Jibanananda Das

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Jibanananda Das was a seminal 20th-century Bengali poet whose modernist, introspective verse profoundly reshaped Bengali literature and continues to influence South Asian poetry.


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instanceOf Bengali poet
essayist
novelist
person
poet
writer
causeOfDeath road accident
tram accident
countryOfCitizenship India
dateOfBirth 1899-02-17
dateOfDeath 1954-10-22
describedAs one of the most important Bengali poets after Rabindranath Tagore
educatedAt University of Calcutta
ethnicGroup Bengali
fieldOfWork Bengali literature
fullName Jibanananda Das
gender male
genre essay
fiction
poetry
hasOccupation college teacher
influenced Bengali modernist poets
South Asian poetry
influencedBy Bengali romanticism
Rabindranath Tagore
knownFor evocative imagery of rural Bengal
introspective and melancholic tone
languageOfWorkOrName Bengali
literaryPeriod 20th century
movement Bengali modernism
modernist poetry
nativeName জীবনানন্দ দাশ
notableIdea introspective modernist verse in Bengali
notableWork Banalata Sen
Jhara Palok
Mahaprithibi
Rupasi Bangla
occupation poet
teacher
writer
placeOfBirth Barisal
Bengal Presidency
British India
placeOfDeath Calcutta
India
West Bengal
religion Hinduism
spouse Labanya Das

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Jibanananda Das
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