Lopamudra Banerjee, Author at Blue Pencil

Lopamudra Banerjee

Lopa Banerjee is an Indian-Bengali poet, author and editor living in Texas, USA who has nine books on Amazon (including anthologies) to her credit. She has a Masters’ in English with a thesis in Creative Nonfiction writing from the University of Nebraska, and also a Masters’ in English from the University of Calcutta. She is the author of the Journey Awards 2015 winning memoir Thwarted Escape, and the critically acclaimed poetry collection Woman And Her Muse. She has translated Nobel laureate Tagore’s selected works of fiction as The Broken Home And Other Stories and two dramas of Tagore, Tales of Transformation (English translation of Tagore’s Chitrangada and Chandalika). Among her latest works are a poetry film/short film in collaboration with two other poets (upcoming) and an anthology on gender violence titled Muffled Moans Unleashed (as co-editor). A recipient of the Woman Achiever Award 2018 instituted by International Women’s Short Film Festival, The Reuel International Prize for poetry (2017) and for translation (2016), she wears many hats. She is also a featured poet/artist performing poetry/spoken words in Texas (at Power 214 Radio station, Dark Moon Poetry, Houston PoetryFest, I Want To Hear You Sistah among others). She is the Consultant Editor at Blue Pencil Publishers, New Delhi, India and an online writing consultant/workshop mentor at Dimensions, Kolkata.

Books by Lopamudra Banerjee

My Unicorn is a Dove

Dive into Sharanya’s world where unicorns, fairies, mystic creatures and a rainbow of love spill their magic everywhere. My Unicorn is a Dove is a paradise of words and art, taking over our prosaic world with its special aura and authenticity of a child’s vision and artistry.

All That Jazz & Other Pathbreaking Tales

All That Jazz and Other Pathbreaking Tales, consisting of ‘All That Jazz: A Romance Novella’ and ’10 Short Stories’ narrate the tales of contemporary women and their emotional journeys, their life choices and their travails. Romance, gender, sexuality, and the spirited journeys of love and loss form the crux of these pathbreaking narratives.

Tales of Transformation

Publisher : Blue Pencil Year : (13 June 2018) Language: : English File size : 6235 KB Print length : 72 pages Introduction ‘Chitrangada’ and ‘Chandalika’, two dance dramas written by Rabindranath Tagore, were composed during the end of nineteenth century and early twentieth century respectively, and the rich melodies of Tagore’s poetry are abundantly … Continue reading “Tales of Transformation”

Darkness There But Something More

This anthology of 30 selected ghost stories by authors dispersed all over the globe celebrates the spine-chilling thrills and sense of awe and bewilderment of this very inexplicable world inhabited by the other-worldly beings. Come, experience the cataclysmic, weird, and at times, benevolent spirit world and you will never have a dull moment in this roller-coaster ride!

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