Michael Madhusudan Datta

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Michael Madhusudan Datta was a 19th-century Bengali poet and dramatist renowned for pioneering blank verse in Bengali literature and composing the epic poem "Meghnad Badh Kavya."

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instanceOf 19th-century writer
Bengali dramatist
dramatist
person
poet
birthDate 1824-01-25
birthPlace Sagardari, Jessore District, Bengal Presidency, British India NERFINISHED
burialPlace Lower Circular Road Cemetery, Calcutta NERFINISHED
convertedTo Christianity NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship British India
deathDate 1873-06-29
deathPlace Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India NERFINISHED
education Bishop’s College, Calcutta NERFINISHED
Hindu College, Calcutta NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Bengali
father Raja Sagan Datta NERFINISHED
genre blank verse
drama
epic poetry
influenced Bengali literature
later Bengali poets
influencedBy English literature
John Milton NERFINISHED
William Shakespeare NERFINISHED
knownFor pioneering blank verse in Bengali literature
writing the epic poem Meghnad Badh Kavya
languageOfWorkOrName Bengali
English
literaryForm epic
sonnet
tragedy
mother Jahnmohini Devi NERFINISHED
movement Bengali Renaissance NERFINISHED
name Michael Madhusudan Datta NERFINISHED
Michael Madhusudan Dutt NERFINISHED
nativeName মাইকেল মধুসূদন দত্ত NERFINISHED
notableWork Buro Shalikher Ghare Ro NERFINISHED
Ekei Ki Bole Sabhyata NERFINISHED
Krishnakumari NERFINISHED
Meghnad Badh Kavya NERFINISHED
Padmavati NERFINISHED
Sharmistha NERFINISHED
Tilottama Sambhab NERFINISHED
occupation barrister
playwright
poet
religion Christianity
Hinduism
spouse Henrietta Sophia White NERFINISHED

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