Sukanta Bhattacharya

Sukanta Bhattacharya
Sukanta Bhattacharya
	Sukanta Bhattacharya
Born	15 August 1926; Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died	13 May 1947; Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India
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

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

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.[2]

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. 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)

Notes

K. M. George (1992). Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology: Surveys and poems. Sahitya Akademi. pp. 506–. ISBN 978-81-7201-324-0.
Chatterjee, Dr Partha (2008). Bangla Sahitya Parichay [History of Bengali Literature] (in Bengali). Kolkata: Tulsi Prakashani. pp. 429–31. ISBN 81-89118-04-8.

References

Golpo Songroho (Collected Stories), the national textbook of B.A. (pass and subsidiary) course of Bangladesh, published by University of Dhaka in 1979 (reprint in 1986).
Bangla Sahitya (Bengali Literature), the national textbook of intermediate (college) level of Bangladesh published in 1996 by all educational boards.
Sukanta Samagraha(Bengali Literrature),Juthika Book Stall.

External links

Works by or about Sukanta Bhattacharya at Internet Archive
Sukanta Bhattacharya's PRARTHI translated by Osman Gani
Mahmud, Anik (2012). "Bhattacharya, Sukanta". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
Works of Sukanta Bhattacharya

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[George1992-1] K. M. George (1992). Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology: Surveys and poems. Sahitya Akademi. pp. 506–. ISBN 978-81-7201-324-0.

[parthachatterjee-2] Chatterjee, Dr Partha (2008). Bangla Sahitya Parichay [History of Bengali Literature] (in Bengali). Kolkata: Tulsi Prakashani. pp. 429–31. ISBN 81-89118-04-8.