Ananda Lal | |
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 Ananda Lal in 2016 | |
| Born | Ananda Lal 1955 (age 68–69) |
| Known for | Theatre |
| Spouse | Swati Lal |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent(s) | Purushottama Lal Shyamasree Devi |
| Relatives | Srimati Lal (sister) Kalidas Nag (maternal grandfather) |
| Website | https://kolkatatheatre.com/ |
Ananda Lal (born 1955) is an Indian academic and theatre critic. He is the son of Purushottama Lal, founder of Writers Workshop, one of India's oldest creative writing publishers, established in 1958.[1][2][3] He is a former Professor of English and Coordinator, Rabindranath Tagore Studies Centre (UGC), at Jadavpur University, Calcutta and has now retired from active service.[4] He currently heads Writers Workshop, translates from Bengali to English, is a theatre critic for The Times of India (Calcutta). While he was a professor at Jadavpur, he regularly directed plays for the Department of English with students in the cast and crew.[5]
His books include "Indian Drama in English: The Beginnings" (2019), the "Oxford Companion to Indian Theatre" (2004, the first reference work in any language on that subject), "Rabindranath Tagore: Three Plays" (1987 and 2001, the first full-length study in English of Tagorean drama), "Theatres of India" (2009), "Twist in the Folktale" (2004), "Shakespeare on the Calcutta Stage" (2001) and "Rasa: The Indian Performing Arts" (1995).[6] He now runs a website called Kolkata Theatre.
- ^ "Writers' Workshop completes 50 years of literary glory". The Indian Express. 4 October 2008.
- ^ "P Lal and the Writer's Workshop story". Business Standard. 9 November 2010.
- ^ "City remembers a great scholar & human". The Times of India. 14 November 2010. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012.
- ^ Chakraborty, Shamayita (12 March 2018). "Theatre education is almost missing in India: Ananda Lal". The Times of India.
- ^ "Biblio-beauties". Mint. 9 December 2010.
- ^ Santhanam, Kausalya (15 October 2004). "All about Indian Theatre". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 26 January 2005. Retrieved 28 September 2010.