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Bengali poetry is a rich tradition of poetry in the Bengali language and has many different forms. Originating in Bengal , the history of Bengali poetry underwent three successive stages of development: poetry of the early age (like Charyapad ), the Medieval period and the age of modern poetry .
Chandidas was among the earliest poets in the nascent Bengali language, and many of his poems deal with the Radha-Krishna theme. In 1474, Maladhar Basu translated the 10th and 11th cantos of the Sanskrit Srimad Bhagavatam (composed c. 9th century), into the Bengali poem SriKrsnaVijay .
Where the mind is without fear" (Bengali: চিত্ত যেথা ভয়শূন্য, romanized: Chitto Jetha Bhoyshunno) is a poem written by 1913 Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore before India's independence. It represents Tagore's vision of a new and awakened India.
The Bengali version of the account focuses more on the topic of secular love and less on Sufism, unlike the original. The poem was written under the patronage of Quraishi Magan Thakur. [ 6 ] According to this text, Padmini (Padmavati) handed over the responsibility of her two sons to the Sultan, Alauddin before her death by committing jauhar .
Nur Qutb Alam wrote poetry in Middle Bengali using the Persian alphabet. [3] Chandidas: c. 14th century Chandidas was the first humanist in Bengali poetry. He asserted "Shobar upor manush shotto tahar upore nai" ("Above all is humanity, none else"). [4] Krittibas Ojha: c. 1381-1461 CE He translated Indian epic the Valmiki Ramayana into Bengali.
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Gitanjali (Bengali: গীতাঞ্জলি, lit. ''Song offering'') is a collection of poems by the Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore.Tagore received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913, for its English translation, Song Offerings, making him the first non-European and the first Asian and the only Indian to receive this honour.