Literature
Jibanananda Das
Poet of Rupashi Bangla
- Era
- 1899–1954
- Origin
- Barishal
Born in Barishal, he is the most quietly influential Bengali poet after Tagore. Rupashi Bangla and Banalata Sen shaped the modern Bengali imagination of landscape, memory and solitude.
Career highlights
- Author of Banalata Sen and Rupashi Bangla
- Central figure of Bengali modernist poetry
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