Subimal Mishra (born 1943) is a Bengali novelist, short story writer and essayist. He is known as a maverick and audacious experimentalist in contemporary Bengali literature.
Subimal Mishra started his literary career at the end of 1967. From then on, he is writing only in Bengali Little Magazines and has never penned a single word for any commercial magazine. Strong critique of the complacent and decadent bourgeoisie, his writings are starkly po...
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Subimal Mishra (born 1943) is a Bengali novelist, short story writer and essayist. He is known as a maverick and audacious experimentalist in contemporary Bengali literature.
Subimal Mishra started his literary career at the end of 1967. From then on, he is writing only in Bengali Little Magazines and has never penned a single word for any commercial magazine. Strong critique of the complacent and decadent bourgeoisie, his writings are starkly political. His use of calligraphy, space and visually expressive letterings gives a new dimension to his writings.
Heavily influenced by Jean Luc Godard, Subimal Mishra uses various cinematic techniques, like montage, jump-cut etc., in his literary works.
Subimal Mishra currently lives in Shampa Mirza Nagar, Kolkata. Though he is suffering from serious heart disease, he still writes regularly and keeps himself up-to-date with recent developments in the world literature.
To date, Subimal Misra has published over 20 volumes of stories, novels,...
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