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{{Short description|Bengali poet and rhymer (1882–1922)}} | |||
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| name = Satyendranath Dutta | | name = Satyendranath Dutta | ||
| image = Satyendranath | | image = Satyendranath dutta.jpg | ||
| caption = | | caption = | ||
| native_name = | | native_name = | ||
| birth_date = {{birth date|1882|02|11}} | | birth_date = {{birth date|1882|02|11|df=y}} | ||
| birth_place = [[ | | birth_place = [[Nimta]], [[Bengal Presidency]], British India | ||
| death_date = {{death date and age|1922|06|25|1882|02|11}} | | death_date = {{death date and age|1922|06|25|1882|02|11|df=y}} | ||
| pseudonym = Navakumar, Kabiratna, Ashitipar Sharma, Tribikram Varman, Kalamgir | | death_place = [[Calcutta]], Bengal Presidency, British India | ||
| occupation = | | spouse = Kanaklata Devi | ||
| pseudonym = Navakumar, Kabiratna, Ashitipar Sharma, Tribikram Varman, Kalamgir | |||
| occupation = Poet | |||
| period = [[Tattwabodhini Sabha|Tattwabodhini]] | | period = [[Tattwabodhini Sabha|Tattwabodhini]] | ||
| notable_works = ''Fuler Fasal'' (1911)<br/>''Kuhu O Keka'' (1912) | | notable_works = ''Fuler Fasal'' (1911)<br />''Kuhu O Keka'' (1912) | ||
| awards = | | awards = | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Satyendranath Dutta''' (also spelt | |||
'''Satyendranath Dutta''' (also spelt '''Satyendranath Datta''' or '''Satyendra Nath Dutta'''; {{langx|bn|সত্যেন্দ্রনাথ দত্ত}}; 11 February 1882 – 25 June 1922) was a [[Bengali people|Bengali]] poet and is considered the "wizard of rhymes" ('ছন্দের জাদুকর'; {{lit|chhonder jadukar}}). 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 |access-date=24 July 2015}}</ref> | |||
==Early life and education== | ==Early life and education== | ||
Satyendranath Dutta was the son of Rajaninath Dutta, who was a trader. He was born at Nimta, | Satyendranath Dutta was the son of Rajaninath Dutta, who was a trader. He was born on 11 February 1882 at [[Nimta]], [[Bengal Presidency]], British India. The family hailed from Chupi in [[Purba Bardhaman district]]<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Chakrabarti |first1=Kunal |last2=Chakrabarti |first2=Shubhra |title=Historical dictionary of the Bengalis |year=2013 |publisher=The Scarecrow Press |isbn=9780810853348 |oclc=861692768 |page=}}</ref> He was the only son of his parents.<ref name="Ramananda Chatterjee">{{Cite book |title=[[Prabasi]] |date=August 1922 |author=[[Ramananda Chatterjee]]}}</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]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Chakrabarti |first=Sumit |title=Local Selfhood, Global Turns: Akshay Kumar Dutta and Bengali Intellectual History in the Nineteenth Century |date=2023 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-009-33984-1 |series=South Asian Intellectual History |location=Cambridge}}</ref> After passing the school-leaving examination from the Central Collegiate School, Satyendranath received his graduate-level education from the General Assembly's Institution (now [[Scottish Church College]]) in [[Kolkata]]. He left without taking a degree. After unsuccessfully joining the ranks of his father in their family business, he quit that to devote his energies entirely to literary pursuits.<ref name="Sengupta">{{cite encyclopedia |editor1-last=Sengupta |editor1-first=Subodh Chandra |editor2-last=Basu |editor2-first=Anjali |year=1988 |orig-year=First published 1976 |script-title=bn:সত্যেন্দ্রনাথ দত্ত |trans-title=Satyendranath Dutta |script-encyclopedia=bn:সংসদ বাঙালি চরিতাভিধান |encyclopedia=Saṃsada bāṅāli caritābhidhāna |trans-encyclopedia=Parliament Bengali Biographical Dictionary |url=https://archive.org/details/Samsad-Bangali-Charitabhidhan-Ed2/page/৫৫৫/mode/1up |language=bn |volume=1 |edition=2nd |location=Kolkata |publisher=Sahitya Samsad |page=555}}</ref> He wrote poems like Jatir Pati. | ||
==Personal life== | |||
