| Name(s) |
Bishnu Dey |
| Date of
Birth |
July 18, 1909 |
| Date of
Death |
December 03, 1982 |
|
Identity |
Indian Bengali
poet, prose writer, translator, academic and art critic in the
era of modernism, post-modernism. |
|
Other Events &
Developments |
- Starting off as a symbologist,
he earned recognition for the
musical quality of his
poems.
- He was a part of the
post-Tagore generation of
Bengali poets, like Buddhadeb Basu
and Samar Sen, which marked the
advent of "New Poetry" in Bengali
literature, deeply influenced by
Marxist ideology.
- His most important work, poetry
collection, Smriti Satta Bhabishyat
(Memory, being, the Future)
(1955–61), set a new precedent in
Bengali poetry.
|
| Awards
and Accolades |
- 1965 Sahitya
Akademi Award in Bengali.
- Highest literary award of
India, Jnanpith Award,
in 1971.
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