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Meghnad Badh Kavya (Bengali: মেঘনাদবধ কাব্য; English: The Slaying of Meghnada) is a Bengali epic poem by Michael Madhusudan Dutta.Regarded as a central work in Bengali literature and Dutta's greatest literary work as well as the finest epic in Bengali literature and also as one of the greatest works of world literature. [1]
Banalata Sen (Bengali: বনলতা সেন) is a Bengali poem written in 1942 [1] by the poet Jibanananda Das that is one of the most read, recited and discussed poems of Bengali literature. The title of this lyric poem is a female character referred to by name in the last line of each of its three stanzas.
"Bidrohi" (Bengali: "বিদ্রোহী"; English: "The Rebel") is a popular revolutionary Bengali poem and the most famous poem written by Kazi Nazrul Islam in December 1921. [1] [2] [3] Originally published in several periodicals, the poem was first collected in October 1922 in a volume titled Agnibeena: the first anthology of Nazrul's ...
But starting from the 18th century it is English which has been chosen by most of the native and international translators. This category will be relevant to major Bengali works of poetry rendered into English and also translators of Bengali poetry. A broader and more general category would be Bengali literature in translation.
Abol tabol (Bengali: আবোল তাবোল; listen ⓘ; lit. 'The Weird and the Absurd') is a collection of Bengali children's poems and rhymes composed by Sukumar Ray, first published on 19 September 1923 by U. Ray and Sons publishers. It consists of 46 titled and seven untitled short rhymes (quatrains), all considered to be in the ...
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. All ages have seen different forms of poetry and ...
"Jete Nahi Dibo" (IPA: [d͡ʒet̪e nɑːhi d̪ibo], Bengali: যেতে নাহি দিব, English: "I Will Not Let You Go") is a poem written by Rabindranath Tagore in Bengali. It is included in the collection Sonar Tori (IPA: /ʃonar t̪ori/) and [1] has 176 lines. An English translation was edited to 16 lines. [2]
Popularly called "Rupashi Banglar Kabi'' ('Poet of Beautiful Bengal'), [2] [3] Das is the most read Bengali poet after Rabindranath Tagore and Kazi Nazrul Islam in Bangladesh and West Bengal. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] While not particularly well recognised during his lifetime, today Das is acknowledged as one of the greatest poets in the Bengali language.