In 1903, Satyendranath Dutta married Kanaklata Devi, eldest daughter of Ishan Chandra Bose and Giribala Devi <ref name="ap">{{Cite news |last=Bhattacharya |first=Dipankar |script-title=bn:জলের ধার দিয়ে হাঁটার জন্যই সাঁতার ক্লাবে ভর্তি |trans-title=Joined the swimming club just to walk along the water |url=https://www.anandabazar.com/rabibashoriyo/satyendranath-dutta-started-swimming-lessons-just-to-walk-around-a-pond/cid/1331087 |work=Anandabazar Patrika |date=17 February 2022 |language=bn}}</ref> (her biological mother Noroda Sundari Devi, the first wife of Ishan Chandra Bose, died when Kanaklata and her siblings were young children). Kanaklata Devi was from a wealthy [[Hindu]] [[Kulin Kayastha]] family, originally hailing from [[Dhaka]] Nayabari and later settled at [[Howrah]] where the family owned estates. The marriage was fixed by their families, which was a common practice at that time. After Satyendranath Dutta's death in 1922, Kanaklata Devi lived a lonely life and died in December 1967.<ref>{{Cite book |title=KabyaSanchayan |author=SatyendraNath Dutta}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |title=Pinjore Boshiya |author=Kalyani Dutta |date=1996}}</ref><ref name="ap" /><ref name="Ramananda Chatterjee"/> | |||
==Death== | ==Death== | ||
He died on 25 June 1922, aged 40. | He died on 25 June 1922, aged 40.<ref name="ap" /> [[Rabindranath Tagore]] has immortalized Satyendranath in a poem written after his death.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Satyendranath Dutta The Wizard of Rhymes |url=https://thereport.live/satyendranath-dutta-the-wizard-of-rhymes}}</ref> [[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> | ||
==Works== | ==Works== | ||
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* ''Sabita'' (The Sun, 1900) | * ''Sabita'' (The Sun, 1900) | ||
* ''Sandhiksan'' (The Opportune Moment, 1905) | * ''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| | * ''Benu O Bina''<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.316609 |title=Benu O Bina |last=Dutta |first=Satyendranath |year=1906}}</ref><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) | |||
* ''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) | ||
* ''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) | ||
* ''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 E' |year=1915}}</ref><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) | ||
* ''Abhra-Avir''<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.355126|title=Abhra - Abir | * ''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) | ||
* ''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) | * ''Shishu-Kavita'' (Children's Poetry, 1945) | ||
* ''Bhorai'' (The song of Dawn) | * ''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-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> | * ''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== | ==Other works== | ||
* ''Janmaduhkhi'' (Destined to be sad from Birth - novel, 1912) | * ''Janmaduhkhi'' (Destined to be sad from Birth - novel, 1912) | ||
* ''Chiner Dhup'' (Chinese incense - essays, 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) | * ''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== | ==References== | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
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*[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 | * [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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Satyendranath Dutta (also spelt Satyendranath Datta or Satyendra Nath Dutta; Script error: The function "langx" does not exist.; 11 February 1882 – 25 June 1922) was a Bengali poet and is considered the "wizard of rhymes" ('ছন্দের জাদুকর'; lit. 'chhonder jadukar'). Satyendranath Dutta was an expert in many disciplines of intellectual enquiry including medieval Indian history, culture, and mythology.[1]
Early life and education[edit | edit source]
Satyendranath Dutta was the son of Rajaninath Dutta, who was a trader. He was born on 11 February 1882 at Nimta, