Background
Dasgupta, Probal was born on September 19, 1953 in Calcutta. Son of Arun Kumar and Manashi (Roy) Dasgupta.
linguist president translator university professor writer board member
Dasgupta, Probal was born on September 19, 1953 in Calcutta. Son of Arun Kumar and Manashi (Roy) Dasgupta.
Dasgupta obtained his Doctor of Philosophy from New York University (1980. Thesis title: Questions and Relative and Complement Clauses in a Bangla Grammar) and became professor for applied linguistics at University of Hyderabad in 1989.
He is currently at the Linguistic Research Unit of Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata. Dasgupta is one of the coredactors for the three-times-a-year periodical of Esperanto belles-lettres Beletra Almanako. Manashi DasGupta: Dormanta hejmaro, Antwerp: Flandra Esperanto-Ligo 2006
Manashi DasGupta: Mi juna, Rotterdam: Esperantaj Kajeroj 1989
Rabindranath Tagore: Primico, København: TK 1977
Upendronath Gangopaddhae: Klera edzino, Pisa: Edistudio 1994.
Academy of Esperanto. Universal Esperanto Association]
Since 2004 he has been an honorary member of the Linguistic Society of America.
Married Malasree Sircar, November 11, 1983. 1 child, Abir.