Original Book: Matiro Manush Language: Oriya Author: KALINDI CHARAN MAHAPATRA
Assamese Translation: Matir Manuh Year of Translation: 1962 Translator: Satyendra Nath Sarma Publisher: Sahitya Academy This information was given by Bijit Borthakur of Amolapatty, Nagaon. I have checked Sahitya Academy website, and found this info: - Matir Manuh (Matir Manish, Oriya) by Kalindi Charan Panigrahi) Foreword Harekrushna Mahtab Tr. Satyendranath Sarma Pp. 200 Reprint (1995) ISBN 81-7201-900-9 Rs 40.00 http://www.sahitya-akademi.org/sahitya-akademi/bklst01.htm cheers! On Dec 11, 2007 12:32 AM, Rajen & Ajanta Barua <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Chandan; > I was not sure about the author. That was why I put a question mark. > However, I am clear about the plot. It resembles that of Good Earth which I > have read as well as seen the movie. It is about a Chinese peasant how he > started his life and family clearing new land etc. When you told that about > the plot of Mati Aru Manuh, I remembered the plot now. At that time also I > was thinking that Mati Aru Manuh was based on Good Earth. But I don't think > it was mentioned anywhere. It was definitely not a translation of that book > or any other book I think. It was definitely not Tolstoy. But who knows, I > may be wrong. Let us se when someone find a copy of Mati Aru Manuh. I will > check with a book stall in Guwahati. > Thanks > Rajen > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chan Mahanta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around theworld" < > assam@assamnet.org> > Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 8:01 AM > Subject: Re: [Assam] A Question > > > > Thanks Uttam. > > > > I was confused once more when I wrote to Rajen confirming it to be > > Jogesh Das, who probably was the author of another translated novel I > > read about the same time " Daawor Aaru Nai"--a war story. > > > > It will be interesting to find out about the origins of Maati aaru > Manuh. > > > > Incidentally, The Good Earth story did not seem to be the origin. > > > > c-da > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > At 4:29 AM +0000 12/10/07, uttam borthakur wrote: > >>Chandan Da > >> > >> Matir Manooh is by Hitesh Deka, as confirmed by Paresh Malakar of > Anwesha. > >> Mati Aru Manooh to my belief is a translated piece and a Russian > >>one at that. Like you, I have not read Pearl S Buck's Good Earth and > >>there the characters' names are not what you say. And I am sure we > >>did not have PSB's translated work at our place, only the English > >>ones. Paresh says he'll trace the book if it was there in the first > >>place. > >> > >>Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> K > >> > >> > >>Very apt indeed. Never came across it myself. Very similar to > >>Dhulikona Moi by the late Chandradhar Barua. > >> > >> > >>c-da > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>At 2:42 PM -0600 12/9/07, kamal deka wrote: > >>>Chandanda, > >>> > >>>your query in regard to the Oxomiya book " Mati aru Manuh " reminds me > of a > >>>Oxomiya kobita , I read during my early school years.I don't know the > name > >>>of the poet nor do I remember all the stanzas of the same.I vaguely > remember > >>>a few lines , which are as follows: > >>>" MATIR MANUH MATIT MILIBO > >>>DHUN PES KEO KORISE LAGIBO > >>>MISA GORBO MISA OBHIMAN > >>>MORILEY XOKOLU XOMAN > >>>SMOXANEI JOLONTO PROMAN" > >>> > >>>KJD > >>> > >>> > >>>On 12/9/07, Chan Mahanta wrote: > >>>> > >>>> You are right Rajen-- the author WAS Jogesh Das. Now I remember. > >>>> > >>>> But I never read The Good Earth by Pearl S Buck. I guess that is why > >>>> could not make the connection. I will have to look up The Good Earth > >>>> synopsis now, if not reads it some day. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> At 10:26 AM -0600 12/9/07, Rajen & Ajanta Barua wrote: > >>>> >Chandan > >>>> >If I remeber, the novel Mati aru Manuh by Jogesh Das (?) may be > based on > >>>> the > >>>> >novel Good Earth by Pers Buck, because I rembered the similarity > when > >>>> >reading the novel. > >>>> >Rajen > >>>> >----- Original Message ----- > >>>> >From: "Chan Mahanta" > >>>> >To: < [EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "A Mailing list for people > interested in > >>>> Assam > >>>> >from around theworld" < assam@assamnet.org> > >>>> >Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2007 8:35 AM > >>>> >Subject: Re: [Assam] A Question > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> >> WK: > >>>> >> > >>>> >> No, it is not How Much Land Does a Man Need -- we