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'''Jibanananda Das (Dasgupta)''' ({{lang-bn|'''জীবনানন্দ দাশ (দাশগুপ্ত)'''}}) (17 February 1899 – 22 October 1954) (৪ ফাল্গুন ১৩০৫ - ৬ কার্তিক ১৩৬১)<ref name="s">{{cite book |editor1-last=Sengupta |editor1-first=Subodh Chandra |editor2-last=Basu |editor2-first=Anjali |year=2010 |orig-year=First published 1976 |script-title=bn:সংসদ বাঙালি চরিতাভিধান |title=Saṃsada Bāṅālī caritābhidhāna |trans-title=Parliamentary character of Bengal |edition=5th |volume=Volume 1 |location=Kolkata |publisher=Sāhitya Saṃsada |language=bn |oclc=18245961}}</ref> was an Indian poet, writer, novelist and essayist in the [[Bengali language]]. Popularly called "রূপসী বাংলার কবি" ("Rupashi Banglar Kabi<nowiki>'')</nowiki> (Poet of Beautiful Bengal),<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.prothomalo.com/pachmisheli/article/1154181/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%96-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BF-%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%96%E0%A6%BF%E0%A7%9F%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9B%E0%A6%BF|title=Banglar Mukh Ami Dekhiyachi|date=23 April 2017|work=[[Prothom Alo]]|access-date=7 June 2018|publisher=Transcom Group|language=bn|script-title=bn:বাংলার মুখ আমি দেখিয়াছি|trans-title=I've Seen the Face of Bengal}}</ref><ref name=":3" /> Das is the most read poet after [[Rabindranath Tagore]] and [[Kazi Nazrul Islam]] in [[Bangladesh]] and [[West Bengal]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title=Hajar Bacharer Bangali Sangskriti|last=Murshid|first=Ghulam|publisher=Abasar|year=2016|isbn=978-984-415-190-1|location=Dhaka|pages=316|language=bn|script-title=bn:হাজার বছরের বাঙালি সংস্কৃতি|trans-title=Bengali Culture across the Millennia|chapter=Bangla Bhasha o Sahitya|script-chapter=bn:বাংলা ভাষা ও সাহিত্য|trans-chapter=Bengali Language and Literature|author-link=Ghulam Murshid}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.prothomalo.com/entertainment/article/703870|title=Barishale Jibanananda Mela|date=6 December 2015|work=Prothom Alo|access-date=7 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180607123213/http://www.prothomalo.com/entertainment/article/703870|archive-date=7 June 2018|publisher=Transcom Group|location=Dhaka|language=bn|script-title=bn:বরিশালে জীবনানন্দ মেলা|trans-title=Jibanananda Fair in Barishal|quote=বাংলা সাহিত্যে রবীন্দ্রনাথ ও নজরুল ইসলামের পর শ্রেষ্ঠ কবি জীবনানন্দ দাশ। নতুন প্রজন্ম জীবনানন্দ দাশকে ভুলতে বসেছে। জীবনানন্দের প্রকৃতি প্রেম ও দর্শন নতুন প্রজন্মের মধ্যে ছড়িয়ে দিতে হবে। ... বলেন রবীন্দ্র ভারতী বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের সাবেক উপাচার্য পবিত্র সরকার। Jibanananda Das is the greatest poet after Rabindranath and Nazrul Islam. The young generation is forgetful of Jibanananda. We should promulgate his love and view of nature among the new generations. ... said Pabitra Sarkar, the ex-VC of Rabindra Bharati University.}}</ref> While not particularly recognised initially, today Das is acknowledged as one of the greatest poets in the Bengali language.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.alokitobangladesh.com/online/details/14964|script-title=bn:জীবনানন্দ দাশের কবিতার সংখ্যা কত?|website=Alokita Bangladesh|language=bn|access-date=7 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Jibanananda Das|last=Salekeen|first=Seraj|publisher=Kathaprokash|year=2018|series=Jibani Granthamal [Biography Series]|location=Dhaka|pages=7|script-title=bn:জীবনানন্দ দাশ |language=bn|quote=আমৃত্যু নির্জন, অথচ মৃত্যুপরবর্তী কিছুকালের মধ্যে সমকালীন বাংলা কবিতার অন্যতম জনপ্রিয় কবিতে পরিণত হন জীবনানন্দ দাশ। Despite being desolate till death, Jibanananda Das became one of the popular poets of contemporary Bengali poems immediately after his death.}}</ref>

Jibanananda Das was very underrated poet in his time; he wrote profusely, but as he was a recluse and introvert, he did not publish most of his writings during his lifetime. Most of his work were hidden,<ref name=":3" /> and only seven volumes of his poems were published.<ref name=":2" /> After his death, it was discovered that apart from poems, Das wrote 21 novels and 108 short stories. His notable works include ''[[Ruposhi Bangla]]'', ''Banalata Sen'', ''Mahaprithibi'', ''Shreshtha Kavita''.<ref name=":3" /> Das's early poems exhibit the influence of Kazi Nazrul Islam,<ref name=":3" /> but in the latter half of the 20th century, Das's influence became one of the major catalysts in the making of Bengali poetry.<ref>{{cite book|title=Jibanananda Das|last=Gupta|first=Chidananda D.|year=2004|page=5}}</ref>