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'{{short description|Indian writer of poetry and fiction|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use Indian English|date=September 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2017}} {{Infobox writer |name = Anuradha Bhattacharyya |image = AtVijayawada2017.jpg |caption = The poet at Poetic Prism, 11 November 2017, [[Vijayawada]] |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1975|12|6|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]] |nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]] |alma_mater = [[Banasthali Vidyapith]], [[Jadavpur University]], [[IIT, Kharagpur]] |occupation = Writer, poet, academic |period = 1998 - |subject = fiction, poetry |notableworks = One Word, The Road Taken, Lofty | awards = Chandigarh [[Sahitya Akademi]] |spouse = Atul Singh |children = Anusmita<ref>http://www.authorspressbooks.com/book_detail.php?preference=1780</ref> }} '''Anuradha Bhattacharyya''' (born 6 December 1975) is an Indian writer of poetry and fiction. She writes in English and has written several books.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/SASearchSystem/sauser/writerinfo.jsp?wrids=4758|title=.:Sahitya Akademi:.|website=sahitya-akademi.gov.in}}</ref> Her novel ''One Word'' has been awarded Best Book of the year 2016 by the Chandigarh Sahitya Akademi.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/chandigarh/education/sahitya-akademi-honour-for-writers/384418.html | title=Sahitya Akademi honour for writers| date=2017-03-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thecitizen.in/index.php/NewsDetail/index/7/10416/An-Author-and-a-Poet-Speaks|title=An Author and a Poet Speaks|first=samir|last=majumdar|website=thecitizen.in}}</ref> She is Associate Professor of English in Post Graduate Government College, Sector-11, Chandigarh. == Life and career == Anuradha Bhattacharyya was born to Tapan Kumar Bhattacharyya and Chitra Bhattacharyya on 6 December 1975 in [[Calcutta]], [[India]]. [[Asoke Kumar Bhattacharyya]], the Padma awardee of 2017, was her maternal grandfather.<ref>Page xvii, Progeny of Asoke Kumar Bhattacharyya, in the book Indian Culture – Multifacet Research – Commemoration Volume in Honour of Professor A. K. Bhattacharyya (2017) edited by Prof. Amalendu Chakraborty. Bharatiya Kala Prakashan: Kolkata. {{ISBN|978-8180903175}}</ref> Soon after, her family moved to the [[Roorkee University]] campus. She received her education from St. Anne’s Senior Secondary School, [[Roorkee]] and [[Banasthali Vidyapeeth]], [[Rajasthan]]. She joined [[Jadavpur University]], [[Calcutta]] for a [[Master of Arts]] degree in [[English Literature]] in 1996.<ref>Author Interview https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1bFkBuNuRivYlg5UGtlRFA0T00/view</ref> While at [[Jadavpur University]], [[P. Lal]] published her first book of poems in 1998 from his publishing house [[Writers Workshop]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.writersworkshopindia.com/books/poetry/redbird/lofty/ | title=Lofty| date=2015-07-19}}</ref> She was Junior Research Fellow in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at the [[Indian Institute of Technology]], [[Kharagpur]]. She worked in the interdisciplinary research area of [[psychoanalysis]] and literature.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lacan.com/bios.htm#bhattacharrya,|title=WRITERS BIO|website=www.lacan.com}}</ref> She received her [[Doctorate of Philosophy]] in [[English Literature]] in 2005.<ref>http://journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/cmscontent/HPY/HPY_Freud_dissertations_list.pdf</ref> She joined Post Graduate Government College, Sector-11, [[Chandigarh]] as Assistant Professor of English in 2006.<ref>UPSC employment, http://www.upsc.gov.in/recruitment/FN-Results/2006/rcts0606.pdf</ref> She is married and has a daughter. Her poetry has been published in various [[literary magazines]] and [[anthologies]] world wide.<ref>''The Camel Saloon'' May, July, August 2014, ''Contemporary Vibes'' Feb 2014, ''The Taj Mahal Review'' June 2014, ''Rainbow Hues'' 2014, ''Conifers Call'' April 2014, ''The Significant Anthology'' 2015, ''The Creative Mind'', 2015, ''LangLit'' Journal April 2015''Pink Panther'' 8 March 2016 ''The Wagon Magazine'', ''South Asian Ensemble''</ref> Gurdev Chauhan<ref>http://www.indianwriters.org/punjab/gurdev_chauhan.htm</ref> calls her poetry layered. "They open to more than one reading, often to an alternate voice." <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kaflaintercontinental.com/writings/book.reviews/knots_Anurahda.bhattachrya.htm|title=Book-Review Knots by Anuradha Bh|website=www.kaflaintercontinental.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/captive-without-bars/|title=Captive Without Bars Poem by Anuradha Bhattacharyya - Poem Hunter|website=poemhunter.com}}</ref> ''The Road Taken'' is her first [[novel]] published in April 2015 by Col [[Mahip Chadha]] who was the CEO of Creative Crows Publishers, [[New Delhi]]. She has published many [[short stories]] over and over again in print- and e-journals. She has received an award of honour Sahitya Shree from Kafla Intercontinental in October, 2016. The Chandigarh [[Sahitya Akademi]] in its Annual Award Ceremony, April 2017, accorded the Award of Best Book of the year 2016 to her novel ''One Word''. She was also honoured at the annual festival of poets, Amaravati Poetic Prism<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/world-multi-lingual-poets-meet-begins-tomorrow/article20087322.ece|title=World multi-lingual poets' meet begins tomorrow|date=10 November 2017|publisher=|via=www.thehindu.com|newspaper=The Hindu}}</ref> held on 11-12 November 2017 at [[Vijayawada]] organized by the [[Cultural Centre of Vijayawada]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.setumag.com/2017/11/amaravati-poetic-prism.html|title=Report: Amaravati Poetic Prism 2017|website=www.setumag.com}}</ref>. The Amaravati Poetic Prism is famous for its record representation of Indian poets and Indian languages<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Vijayawada/amaravati-poetic-prism-enters-record-book/article22813004.ece|title=Amaravati Poetic Prism enters record book|date=21 February 2018|publisher=|via=www.thehindu.com|newspaper=The Hindu}}</ref>. She won the fifth prize for her story "Painting Black and Blue" in the International Short Story contest conducted by PoiesisOnline in 2018. It is called the Poiesis Award for Excellence in Literature.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.poiesisonline.com/bharat-award-2018-winners|title=Bharat Award 2018 Winners - poiesisonline|website=www.poiesisonline.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boloji.com/articles/50187/my-interview-with-prof-dr-anuradha-bhattacharyya|title=My Interview with Prof. Dr Anuradha Bhattacharyya by Moloy Bhattacharya|website=boloji.com}}</ref> Bhattacharyya was one of the awardees on the Republic Day ceremony, 2019 where she was conferred the Commendation Award from the Adviser to Chandigarh Administrator for her extensive work in the field of Art & Culture.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/chandigarh-healer-visually-impaired-girl-among-r-day-awardees-5554453/ | title=Chandigarh: Healer, visually-impaired girl among R-Day awardees| date=2019-01-24}}</ref> At Haridwar Literature Festival, December, 2018, she said, "I write about the unique things I have experienced or observed and I publish them for the benefit of the society".