Splendeurs de la Poésie assamaise: Poèmes choisis de Nilmani Phookan et de Hiren Bhattacharyya Traduit de l'assamais par Binod Kumar Gogoi

This volume contains the selected poems in French translation of two major modern Assamese poets - Nilmani Phookan and Hiren Bhattacharyya. The poems are selected for their universal appeal. The translator Binod Kumar Gogoi has taken utmost care to keep the meaning of the original text. Nilmani Phookan has been influenced by the French symbolist, and by the Anglo-American imagist poets. Phookan’s poetry is rooted in Assamese culture and replete with images such as river, mountain, fire, wat...