Satyendranath Dutta

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{{Infobox author
| name = Satyendranath Dutta
| image = Satyendranath Dutta, Bengali Poet's photo...jpg
| caption = Satyendranath Dutta
| native_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1882|02|11}}
| birth_place = [[Calcutta]], British India
| death_date = {{death date and age|1922|06|25|1882|02|11}}
| pseudonym = Navakumar, Kabiratna, Ashitipar Sharma, Tribikram Varman, Kalamgir
| occupation = [[Poetry|Poet]]
| residene =
| nationality =
| period = [[Tattwabodhini Sabha|Tattwabodhini]]
| notable_works = ''Fuler Fasal'' (1911)<br/>''Kuhu O Keka'' (1912)
| awards =
}}
'''Satyendranath Dutta''' (also spelt as '''Satyendranath Datta''' or '''Satyendra Nath Dutta''') ({{lang-bn|সত্যেন্দ্রনাথ দত্ত}}) (1882 – 25 June 1922), a [[Bengali people|Bengali]] poet, is considered the wizard of rhymes (or ছন্দের জাদুকর - ''chhonder jadukar'' in [[Bengali language|Bengali]]). Satyendranath Dutta was an expert in many disciplines of intellectual enquiry including medieval Indian history, culture, and mythology.<ref name=pedia>{{cite web|last1=Rasid|first1=Md. Harun-ar|title=Dutta, Satyendranath|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Dutta,_Satyendranath|website=Banglapedia|accessdate=24 July 2015}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Satyendranath Dutta was the son of Rajaninath Dutta, who was a trader. He was born at Nimta, 24 Parganas (north). The family hailed from Chupi in [[Purba Bardhaman district]] on 11 February 1882.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Historical dictionary of the Bengalis|last=Kunal.|first=Chakrabarti|others=Chakrabarti, Shubhra, 1954-|isbn=9780810853348|location=Lanham [Maryland]|oclc=861692768|year = 2013}}</ref> His grandfather, [[Akshay Kumar Datta]], was a great thinker, [[Brahmo Samaj|Brahmo]] social reformer and writer who was the guiding spirit of the [[Tattwabodhini Patrika]]. After passing the school leaving examination from the Central Collegiate School, he received his graduate level education from the [[Scottish Church College, Calcutta|General Assembly's Institution]] in [[Kolkata]]. Although he left (what is now) [[Scottish Church College]] without taking a degree, his training there helped him immensely for the future. After unsuccessfully to join the ranks of his father in their family business, he quit that to devote his energies entirely to scholarly pursuits. He wrote poems like Jatir Pati.

==Death==
He died on 25 June 1922, aged 40.{{citation needed|date=December 2018}} [[Rabindranath Tagore]] has immortalized Satyendranath in a poem written after his death.{{citation needed|date=December 2018}} [[Kazi Nazrul Islam]] also wrote a poem titled 'Sayendranath' eulogizing his death.<ref>[http://sesquicentinnial.blogspot.com/2012/06/death-anniversary-of-satyendranath.html SMARAKA GRANTHA: Death anniversary of Satyendranath Dutta Observed]</ref> A street in South Kolkata has been named after him.{{citation needed|date=December 2018}}

==Works==
Satyendranath Dutta composed poems and initially composed poems for the Bengali magazine ''Bharati''. Although his stylistic nuances during this stage reflect the influence of [[Michael Madhusudan Dutt]], [[Akshay Kumar Baral]] and Debendranath Sen, his later poetry illustrates a greater resonance with the poetry of [[Rabindranath Tagore]].

Dutta wrote under multiple pseudonyms, including ''Nabakumar'', ''Kaviratna'', ''Ashitipar Sharma'', ''Tribikram Varman'' and ''Kalamgir''.

===Books of poems===
* ''Sabita'' (The Sun, 1900)
* ''Sandhiksan'' (The Opportune Moment, 1905)
* ''Benu O Bina''<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.316609|title=Benu O Bina|last=Dutta|first=Satyendranath|date=1906}}</ref> (Flute and Lyre, 1906)
* ''Hom Shikha''<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.338471|title=Homshikha|last=Dutta|first=Satyendranath|date=1907}}</ref> (The Blaze of the Yagya, 1907)
* ''Fuler Fasal''<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.301003|title=Phuler Fasal Ed. 3rd|last=Dutta|first=Satyendranath}}</ref> (The Harvest of Flowers, 1911)
* ''Kuhu O Keka'' <ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.511175|title=Kuhu O Keka|last=Dutta|first=Satyendranath|date=1912}}</ref>(Song of Cuckoo and Peahen, 1912)
* ''Tulir Likhon''<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.337410|title=Tulir Likhan|last=Dutta|first=Satyendranath|date=1914}}</ref> (Written with a Brush, 1914)
* ''Abhra-Avir''<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.355126|title=Abhra - Abir Ed.1st|last=Dutta|first=Satyendranath|date=1915}}</ref> (1916)
* ''Hasantika'' (1919)
* ''Bela Sheser Gan'' (Song at Dusk, 1923)
* ''Biday-Arati''<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.301972|title=Biday-arati Ed. 4th|last=Dutta|first=Satyendranath}}</ref> (Farewell Hymn, 1924)
* ''Kavyasanchayan''<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.352878|title=Kabya Sanchayan|last=Dutta|first=Satyendranath}}</ref> (Collected Poems, 1930)
* ''Shishu-Kavita'' (Children's Poetry, 1945)
* ''Bhorai'' (The song of Dawn)
* Tirtha-renu<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.338784|title=Tirtharenu|last=Dutta|first=Satyendranath|date=1910}}</ref>
* Tirtha-Salil <ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.513417|title=Tirtha-salil|last=Dutta|first=satyendranath|date=1908}}</ref>

==Other works==
* ''Janmaduhkhi'' (Destined to be sad from Birth - novel, 1912)
* ''Chiner Dhup'' (Chinese incense - essays, 1912)
* ''Rangamalli''<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.265887|title=Rangamalli Ed. 2nd|last=Dutta|first=Satyendranath|date=1906}}</ref> (play, 1913)

==References==
{{Reflist}}
*''Sansad Bangali Charitabhidhan'' (Biographical dictionary) in Bengali edited by Subodh Chandra Sengupta and Anjali Bose

==External links==
*{{Banglapedia|Dutta,_Satyendranath}}
*{{OL author|OL13458A}}
*[http://dspace.wbpublibnet.gov.in:8080/jspui/browse?type=author&order=ASC&rpp=20&value=DUTTA,+SATYENDRANATH Satyendranath Dutta] at the West Bengal Public Library Network

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