<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BM4yf2rFhgs&app=desktop</ref> She was present as a Distinguished Guest speaker on the occasion. <ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.haridwarliteraturefestival.org/guests/ | title=Guests &#124; Haridwar Literature Festival}}</ref> In the year 2020 she received the Best Book of the Year Award from Chandigarh Sahitya Akademi for her novel Still She Cried. She also received their grant-in-aid for the publication of her book of poems My Dadu and published it. My Dadu is an illustrated book of poems on her maternal grandfather [[Asoke Kumar Bhattacharyya]] and contains a short memoir by Chitra Bhattacharyya about her father.<ref>on her grandfather</ref><ref>https://anuradhabhattacharyya.wordpress.com/2020/03/11/my-dadu-to-my-grandfather-who-never-knew-old-age/</ref> == Awards and honours == '''Chandigarh Sahitya Akademi Best Book of the Year Award 2019''' in the category of English Novel, 2020<ref>https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/dav-college-wins-vitarka-2020-44906</ref><ref>https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/honour-for-17-authors-by-csa-52965</ref> '''Commendation Award''' Republic Day of India, Chandigarh Administration, 2019<ref>http://chdpr.gov.in/dashboard/sites/default/files/Commendation%20Certificates%20for%20distinguished%20service.pdf</ref><ref>http://www.indianewscalling.com/news/79772-commendation-certificates-to-the-following-on-republic-day-2019.aspx</ref> '''Poiesis Award for Excellence in Literature''' PoiesisOnline, 2018<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.poiesisonline.com/bharat-award-2018-winners|title=Bharat Award 2018 Winners - poiesisonline|website=www.poiesisonline.com}}</ref> '''Chandigarh Sahitya Akademi Best Book of the Year Award 2016''' in the category of English Novel, 2017<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/chandigarh/education/sahitya-akademi-honour-for-writers/384418.html | title=Sahitya Akademi honour for writers| date=2017-03-30}}</ref> '''Sahitya Shree''' from Kafla Intercontinental, 2016<ref>Author Interview https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1bFkBuNuRivYlg5UGtlRFA0T00/view</ref> == Books == * ''My Dadu'' (poems) (New Delhi: Adhyaya Books 2020 {{ISBN|978-93-88688-71-0}}) * ''Still She Cried'' (novel) (New Delhi: Authors Press 2019 {{ISBN|978-93-88859-73-8}}) * ''One Word'' (novel) (New Delhi: Creative Crows Publishers 2016 {{ISBN|978-93-84901-28-8}})<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kitaab.org/tag/anuradha-bhattacharyya/|title=Anuradha Bhattacharyya -|website=kitaab.org}}</ref> * ''Twentieth Century European Literature – a cultural baggage'' (academic book) (New Delhi: Creative Crows Publishers 2016 {{ISBN|978-93-84901-03-5}}) * ''The Road Taken'' (novel) (New Delhi: Creative Crows Publishers 2015 {{ISBN|978-93-84901-07-3}}) * ''The [[Lacan]]ian Author'' (academic work) (Chandigarh: Kafla Intercontinental 2015 {{ISBN|978-93-84023-05-8}}) * ''Lofty – to fill up a cultural chasm'' (poems) (Kolkata: Writers Workshop 2015 {{ISBN|978-93-5045-100-7}}) * ''Knots'' (poems) (Kolkata: Writers Workshop 2012 {{ISBN|978-93-5045-042-0}}) * ''Fifty-Five Poems'' (Calcutta: Writers Workshop 1998 {{ISBN|81-7595-294-6}})<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nationallibrary.gov.in/showdetails.php?id=11991|title=National library|first=Your|last=Name|website=nationallibrary.gov.in}}</ref> ==Short stories== * "Bus Stand" (in ''Kafla Intercontinental'', Summer 2013, Chandigarh {{ISSN|2278-1625}}) * "If you marry, your father will die" (in e-magazine ''Indian Review'') * "The Cancer" (in ''Kafla Intercontinental'', Jan-April 2014, Chandigarh {{ISSN|2278-1625}}) * "Night Bus" (in e journal ''The Bactrian Room'', April 2014) * "Hey Swamiji !" (in e journal ''The Bactrian Room'', Aug 2014) * "Big Max" (in e journal ''The Bactrian Room'', Aug 2014) * "Death by Water" (in ''Kafla Intercontinental'', April 2015, Chandigarh {{ISSN|2278-1625}}) * "I love your eyes", (in ''School Shiksha'' (print magazine) Dec-Jan 2014-15 & in e-magazine ''Indian Review''.) * "The Story of a Banana Tree", (in e magazine ''The Bactrian Room'', March 2015, in ''School