Sukanta Bhattacharya
Indian poet (1926–1947) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sukanta Bhattacharya (Bengali: সুকান্ত ভট্টাচার্য) (Bhôṭṭācharjoⓘ; 15 August 1926 – 13 May 1947) was a Bengali poet.[1]
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Born | (1926-08-15)15 August 1926 Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India (now West Bengal, India) |
Died | 13 May 1947(1947-05-13) (aged 20) Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India (now West Bengal, India) |
Pen name | Kishore Kabi |
Occupation | Poet, writer |
Language | Bengali |
Nationality | British India |
Genre | Poet, short-story writer, playwright |
Subject | Literature |
Literary movement | Bengali Renaissance |
Notable works | Chharpatra Purbabhash Ghum Nei Hortal Abhizan |
Parents | Nibaran Chandra Bhattacharya (father) Suniti Devi (mother) |
Relatives | Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee (nephew) |
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He was called 'Young Nazrul' and 'Kishore Bidrohi Kobi', a reference to the great rebel poet Kazi Nazrul Islam for Sukanta's similar rebellious stance against the tyranny of the British Raj and the oppression by the social elites through the work of his poetry.[2] He died from tuberculosis, three months before India achieved independence.