The Empty Distance Carries Munda & Oraon Folk Songs 1972 Writer's Workshop India

Description: The Empty Distance Carries ...; Oraon & Mundari Tribal Songs Transcreated, with an Introduction By Sitakant MahapatraBy Sitakant Mahapatra 1972 first edition Writers Workshop / P. Lal (Kolkata [Calcutta], India), 5 1/2 x 8 7/8 inches tall red Indian handloom cloth hardbound, xxi, 59, xv pp. plus publisher's ads. Publisher's wraparound paper 'belly band' present, though creased and torn. Very slight rubbing and edgewear to covers. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of the cloth hardbound edition, not to be confused with the less expensive (and more common) cloth-covered 'flexibound' edition. Scarce. Sitakant Mahapatra (b. 1937) is a notable Indian poet and literary critic in Oriya as well as English. He has published over 15 poetry collections, 5 essay collections, a travelogue and more than 30 contemplative works, apart from numerous translations. His poetry collections have been published in several Indian languages. Some of his notable works include Sabdar Akash (1971) (The Sky of Words), Samudra (1977) and Anek Sharat (1981). Writers Workshop is a Calcutta, India based literary publisher founded by the poet-professor Purushottama Lal (1929-2010) in 1958. Over the next few decades it published many new authors of post-independence urban literature. Many of these authors later became important literary figures.

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