Shiksha'' (print magazine) Feb 2015, & in ''Little Hands'' (print magazine) March 2015 * "Classroom" (in ''Langlit'', an online journal, May 2015 {{ISSN|2349-5189}}) * "Death by Water" (in ''Kafla Intercontinental'', Summer 2015, Chandigarh {{ISSN|2278-1625}}) * "Mother Cow" (in ''School Shiksha'' Year-6, Vol 9, Jan 2016, RNI: MPBIL2010/34735, {{ISSN|2394-6938}} & in ''Little Hands'', Vol.3 Issue 8, Feb 2016, Thiruvananthapuram, RNI: KERENG/2013/51995) * "Party" (in ''Langlit'', an online journal, March 2016 {{ISSN|2349-5189}}) * "Order Order" (in e-magazine ''Indian Review'', Sept 2016) * "The Camel & the Horse" (in Songsoptok, The Writers Blog, Kolkata, Feb 2017 & in ''Little Hands'' (print magazine) March 2017) * "The Pumpkin" (in ANURADHASPHERE, Songsoptok, The Writers Blog, Kolkata, March 2017) * "The Railway Station Hang-over" (in ANURADHASPHERE, Songsoptok, The Writers Blog, Kolkata, April 2017 & in ''Little Hands'' (print magazine) April 2017) * "Painting Black and Blue" (in ''School Shiksha'' (print magazine) Jan 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://anuradhabhattacharyya.blogspot.com/2018/03/painting-black-and-blue-story.html|title=In Compassion: Painting Black and Blue* (story)|first=Anuradha|last=Bhattacharyya|date=6 March 2018|website=anuradhabhattacharyya.blogspot.com}}</ref> * "Samosa Express" (in ''Langlit'', an online journal, VOL.5 ISSUE-4 2019, May 2019 {{ISSN|2349-5189}}) == Other publications == As an academic, Dr. Anuradha Bhattacharyya has published critical essays<ref>{{cite web|url=https://chd.academia.edu/AnuradhaBhattacharyya|title=Anuradha Bhattacharyya - Panjab University, Chandigarh India - Academia.edu|website=chd.academia.edu}}</ref> on [[Buddhism]], [[Jacques Lacan]], [[August Strindberg]], [[Maxim Gorky]], [[Pirandello]], [[Albert Camus]], [[Bertolt Brecht]], [[Peter Weiss]], [[Salman Rushdie]], [[Milan Kundera]], [[Arundhati Roy]], [[Aravind Adiga]], [[Jhumpa Lahiri]] and [[Pablo Neruda]] which are published in various Indian print journals. ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * [http://lifeinchandigarh.com/news-views_and-the-award-goes-to News] * [http://www.bhaskar.com/news/UT-CHD-HMU-NES-MAT-latest-chandigarh-news-020003-2501637-NOR.html News] * [http://thecamelsaloon.blogspot.in/search/label/Anuradha%20Bhattacharyya ''Daggers Drawn'' and other poems] * [http://theeyeoftheneedlevortice.blogspot.in/2014/05/the-cobra.html ''The Cobra''] * [http://www.setumag.com/2019/03/dr-anuradha-bhattacharyya-india.html ''The Weapon of Infamy'' and other poems] * [http://www.kaflaintercontinental.com/writings/book.reviews/knots_Anurahda.bhattachrya.htm Book Review of ''Knots''] * [https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1bFkBuNuRivSXRkNXgxYm1haWc/view Book Review of ''Lofty''] * [http://bactrianroom.blogspot.in/search/label/Anuradha%20Bhattacharyya ''The Bactrian Room''] * [http://indianreview.in/authors/anuradha-bhattacharyya/ ''Indian Review''] * [http://www.lacan.com/disguise.htm Lacan.com] * [https://www.jstor.org/stable/23341739?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents ''Indian Literature''] * [https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=ED9DR28AAAAJ&hl=en Google Scholar] * [https://anuradhabhattacharyya.blogspot.in/ Personal Website] {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bhattacharyya, Anuradha}} [[Category:Indian women poets]] [[Category:English-language writers from India]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Women writers from West Bengal]] [[Category:1975 births]] [[Category:Indian women novelists]] [[Category:Indian women short story writers]] [[Category:Writers from Kolkata]] [[Category:Novelists from West Bengal]] [[Category:21st-century Indian women writers]] [[Category:21st-century Indian novelists]] [[Category:Jadavpur University alumni]] [[Category:Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur alumni]]'