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Dr Bashabi Fraser, CBE is an award winning poet, children’s writer, editor, translator and academic.

Bashabi’s work traverses continents in bridge-building literary projects. She has authored and edited 23 books, published several articles and chapters, both academic and creative and as a poet, has been widely anthologised. She is the Chief Editor of the academic and creative peer-reviewed international e-journal, Gitanjali and Beyond and on the Editorial Board of RLF WritersMosaic.

Writing

Selected writing. Her commissioned works include The Ramayana, a play written with a Scottish Arts Council writer’s grant, and her co-edited anthology Rainbow World: poems from many cultures (Hodder & Stoughton, 2003), which was runner-up for the Emma best book award.

Poetry

Bashabi is a member of Scottish Pen and a committee member of the Poetry Association of Scotland.

Publications

Her publications include Raga & Reels (2012), Scots Beneath the Banyan Tree: stories from Bengal (2012), From the Ganga to the Tay (2009), Bengal Partition Stories: an unclosed chapter (2006, 2008, for which she was awarded a British Academy research grant).

About

Bashabi has worked with the British Council in Bangladesh, India and Mauritius, with the BBC, and as a writer-in-residence on the BT Future Talk programme. She teaches creative writing and participates in literary festivals. Her prizes include the AIO award for literary services in Scotland (2009).

Gitanjali and Beyond

A peer-reviewed open-access international journal, promoting creative writing, artistic expression and research on Tagore’s work and life, his circle and his impact.

Scotland - Kolkata

Memories and reflections on Kolkata.
The capital of British India, from 1772 until 1912, Kolkata celebrated its tercentenary in 1990

Tagore Centre

The Scottish Centre of Tagore Studies (ScoTs) promotes, researches and celebrates Rabindranath Tagore's life, works and impact and that of his circle.