Malay Roychoudhury (1939-2023): The Explosive Poet of India s Hungryalist Movement thewire.in - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thewire.in Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Remembering Pradip Choudhuri, the Trilingual Poet of Bengal s Hungry Generation
He was, perhaps, one of the most reliable links that Bengal and India had to the counter-culture movements across America and Europe.
Pradeep Chaudhuri in Paris. Photo: Author provided
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Americaâs Beat generation legend Lawrence Ferlinghetti once said, âPradip Choudhuriâs poetry proves that poetry is still the desiring machine of our dreams, the hungry beast that devours us all.â Choudhuri, one of the most important poets of Bengalâs iconic Hungry Generation literary movement of the 1960s, died after testing positive for COVID-19 in the early hours of April 25. He was 78.