Sukanta Bhattacharya

Sukanta Bhattacharya (Bengali: সুকান্ত ভট্টাচার্য) (Bhôṭṭācharjo ) (15 August 1926 – 13 May 1947)[1] was a Bengali poet and playwright.[2]

Sukanta Bhattacharya
Sukanta Bhattacharya
Born(1926-08-15)15 August 1926
Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died(1947-05-13)13 May 1947
Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India
OccupationPoet, writer
LanguageBengali
NationalityBritish India
GenrePoet, short-story writer, playwright
SubjectLiterature
Literary movementBengali Renaissance
Notable worksChharpatra
Purbabhash
Ghum Nei

Life

Sukanta Bhattacharya was born on 15 August 1926 to Nibaran Chandra Bhattacharya, owner of Saraswat Library, a publishing and book selling enterprise, and Suniti Devi. He was the second of their seven sons, Manomohan, Sushil, Prashanta, Bibhash, Ashoke and Amiya being the other six sons. Manomohan was Nibaran Bhattacharya's eldest son from his first marriage.

Sukanta spent his childhood at their house at Nivedita Lane, Bagbazar. He was sent to Kamala Vidyamandir, a local primary school where his literary career began. His first short story was published in Sanchay, the school's student magazine. Later, another one of his prose writings, "Vivekanander Jibani", was published in Sikha, edited by Bijon Bhattacharya.[3]

Former West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee is his nephew.[4]

Works
Plaque dedicated to Sukanta Bhattacharya at Kadurkhil High School, Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Sukanta's poetry was published in magazines while he was alive, and except for Chharpatra his books were all published posthumously. His works are deeply marked and influenced by his communist experience.[5] One of his shorter poems name "Hey Mahajibon" (হে মহাজীবন) from the book Chharpatra (ছাড়পত্র) compares the moon with a burnt roti, a prosaicness born of hunger:

  • Sukanta Samagra (সুকান্ত সমগ্র) (Complete Works of Sukanta) (1967), published by the Saraswat Library, Kolkata was edited by Subhash Mukhopadhyay. This includes all the printed texts, some lesser known writings, his plays and stories, which include Khudha (Hunger), Durboddho (Incomprehensible), Bhadralok (Gentleman) and Daradi Kishorer Svapna (Dream of a Compassionate Adolescent), an article, Chhanda O Abritti and also a selection of letters.
  • Patra Guchha (পত্রগুচ্ছ) (Letters)
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References
  1. "সুকান্ত ভট্টাচার্যের ৯৩তম জন্মবার্ষিকী আজ" [Sukanta Bhattacharya's 93rd Birthday Today]. The Daily Ittefaq (in Bengali). 15 August 2019. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  2. K. M. George (1992). Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology: Surveys and poems. Sahitya Akademi. pp. 506–. ISBN 978-81-7201-324-0.
  3. Chatterjee, Dr Partha (2008). Bangla Sahitya Parichay [History of Bengali Literature] (in Bengali). Kolkata: Tulsi Prakashani. pp. 429–31. ISBN 81-89118-04-8.
  4. "After Landslide Win in '06, Tables Turned on Buddhadeb". https://www.outlookindia.com/. Retrieved 14 August 2020. External link in |website= (help)
  5. Anik Mahmud. "Bhattacharya, Sukanta". Banglapedia. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
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