Shaswata Gangopadhyay (India) : One of the Prominent face of Contemporary Bengali Poetry ,who started writing in Mid 90s. Born and brought up at Kolkata, Shaswata has profound interest in travelling,adventure and classical music
Shaswata writes in Bengali, the 4th largest language of the earth and as per UNESCO, it is the sweetest language
His poems have been published in all major journals of Bengali literature
He has been invited to read his poems in different virtual poetry festival of Europe and Both North and Latin America, like World Poetry festival in Argentina and Cuba, International Poetry festival in Greece, Washington etc. He has also participated in Silk Road Poetry festival in China
His poems are continuously Publised in all six continents through translations in different languages. His book of Poems : Inhabitant of Pluto Planet (2001)
Offspring of Monster (2009), Holes of Red Crabs(2015)and Rhododendron Cafe (2021), Selected Love Poems (2021)
Recently His Poems had been exhibited in a Poetry Festival in Picollo Museum,Italy- the only Poetry Museum of the world. Translations of his Poems have been published in various journals and anthologies of Europe,America, Asia, Africa and Latin America and Australia
He has also been invited to read his poems in both UK and USA Book Fair, organised virtually this year
