contemporary Indian Diaspora: Literary and Cultural Representations, 2015
- Bikhato Hoibar Sahaj Upay, 2015
Awards
- Krittibas Award (2007)
- Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi Award (2009)
- Bongiya Sahitya Parishad Puroskar (2012)
Controversy
On 23 July 2020, allegations of sexual harassment were made against Kar in a complaint email that was forwarded to the Vice Chancellor of the University of Burdwan. The allegations state that he has engaged in sexual relations with several of his students and has sexually abused at least one of them.{{Cite web|last=বাংলা|first=The News|date=2020-07-23|title=ছাত্রীকে যৌন হেনস্থার অভিযোগ বর্ধমান বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের অধ্যাপকের বিরুদ্ধে/The News বাংলা|url=https://www.thenewsbangla.com/molestation-charges-against-burdwan-university-professor-angshuman-kar/|access-date=2020-07-23|website=The News Bangla|language=bn|archive-date=8 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200908230619/https://www.thenewsbangla.com/molestation-charges-against-burdwan-university-professor-angshuman-kar/|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|date=2020-07-23|title=বামপন্থী কবি-অধ্যাপক অংশুমান করের বিরুদ্ধে ছাত্রীর যৌন হেনস্থার অভিযোগ|url=https://bongtimes24.com/home/leftwing-poet-angshuman-kar-aligned-for-sextual-harassment/|access-date=2020-07-23|website=Bong Times 24|language=bn|archive-date=24 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724141211/https://bongtimes24.com/home/leftwing-poet-angshuman-kar-aligned-for-sextual-harassment/|url-status=dead}}
However, in September 2021, Kolkata High Court took down all the charges against Dr. Kar, and also gave him clean chit.{{Cite web|url=https://thewall.in/?p=2358524|title = News-Anshuman Kar acquitted of sexual harassment charges| date=8 September 2021 }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.sangbadprabhati.com/2021/09/blog-post_57.html?m=1|title = অধ্যাপক অংশুমান কর নির্দোষ প্রমাণিত}}{{Cite web|url=http://bardhamantv.digix.in/single_news?id=8703%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%9F|title = হাইকোর্টে ক্লিনচিট পেলেন বর্ধমান বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের অধ্যাপক কবি অংশুমান কর}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.amazon.in/Books-Angshuman/s?ie=UTF8&page=1&rh=n%3A976389031%2Cp_27%3AAngshuman%20Kar Angshuman Kar books] at Amazon.in
- [https://www.flipkart.com/author/angshuman-kar Angshuman Kar books] at Flipkart
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Category:21st-century Bengali poets
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