Sefali Debbarma Explained

Sefali Debbarma
Birth Date:3 February 1964
Awards:Tripura State Award for Poetry (2004), Ranchak Richak Award (2022)
Occupation:
  • Poet
Notable Works:Lamination
Language:Kokborok
Birth Place:Pattabil Kami, Tripura

Sefali Debbarma is an Indian poet and novelist from Tripura.[1] [2] Her poem "Lamination" was included in the collection 100 Great Indian Poems.[3]

Writings

Debbarma's works mostly reflect on the reality of the Tripuri (Tiprasa) people's lifestyle, spanning from the contemporary times of the 20th century to the present political reality of Tripura.[4] [5]

Her writings were translated and published in the anthology The Fragrant Jhum: a Translation of Kokborok Poetry in English by Ashes Gupta.[6]

Poetry

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Vol. 51, No. 5 (241), September-October 2007 of Indian Literature on JSTOR . 2 February 2024 . . en . 2 February 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240202004713/https://www.jstor.org/stable/i23339892 . live .
  2. Web site: May 31, 2010 . Poetry finds an English voice . 2 February 2024 . . en . 2 February 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240202004713/https://www.telegraphindia.com/north-east/poetry-finds-an-english-voice/cid/522817 . live .
  3. Web site: 100 Great Indian Poems . 2 February 2024 . . en . 2 February 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240202004713/https://www.bloomsbury.com/in/100-great-indian-poems-9789386950932/ . live .
  4. Web site: Review Article: The Fragrant Joom Revisited: A Translation of Kokborok Poetry in English by Ashes Gupta – Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities . 2 February 2024 . rupkatha.com . en-US . 2 February 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240202012214/https://rupkatha.com/v9n136/ . live .
  5. Singha . Sukla . 2017-05-07 . Review Article: The Fragrant Joom Revisited: A Translation of Kokborok Poetry in English by Ashes Gupta . Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities . 9 . 1 . 10.21659/rupkatha.v9n1.36 . 5 May 2024 . 2 February 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240202012214/https://rupkatha.com/v9n136/ . live . free .
  6. Book: The Fragrant Joom revisited: An Anthology of Kokborok poetry in English . 2017 . Akshar Publications . 978-81-89742-24-9 . Gupta . Ashes . Agartala, Tripura.