Where crops are singing, in earth's ear
Like paddy of gold
Where it fruits
May be, one day, no one ever knows
You and me
Paused silently like a cool oyster
Will lay there
Where star's ray falls for all night long
Where wing of ocean blows
And sings with her delight flows.
I found an interesting feelings. Reading Jibonanda Das in Bengali is more "subjective" than in English!
yes, Bangla is more rich than English.
the source of Bangla literacy is full of diamond like Najrul, Robi Tagor, Jibonananda Dash, Humayn, Jafor Iqbal etc
great post Taz!
Are you continuing in Uttara Campus?
Jibonananda Das enrich Bangle literature by his writings. In his writings we can see the natural beauty of our country. Plz continue this process.
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Date of birth :17 February 1899 in Barisal
Parent : His father was Satyananda Das, was a schoolteacher and founder editor of the Brahmabadi. His mother was Kusumkumari Das also wrote poetry.
Education : Jibanananda completed his Matriculation in 1915 from Barisal Brajamohan School, IA in 1917 from B M College, BA with Honours in English in 1919 and MA in 1921 from Presidency College. And studied law for some time
Death :22 October 1954 by a tram accident in Kolkata
Poetry Volumes :
Jhara Palak (Fallen Feathers, 1927)
Dhusar Pandulipi (Gray Manuscript, 1936)
Banalata Sen (1942),
Mahaprthibi (Great Universe, 1944),
Satti Tarar Timir (1948),
Rupasi Bangla (Beautiful Bengal, written - 1934, published - 1957),
Bela Abela Kalbela (1961).
Novels :
Malyaban (Adorned with a Garland 1972),
Sutirtha (The Good Pilgrimage, 1977),
Jalpaihati,
Jibanpranali,
Basmatir Upakhyan and many more.
Other :
About two hundred stories was written by him. Jibanananda Dasher Galpa (Stories of Jibanananda Das, 1972) is a collection of his short stories. His complete works can be found on Jibanananda Samagra (The Complete Works of Jibanananda, 1985-96) in 12 volumes, as
Award :
Banalata Sen was awarded by Nikhil Banga Rabindra Sahitya Sammelan (1953),
"Jibanananda Dasher Shrestha Kavita" was awarded by Sahitya Akademi Award (1954).
thank you mam. yes i am continuing this semester here and you will be surprised to know that i have translated this from one of the poems of Jibonananda dash. but i don't know what is the name of this poem.
Shamim via, thank you to post a short biography of this great poet. I think it will make us interested to our own literature.
Thank you sir for the biography of Jibonanda Dash.
I also want to come back in the daughter of nature after my death.