Yashodhara Ray Chaudhuri
Yashodhara Ray Chaudhuri (born 1965) is a poet residing in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. She produced collections of Bengali poetry. She was awarded the Krittibas Puraskar in 1998 by the Krittibas Patrika. She is also the recipient of Anita Sunil Kumar Basu Smriti Puraskar by Bangla Academy Kolkata ( 2006) and Sahitya Setu Puraskar 2007 She received the Barna parichay Sharad Samman in 2011 . Career. Her first published work was "Panyasamhita (Psalms on Commodities)" (1996, Kabita Pakshik). This was followed by "Pisachinikabya (The She–Demonic Verses)" (1998, Kabita Pakshik). She won the "Krittibas Puraskar" literary award in 1998 . It is a book of love poems centering on alienation, distorted relationships and loneliness. Chaudhuri authored two works in 1999, "Chirantan Galpomala (Timeless Tales)" and "Radio-Bitan (The Radio Garden)". "Abar Prothom theke Poro (Read Anew from A)" (2001 Ananda Publishers) featured themes of the creation of life—especially childbirth—as well as childhood and society. "Meyeder Projatantra ( The Republic of Women)" (2005, Saptarshi Prakashan) brought the poet the Anita-Sunil Basu Smriti Puroskar of Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi of 2006. Themes include relationships between women. She wrote in the voice of the womb, which compares itself to the womb of  the grandmother and the mother. Another section, "Dharabahik Uponyas" ( Serialized Novelette), tells about the ongoing journey of communication between women, across time, space and generations. She published one collection of stories, "Meyeder Kichhu Ekta Hoyechhe", (2007, Deep Prokashan) including ten stories written between 1989 and 2006. A collection of poetry, "Kurukshetra, On-Line" (2008, Saptarshi Prakashan), was seen by reviewers as a departure from her usual style, as the book relates to the recent killings and political unrest in Bengal, especially the Nandigram carnage. Recent publications include 'Chhaya-Shoririni'(2009, Pratibhas), a collection of three novellas. It deals with characters bordering  on virtual reality, whose professional and personal life is submerged in a plethora of complex identities created by social networking sites, reality TV and news shows. Chaudhuri also is a translator from original French language. She has translated "Leonardo Da Vinci" by Serge Bremley in 2008. "Godyabodhi", a collection of Bengali Proses, was published in January 2020. It contains nine essays on poetry. The writer′s own feelings on poetry, various doctrines regarding the foundation of it are described in this book. Publications. Complete list of publications by Chaudhuri Poetry Prose Translation work Education. Chaudhuri studied philosophy at Presidency College, Kolkata , then affiliated with the University of Calcutta, from 1984 to 1989. Profession. Chaudhuri is a 1991 batch member of the Indian Audit and Accounts Service and works for the Comptroller and Auditor General of India. As of 2019 she has served in Jharkhand, West Bengal, Assam and Odisha.