knew that story > >>>> >> well from our matriculation syllabus as well. > >>>> >> > >>>> >> I remember the title Maati Aaru Manuh well. But I could be mixed > up > >>>> >> about the names of the main characters. My very vague > recollection is > >>>> >> that the story dealt with pioneering characters in a new or > frontier > >>>> >> land. > >>>> >> > >>>> >> s > >>>> >> > >>>> >> > >>>> >> > >>>> >> > >>>> >> > >>>> >> > >>>> >> > >>>> >> > >>>> >> At 10:02 AM +0100 12/9/07, W.Saleh wrote: > >>>> >>>How Much Land Does a Man Need? > >>>> >>> > >>>> >>>It is a short story by Leo Tolstoy about a man called Pahom who > in his > >>>> >>>lust > >>>> >>>for land, sacrifices everything, including his own life. Years > ago this > >>>> >>>short story was included in the English syllabus of our > Matriculation > >>>> >>>examination. > >>>> >>> > >>>> >>>I don't know if an Assamese translation "Maati aaru Manuh" refers > to > >>>> the > >>>> >>>same story. The name of the main character is different. > >>>> >>> > >>>> >>>Encyclopaedia of Indian literature vol. 2, page 1434 mentions > about the > >>>> > >>>> >>>work > >>>> >>>of Lila Gogoi including the publication of 1963 - Srimantar Mati > aru > >>>> Manuh > >> >> >>>(a study of the life and culture of the tribes of the Arunachal > >>>> Pradesh). > >>>> >>>This is not the book which Chandan means. > >>>> >>> > >>>> >>>Wahid da > >>>> >>> > >>>> >>> > >>>> >>>-----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > >>>> >>>Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>> Namens > >>>> >>>uttam borthakur > >>>> >>>Verzonden: zondag 9 december 2007 8:57 > >>>> >>>Aan: A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around > the > >> >> world > >>>> >>>CC: shantanunandan sharma; shantanu sharma; shantanu sharma > >>>> >>>Onderwerp: Re: [Assam] A Question > >>>> >>> > >>>> >>>Dear Manoj > >>>> >>> > >>>> >>> I seem to remember the book and its get up. It had a hard bound, > >>>> turbid > >>>> >>> in > >>>> >>>its colour and had some sort of figure in the cover. I too > suspect as > >>>> you > >>>> >>>do > >>>> >>>to be that of Tolstoy. My mother seconds me. May be the original > title > >>>> by > >>>> >>>Tolstoy was different. Some people told me that they will look > up. Has > >>>> >>>Chandan Da wagered some where:-)? > >>>> >>> > >>>> >>>Manoj Das wrote: > >>>> >>> ok...i am forwarding this mail to shantanu nandan sharma..his > >>>> >>> grandfather > >>>> >>>may know.. > >>>> >>> > >>>> >>>tc > >>>> >>> > >>>> >>>On Dec 8, 2007 8:57 PM, Chan Mahanta wrote: > >>>> >>> > >>>> >>>> I am not sure it was Tolstoy Manoj. I looked up Tolstoy's works > and > >>>> > >>>> >>>> did not ring a bell. Must be some other great author. > >>>> >>>> > >>>> >>>> > >>>> >>>> > >>>> >>>> > >>>> >>>> > >>>> >>>> > >>> > >>>> > >>>> >>>> > >>>> >>>> > >>>> >>>> > >>>> >>>> At 10:03 AM +0530 12/8/07, Manoj Das wrote: > >>>> >>>> >is it by leo tolstoy? > >>>> >>>> > > >>>> >>>> >On Dec 8, 2007 8:54 AM, Chan Mahanta wrote: > >>>> >>>> > > >>>> >>>> >> Way back when I was in Class VI or VII, I read an Assamese > >>>> >>>> >> translation of a novel entitled Maati aaru Manuh. If I am > not > >>>> >>>> >> mistaken, the two principal characters in the novel were > Isaac > >>>> and > >>>> >>>> >> Einaar ( or Inaar) or something like that. Has anyone read > it? > >>>> If so > >>>> >>>> >> who wrote the original and who was the translator? I am > curious > >>>> to > >>>> >>>> >> all heck, now that I can't remember the details. BTW, it was > a > >>>> thick > >>>> >>>> >> book. > >>>> >>>> >> > >>>> >>>> >> _______________________________________________ > >>>> >>>> >> assam mailing list > >>>> >>>> >> assam@assamnet.org > >>>> >>>> >> http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > >>>> >>>> >> > >>>> >>>> >_______________________________________________ > >>>> >>>> >assam mailing list > >>>> >>>> > assam@assamnet.org > >>>> >>>> > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > >>>> > >>> > >>>> >>>> > >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> >>>> assam mailing list > >>>> >>>> assam@assamnet.org > >>>> >>>> http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > >>>> >>>> > >>>> >>>_______________________________________________ > >>>> >>>assam mailing list > >>>> >>> assam@assamnet.org > >>>> >>> http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > >>>> >>> > >>>> >>> > >>>> >>> > >>>> >>>Uttam Kumar Borthakur > >>>> >>> > >>>> >>> > >>>> >>>--------------------------------- > >>>> >>> DELETE button is history. 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