Sukumar
Ray (1887-1923), one of the greatest writers
and illustrators in the history of Bengali literature,
was born in 1887. Like his father, Upendrakishore,
and like his son, Satyajit, Sukumar, despite
his sense of humour, had intense powers of concentration.
He would become entirely oblivious of everything
while working out a creative problem from the
beginning to the end. Swift minded, he synthesized
words and images. Unfortunately, his literary
style is very difficult to translate. Satyajit
made an effort to put into English some verses
from "The King of Bombaria", from
the book, Abol-Tabol.
