Sukanta Bhattacharya
| Sukanta Bhattacharya সুকান্ত ভট্টাচার্য |
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Sukanta Bhattacharya
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| Born |
15 August 1926 Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India |
| Died | 13 May 1947 (aged 20) Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India |
| Occupation | Poet, writer |
| Language | Bengali |
| Nationality | British Indian |
| Genre | Poet, short-story writer, playwright |
| Subject | Literature |
| Literary movement | Bengal Renaissance |
| Notable works |
Chharpatra Purbabhash Ghum Nei |
Sukanta Bhattacharya (Bengali: সুকান্ত ভট্টাচার্য) (
Bhôṭṭācharjo ) (15 August 1926 – 13 May 1947) was a Bengali poet and playwright. Along with Rabindranath Tagore and Kazi Nazrul Islam, he was one of the key figures of modern Bengali poetry, despite the fact that most of his works had been in publication posthumously. During his life, his poems were not widely circulated, but after his death his reputation grew to the extent that he became one of the most popular Bengali poets of the 20th century. He has had a significant influence on poet Subhas Mukhopadhyay and composer Salil Chowdhury who set some of his popular poems to music.
The poetry of Sukanta Bhattacharya is characterised by rebel socialist thoughts, patriotism and humanism. Yet, it is characterised by romanticism as well.
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 was closely associated with Manomohan and his wife Saraju Debi. Buddhadeb Bhattacharya, the former Chief Minister of West Bengal is his nephew—the son of his cousin. Sukanta was born at his maternal grandfather’s house at Kalighat, Calcutta (now Kolkata, West Bengal), although his family hailed from the village of Kotalipara in Faridpur of modern-day Bangladesh.
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