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Orijit Sen (born 1963) is an Indian graphic artist and designer. His graphic novel River of Stories, published in 1994 by Kalpavriksh,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Books Out Of Print Environment and Development )〕 is considered as the first graphic novel of India. He co-founded People Tree〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=People Tree - a meeting ground – and of course, breeding ground too – of art, commerce and madness )〕 in 1990 as a "collaborative studio and store for artists, designers, and craftspeople." He is one of the founders of The Pao Collective〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Pao Collective )〕 of comic book artists; PAO: The Anthology Of Comics 1 by Penguin Books India won the 2nd Comic Con India Awards 2012〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=2nd Annual Comic Con India Awards honors the Comics Industry of India )〕 in the best graphic anthology category. He is Mario Miranda Chair visiting professor at Goa University.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Visiting Research Professors Programme, Goa University )〕 ''The Disappearing Tiger'',〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Disappearing Tiger at The Fabric of India exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London )〕 a t-shirt designed by him, is currently featured at The Fabric of India〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Fabric of India exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London )〕 exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. His diverse works, which include public art works, have been exhibited in India, England, Russia, France, Canada, and various other countries. ==Background== Orijit Sen studied at the National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad in the 1980s. He recalled that "I read whatever underground comics I could get my hands on. These included Robert Crumb and Art Spiegelman. I was blown away by Spiegelman’s Maus."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Interview with Orijit Sen )〕 In his words, ''Maus'' validated his artistic convictions and inspired him to pursue drawing and making comics. After leaving NID Ahmedabad, Sen got involved with the Narmada Bachao Andolan and worked closely with the activists and the displaced adivasis. With the help of a grant from a non-profit organisation Kalpavriksh,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Kalpavriksh )〕 Sen created India's first graphic novel as well as non-fiction comics River of Stories.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=River of Stories A Blacklisting column by Mondipa Mondal )〕 Sen faced a tough time trying to find readers for River of Stories. Many "bookshops refused to stock it as it didn’t fit into any of the categories that they displayed"〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Story Boxes: Orjit Sen by Payal Khandelwal )〕 and Sen was compelled to stock it at his studio and shop People Tree. River of Stories is now out of print. However, in the last one decade in India, a loyal and serious readership of graphic novels and comic books has been developing gradually and Sen is going to bring out a new edition of River of Stories very soon. Sen created ''Telling Tales'' for over two years for India Magazine. He worked on the illustration for Trash!: On Ragpicker Children and Recycling (2004). He collaborated with Manipuri artists to create IMUNG: Manipur Home Care Handbook, a guide for HIV and AIDS healthcare in Manipur. He put together a set of comics for the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), India. Sen is creating the visual identity of the first ever India-Palestine theatre collaboration Freedom Jatha〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Indo-Palestine theatre collaboration to come alive this winter )〕 between Jana Natya Manch (Janam), Delhi, India and The Freedom Theatre, Jenin, Palestine; he's designed five original Freedom Jatha artworks. Sen's collaboration with Janam dates back to 1992 when he first designed the set, poster and brochure for the production of Govind Purushottam Deshpande's ''Satyashodhak'' on the life and times of Jyotirao Phule. The Janam logo is also a 2007 creation by Sen. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Orijit Sen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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