Manohar Mouli Biswas

• Name — Manohar Mouli Biswas • Born — 3 October 1943 • Birthplace — Dakshin Matiargati, Bagerhat, Undivided Bengal, British India • Occupation — Bilingual writer and poet • Parents — Late Prahlad Chandra Biswas and Late Panchu Bala Biswas

Manohar Mouli Biswas was born into the Namasudra caste in Dakshin Matiargati, Khulna, East Bengal, in 1943. He is the current President of Bangla Dalit Sahitya Sanstha. He has published four volumes of poetry, a collection of short stories, seven essay anthologies, and an autobiography titled "Amar Bhubaney Ami Benche Thaki" (2013). The latter has been translated by Angana Dutta and Jaydeep Sarangi as "Surviving in My World: Growing Up Dalit in Bengal" (2015).

His poems are translated widely from Bangla into English and into other languages.Phoolan Devi At the age of twenty four She gun fired all Against humiliation Her determination registered Oh! Phoolan, you have come from The lowest caste From a marginalised village. Oppressors of women, be aware of it— She resists at some points; Every woman is a Phoolan in spirit Warfare In the flesh alive of my body The worms eat up, bit by bit. Why does the cancer spread in streets of the whole body? Red flag has thirst for blood; A rose of revolt. All my decaying cells Restore the spirit I have To live as rails of protest. - translated by Jaydeep Sarangi

• Krishna Mrittikar Manoosh(8 May 1988), published by Satyabrata Majumdar; distributed by Nirmal Book Agency, Kolkata, West Bengal

• Amar Bhubaney Ami Benche Thaki (13 June 2013), Chaturtha Dunia, Kolkata • Surviving in My World: Growing Up Dalit in Bengal (2015), Stree

• Dalit Sahityer Digboloy (1992), J/3 Tangra Govt. Housing Estate; distributed by Dr. Ambedkar Prakashani, Dalua, Garia, South 24 Parganas, West Bengal • Yuktivadi Bharatbarsha: Ekti Aitihyer Sandhan (1998), Chaturtha Dunia, Kolkata, • Vonnochokhe Prabandha Mala (14 April 2003), Chaturtha Dunia, Kolkata • Dalit Sahityer Ruparekha (February 2007), Bani Silpa, Kolkata • Prabandhe Prantajan Authoba Asprisher Diary (January 2010), Chaturtha Dunia, Kolkata, • An Interpretation of Dalit Literature, Aesthetic, Theory and Movements: Through the Lens of Ambedkarism (January 2017), published by Shubhra Biswas on behalf of Bangla Dalit Sahitya Sanstha, and Chaturtha Dunia, Kolkata,

• Dalit Mirror (Govt. of India Registration no 71031/97),