Jibanananda Das
Bengali Poet (1899-1954) · India · On the map · Writers · Died at 55
Jibanananda Das was a Bengali poet, writer, and educationist widely regarded as one of the major figures of twentieth-century Bengali modernist poetry.
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Often called Rupashi Banglar Kabi, he received limited recognition during his lifetime but later came to be considered one of the most important and influential figures in Bengali literature after Rabindranath Tagore and Kazi Nazrul Islam.
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