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SATYENDRANATH DUTTA (1882 - 1922)
In a short span of 40 years, Satyendranath Dutta had imprinted signs of his poetic
brilliance in Bengali literature with an indelible ink. His poems are exquisite specimens of beautiful
rhythms, diction and melody. His extraordinarily rhymed verses have enriched Bengali
poetry immensely. His famous poems which deserve special mention are 'Benu
O Bina' (1906), 'Tirtha Salil' (1908), 'Kuhu O Keka' (1912) etc.
His stupendous achievement in Bengali poetry is to acquire,
adjust and adopt several foreign and Sanskrit verse patterns into Bengali, keeping the indigenous Bengali essence intact.
KARUNA
NIDHAN, JATINDRA MOHAN, KUMUD RANJAN, KALIDASA
The above-mentioned four poets can be classified together since their poetic styles
and composition techniques are very much akin to each other. Their poems
chiefly dealt with love, patriotism, nature, history, Vaishnava
religious fervour etc.
Of these poets, some books of poems authored by Karuna Nidhan
Bandopaddhay (1877 - 1955) are worth mentioning such as 'Jhara
Phool', 'Dhan Durba', 'Shanti Jal' etc. He won great fame
for his unique collection of poems entitled 'Shata Nari'.
JATINDRA MOHAN BAGCHI (1878 - 1948)
Some of his famous books of poems are 'Aparajita' (1919), 'Niharika'
(1927), 'Maha Bharati' (1936) etc.
KALIDAS ROY (1889 - 1975)
Some of his marvellous books of poems are 'Parna Poot' (1914),
'Braja Benu' (1915), 'Ballari' (1915) etc.
KUMUD RANJAN MULLICK (1882 - 1970)
Some of his notable books of poems are 'Bana Tulshi' (1911),
'Bana Mallika' (1918), 'Ajay' (1927), 'Swarna Sandhya'
(1948) etc.
MOHITLAL,
KAZI NAZRUL ISLAM & JATINDRANATH
The above-mentioned trio had already emerged as meritorious poets at a time when Rabindra Nath Tagore was
shining at his very best. They were tremendously influenced by Rabindra Nath's poetic style but
showed distinct sparks of originality in their compositions.
Mohitlal (1888-1952) was a thinking poet and a critic. He had never made any
watershed compartments between life, literature and his
other activities. He was bold and vociferous as a critic. He made an earnest
endeavour to change the taste and flavour of Bengali poetry by making a fusion of the basic tenets of life with love, spiritualism and classicism.
Some of his valuable books of poems which are widely appreciated are 'Swapan Pasari' (1922), 'Bismarani' (1927), 'Hemanta
Godhuli' (1941), 'Chhanda Chaturdashi' (1941) etc.
KAZI NAZRUL ISLAM (1898
- 1976)
Nazrul's life and poetical works are awe-inspiring and fascinating. He showed equal
dexterity in two entirely opposite fields. On the one hand, he is a rebel and gives a clarion call for
daring the odds in freedom struggle and on the other hand he is gentle,
subtle and incredibly charming in his love poems. He was the most popular
poet of his time. The Bengalis have admired and accepted the songs of Rabindranath and Nazrul as their soul's nourishment.
Their poetries seem to be the universal voice of mankind.
The rebellious songs and poems of Nazrul had immensely inspired the freedom fighters to
embrace death for the cause of the nation. Again, those romantic songs of Nazrul which were steeped with the fervour of love and
romantic passion had tied the emotional Bengalis in a sweetly sad bondage. He was
unrivalled in the field of devotional songs as well. He is not known for his religion or caste. He raised himself much higher than the
narrow criteria of Hinduism or Islam and became immortal as
a poet of exception calibre.
Some of his outstanding books are 'AgniBeena' (1922), 'Bhangar Gaan' (1931), 'Bisher
Banshi' (1931) etc.
JATINDRA NATH SENGUPTA
(1887 - 1954)
'Marichika' (1923), 'Maru Shikha' (1927), 'Maru Maya' (1930), 'Shyam' (1940) etc. were Jatindranath's remarkable books, to name a few.
He had a cynical attitude to some extent and considered love, nature and women as hollow sham. Truth was
a source of acute and infinite pain to him. So he had been
labelled as a pessimistic poet. However, in his later poems this
attitude had diminished to some extent and made way for
creeping in of some hope and joy.
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