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{{Infobox person
|name = Sudhindranath Dutta
|image = SudhindranathDuttaPic.jpg
|birth_date = {{Birth date |df=yes|1901|10|30}}
|birth_place = [[Benares]], [[Benares State]], [[British India]]
|death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1960|06|25|1901|10|30}}
|death_place = [[Calcutta]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]
|occupation = {{flatlist|
* Poet
* journalist
* essayist
* literary critic
* lecturer
}}
|yearsactive = 1930–1960
|spouse = Chhabi Basu (1924–1960) (no legal divorce)<br> [[Rajeshwari Vasudev]] (1943–1960)
}}

'''Sudhindranath Dutta''' ({{lang-bn|সুধীন্দ্রনাথ দত্ত}}; 30 October 1901 – 25 June 1960) was a [[Bengal]]i Indian poet, essayist, journalist and critic. Sudhindranath is one of the most notable poets after the [[Rabindranath Tagore|Tagore]]-era in [[Bengali language|Bengali]] literature.<ref name="
Sudhindranath">[http://www.parabaas.com/translation/database/authors/texts/sudhindranathdutta.html Sudhindranath: the Person I Knew]</ref><ref name=Remains>{{cite news | url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1020707/editoria.htm#head2 | title=Remains of the past | first=Rudrangshu | last=Mukherjee | newspaper=The Telegraph | date=7 July 2002 | location=India | accessdate=6 May 2018 }}</ref>

==Education==
Sudhindranath Dutt went to the Theosophical High School in Varanasi between 1914 and 1917, and later attended the [[Oriental Seminary]] in [[Kolkata]].<ref name=Sudhindranath/> Later he graduated in English from the [[Scottish Church College]].<ref>''Some Alumni of Scottish Church College'' in ''175th Year Commemoration Volume''. Scottish Church College, April 2008. page 591</ref> He later studied law at the Law College (1922–1924), while also simultaneously preparing for his finals for an MA in English literature from the [[University of Calcutta]]. However, he did not complete a degree (MA or a law degree) in either subject.<ref name=Sudhindranath/>

==Career==
Born to renowned lawyer Hirendranath Dutta & Indumati Vasu Mallik (sister of Raja Subodh Chandra Vasu Mallik), Sudhindranath became an apprentice under his father's supervision, although he did not obtain a formal law degree. He married Chhabi Basu in 1924. <br>
He started publishing ''[[Parichay (magazine)|Parichay]]'', a literary magazine which heralded his philosophy, in 1931 and carried on with the job till 1943, when he left following ideological battle with his associates, but supplied funds nevertheless. He was also associated with ''[[Sabujpatra]]'', another noted literary magazine of the era, which was edited by eminent story-writer of the era, [[Pramatha Chaudhury]]. He also worked as a journalist for ''[[The Statesman (India)|The Statesman]]'' from 1945-1949. He was also associated with the daily ''[[The Forward]],'' then edited by [[Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose]], as the organ of [[All India Forward Bloc]].
He had also worked for several companies such as Light of Asia Insurance Company from 1930–1933, ARP from 1942–1945, DVC from 1949–1954, and Institute of Public Opinion from 1954-1956.
He worked as a part-time lecturer of [[Comparative Literature]] in [[Jadavpur University]] from 1956-1957. In 1957, he left for his final foreign trip and toured Japan and Europe before moving to United States of America to join [[University of Chicago]] to write his autobiography in English. However he left the lucrative job midway and returned home to rejoin Jadavpur University to resume his classes of Comparative Literature, which he continued till his death.

==Trivia==
Sudhindranath Dutta believed that hard work is what is needed for creating art, and the embattled nature of his poetry contrasted with that of the [[romantic poetry]] of [[Jibanananda Das]].<ref name=Poets>[https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=1lTnv6o-d_oC&oi=fnd&pg=PA45&dq=sudhin+dutta+poet&ots=uc2NblGXKz&sig=sqgzqeDNSd68_rQHA7qQEFsm-zc#v=onepage&q&f=false Twentieth century Bengali literature]</ref> When Jibanananda Das's poetry notebooks were printed, Dutt commented after seeing the great number of corrections and deletions in the notebooks "Oh, then the natural poets are also unnatural poets, like me!"

Perhaps his most famous line is the widely quoted one from his poem ''Utpakhi'' (The ostrich):
{{quote|অন্ধ হলে কি প্রলয় বন্ধ থাকে?
'''Transliteration:''' (Andha halē ki pralaẏa bandha thākē?)<br/>
'''Translation:''' Does the tempest halt for the sake of your blindness?}}

==Works==

===Collected poetry===
*''Tanvi''(1930), M..Sarkar &Sons
*''Orchestra''(1935), Bharati Bhavan
*''Krandashee''(1937), Bharati Bhavan
*''Uttar Falgunee'' (1940), Parichay Press
*''Sangbarto'' (1953) Signet Press
*''Pratiddhani'' (1954) Signet Press
*''Dashamee'' (1956) Signet Press.<ref name=Sudhindranath/>

===Collected essays===
*''Svagato'' , Bharati Bhavan
*''Svagato'' (1957) New changed version from Signet Press
*''Kulay O Kaalpurush'', (1957), Signet Press.<ref name=Sudhindranath/>

==References==
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