Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Poetic Obituaries: Gupta, whose real name was Abdul Mannan

took the pen name of Samudra Gupta in the 60s and is now widely known by his pen name.

Through his writings, Gupta created a strong voice against communalism and fundamentalism, and created his own following.

During his long writing career, Gupta who was a journalist by profession--penned 13 poetry books, one fiction and a poetry book with another writer.

from The Daily Star: Poet Samudra Gupta passes away

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