Satyendranath dutta biography books

Satyendranath Dutta is a Bengali poet, is considered the wizard of rhymes. Satyendranath Dutta was an expert in many disciplines of intellectual enquiry including medieval Indian history, culture, and mythology.

Satyendranath Dutta was born in the village of Nimta near Kolkata on 11 February His father Rajaninath Dutta, who hailed from the village of Chupi in Burdwan, was a trader. His grandfather, Akshay Kumar Datta, was a great thinker, Brahmo social reformer and writer who was the guiding spirit of the Tattwabodhini Patrika.

After passing the school leaving examination from the Central Collegiate School, he received his graduate level education from the General Assembly's Institution in Kolkata. Although he left (what is now) Scottish Church College without taking a degree, his training there helped him immensely for the future. After unsuccessfully to join the ranks of his father in their family business, he quit that to devote his energies entirely to scholarly pursuits.

He wrote poems like Jatir Pati.

He was well known for his material skill, and devised several metres while keeping intact the sound system and phrases of Bangla. This is why he was known as 'the magician of metrics' or 'the king of metres'. His famous essay, Chhanda-sarasvati, on metrics, was published in the Baishakhi number of the Bharati in

He was the first to compose poems using words from Persian and Arabic and thus expanded the versatility of the language. He translated poems from Arabic, Persian, Chinese, Japanese, English and French, thus giving Bangla readers a taste of foreign poetry and metres. He tried to bridge the gap between BANGLA LITERATURE and world literatures. The main themes of his POETRY revolve round patriotism, humanism, tradition, worship of power, etc. He also wrote poems on the lower classes, such as the sweeper community.

Satyendranath Dutta wrote under several pennames: Nabakumar, Kaviratna, Ashitipar Sharma, Tribikram Varman, Kalamgir etc. Some not

Bengali poet and rhymer (–)

Satyendranath Dutta (also spelt Satyendranath Datta or Satyendra Nath Dutta; Bengali: সত্যেন্দ্রনাথ দত্ত; 11 February – 25 June ) was a Bengali poet and is considered the "wizard of rhymes" ('ছন্দের জাদুকর'; lit.&#;'chhonder jadukar'). Satyendranath Dutta was an expert in many disciplines of intellectual enquiry including medieval Indian history, culture, and mythology.

Early life and education

Satyendranath Dutta was the son of Rajaninath Dutta, who was a trader. He was born on 11 February at Nimta, Bengal Presidency, British India. The family hailed from Chupi in Purba Bardhaman district He was the only son of his parents. His grandfather, Akshay Kumar Datta, was a great thinker, Brahmo social reformer and writer who was the guiding spirit of the Tattwabodhini Patrika. After passing the school-leaving examination from the Central Collegiate School, he received his graduate-level education from the General Assembly's Institution in Kolkata. Although he left (what is now) Scottish Church College without taking a degree, his training there helped him immensely for the future. After unsuccessfully joining the ranks of his father in their family business, he quit that to devote his energies entirely to scholarly pursuits. He wrote poems like Jatir Pati.

Personal life

In , Satyendranath Dutta married Kanaklata Devi, eldest daughter of Ishan Chandra Bose and Giribala Devi (her biological mother Noroda Sundari Devi, the first wife of Ishan Chandra Bose, died when Kanaklata and her si

Dutta, Satyendranath () poet, born in the village of Nimta near Kolkata on 11 February His father Rajaninath Dutta, who hailed from the village of Chupi in Burdwan, was a trader. His grandfather, akshay kumar datta,was editor of the tattvabodhini patrika.

After matriculating from Central Collegiate School in Kolkata in , Satyendranath passed FA from the General Assembly’s Institution in He sat for the BA examination but was unsuccessful. He joined his father, but soon devoted himself exclusively to writing poetry. Satyendranath was one of the influential poets who wrote for the bharati. He was initially influenced by michael madhusudan dutt, akshay kumar baral, and Debendranath Sen, but later turned to rabindranath tagore. Nevertheless, he maintained his distinctive poetic style.

He was well known for his material skill, and devised several metres while keeping intact the sound system and phrases of Bangla. This is why he was known as 'the magician of metrics' or 'the king of metres'. His famous essay, Chhanda-sarasvati, on metrics, was published in the Baishakhi number of the Bharati in He was the first to compose poems using words from Persian and Arabic and thus expanded the versatility of the language. He translated poems from Arabic, Persian, Chinese, Japanese, English and French, thus giving Bangla readers a taste of foreign poetry and metres. He tried to bridge the gap between bangla literature and world literatures. The main themes of his poetry revolve round patriotism, humanism, tradition, worship of power, etc. He also wrote poems on the lower classes, such as the sweeper community.

Satyendranath Dutta wrote under several pennames: Nabakumar, Kaviratna, Ashitipar Sharma, Tribikram Varman, Kalamgir etc. Some noted collections of his poems are Savita (The Sun, ), Sandhiksan (), Venu O Vina (), Hom Shikha (), Phuler Phasal (), Kuhu O Keka (), Tulir Likhan (), Abhra-Avir (), Hasantika (), Bela Sheser Gan (), Biday-Arati (), Kavyasavchayan (), Shi