Books by J. D. Winter

J. D. Winter is a schoolmaster by profession. From 1994 to 2006 he lived in Kolkata, India, where he taught and wrote for The Statesman, and translated Bengali poetry and prose (Carcanet Press publications). He has translated the Anglo-Saxon epic Beowulf and the Middle English poem Pearl into modern English. His UK published books include: Song Offerings by Rabindranath Tagore; Bengal the Beautiful, a sonnet-sequence by Jibanananda Das; Calcutta Song, an account of living in Kolkata; and Two Loves I Have: A New Reading of Shakespeares Sonnets.