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Jibanananda Das

Jibanananda Das (bn: জীবনানন্দ দাশ) is probably the most popular Bengali poet. He is considered one of the precursors who introduced modernist poetry to Bengali Literature, at a period when it was influenced by Rabindranath Tagore's Romantic poetry. During the later half of the twentieth century, Jibanananda Das emerged as the most popular poet of modern Bengali literature. Popularity apart, Jibanananda Das had distinguished himself as an extraordinary poet presenting a paradigm hitherto unknown. It is a fact that his unfamiliar poetic diction, choice of words and thematic preferences took time to reach the heart of the readers. Towards the later half of the twentieth century the poetry of Jibanananda has become the defining essence of modernism in twentieth century Bengali poetry.


“হেঁয়ালি রেখো না কিছু মনে;হৃদয় রয়েছে ব'লে চাতকের মতন আবেগহৃদয়ের সত্য উজ্জ্বল কথা নয়,-যদিও জেগেছে তাতে জলভারানত কোনো মেঘ;হে প্রেমিক, আত্মরতিমদির কি তুমি?মেঘ;মেঘ, হৃদয়ঃ হৃদয়, আর মরুভূমি শুধু মরুভূমি..”
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