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Sukanta Bhattacharya (August 15, 1926 -
May 13, 1947) was one of the most honored
poets of Bangla literature. He was called
'Young Nazrul' and 'Kishore Bidrohi Kobi'.
Life
Sukanta was born at his uncle's house in
Kolkata. His ancestral home in the village
Unshiya in Kotalipara, Gopalganj, Bengal
(now part of Bangladesh). His father, Nibaran
Bhattacharya, was in the book selling business
in Kolkata.
He died an early death at the age of 20.
He was a communist and was a worker of the
party.
[edit] Works
Sukanta's poetry was heavily influenced
by communism. One of his most famous poems
is:
"Poetry, we do not need you anymore.
A world devastated by hunger is too prosaic,
The full moon now reminds us of toasted
bread"
Poetry
" Charpatra (Eng:Passport) (38 poems)
" Ghum Nei (Eng:Sleepless) (36 poems)
" Purbavash (Eng:Red Dawn) (29 poems)
" Geetigucha (Eng:Songs) (19 Songs)
" Mithe Kora (16 poems)
" Obhijan
" Hortal
Letters
" Patra Guchha
Works Behind the Wall
Stories:
" Khudha
" Durboddho
" Vodrolok
" Darodi Kishorer Kishor SwaPNO
Essays:
" Chondo O Abritti
Songs:
5 songs
Poems:
17 poems
References
" Golpo Songroho (Collected Stories),
the national text book of B.A. (pass and
subsidiary) course of Bangladesh, published
by University of Dhaka in 1979 (reprint
in 1986).
" Bangla Sahitya (Bengali Literature),
the national text book of intermediate (college)
level of Bangladesh published in 1996 by
all educational boards.
Ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/
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