Sayan Ray

A teacher in English, Sayan Ray published his first anthology of poems in Bengali Mahamanober Poshak (Apparel of an Apostle) in 2000. Till date he has seven books of poems to his credit. He has been editing a Bengali poetry magazine named Guhalipi for the last thirteen years. He has translated in Bengali the poems of Naseem Shafaie and other poets of Kashmir, poems of Ibn al Arabi, Turkish poet Bejan Matur, and Syrian poet Rasha Omran. He is the recipient of Subhash Mukhopadhyay Memorial Award.