Michael Madhusudan Dutt

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Bengali dramatist Bengali poet dramatist person poet

Michael Madhusudan Dutt was a pioneering 19th-century Bengali poet and dramatist renowned for introducing blank verse and Western literary forms into Bengali literature.

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instanceOf Bengali dramatist ⓘ
Bengali poet ⓘ
dramatist ⓘ
person ⓘ
poet ⓘ
activeIn 19th-century Bengali literature ⓘ
birthDate 1824-01-25 ⓘ
birthPlace Sagardari, Jessore District, Bengal Presidency, British India ⓘ
convertedTo Christianity ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship British India ⓘ
deathDate 1873-06-29 ⓘ
deathPlace Calcutta ⓘ
surface form: Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India
educatedAt Bishop’s College, Calcutta ⓘ
Gray's Inn ⓘ
surface form: Gray’s Inn

Presidency College, Kolkata ⓘ
surface form: Hindu College, Calcutta
ethnicGroup Bengali ⓘ
father Raja Rajnarayan Dutt ⓘ
fullName Michael Madhusudan Dutt self-link ⓘ
genre blank verse ⓘ
epic poetry ⓘ
tragedy ⓘ
hasLiteraryForm blank verse drama ⓘ
epic ⓘ
sonnet ⓘ
influencedBy Romantic poets ⓘ
surface form: English Romantic poets

John Milton ⓘ
William Shakespeare ⓘ
knownFor adapting Western literary forms to Bengali literature ⓘ
introducing blank verse into Bengali poetry ⓘ
pioneering modern Bengali drama ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Bengali ⓘ
English ⓘ
mother Jahnmohini Devi ⓘ
movement Bengali Renaissance ⓘ
nativeName মাইকেল মধুসূদন দত্ত ⓘ
notableWork Buro Shaliker Ghare Ro ⓘ
Ekei Ki Bole Sabhyata ⓘ
Krishnakumari ⓘ
Meghnad Badh Kavya ⓘ
Padmavati ⓘ
Sharmistha ⓘ
Tilottama Sambhab ⓘ
occupation barrister ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
poet ⓘ
placeOfBurial Lower Circular Road Cemetery, Calcutta ⓘ
pseudonym Madhusudan ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
spouse Henrietta Sophia White ⓘ

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Bengali Renaissance → notableFigure → Michael Madhusudan Dutt ⓘ