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Sharmistha (spelt as Sermista in English) was Dutt's first attempt at blank verse in Bengali literature. Kaliprasanna Singha organised a felicitation ceremony for Madhusudan to mark the introduction of blank verse in Bengali poetry. His famous epic, quoted as the only epic of Bengali kind, Meghnadbad-Kabya is also totally written in blank verse.
His work in Bengali poetry is dominated by his frequent use of regional dialects. [4] In the 1950s he was among those Bengali poets who were outspoken in their writing on such subjects as the events of the Bengali Language Movement , nationalism, political and economical repression, and the struggle against the West Pakistani government.
Jibanananda Das ( জীবনানন্দ দাশ ) (Bengali pronunciation: ['dʒibonˌanondoː daʃ]) (17 February 1899 – 22 October 1954) [1] was a Bengali poet, writer, novelist and essayist in the Bengali language.
His writing is noted for use of literary puns as a key story vehicle – speculated to be a first in Bengali literature. He is also noted for his self-deprecating humour. An example of this is the convoluted way in which he would spell his name in Bangla in his stories: শিব্রাম চকরবরতি (Shee-bram Cho-ko-ro-bo-ro-ty). [3]
In 1918, the novel Biraj Bou was adapted for the stage and performed in the famous Star Theatre. [11] The same year, James Drummond Anderson wrote an article entitled "A New Bengali Writer" in the Times Literary Supplement, which introduced Sarat Chandra to a Western readership. In 1919, Chandrashekhar Pathak translated the novel Biraj Bou into ...
Rudra Mohammad Shahidullah (Bengali: রুদ্র মুহম্মদ শহিদুল্লাহ; 16 October 1956 – 21 June 1991) [3] was a Bangladeshi poet [4] [5] noted for his revolutionary and romantic poetry. He is considered one of the leading Bengali poets of the 1970s. [6]
Times of India credited Humayun as "the person who single-handedly shifted the capital of Bengali literature from Kolkata to Dhaka". [9] Sunil Gangopadhyay described him as the most popular writer in the Bengali language for a century [50] and according to him, Ahmed was even more popular than Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay. [51]
Shakti Chattopadhyay (25 November 1933 – 23 March 1995) was an Indian poet and writer who wrote in Bengali.He is known for his realistic depictions of rural life. He was a green poet, many of his poems raised the issue of nature in crisis.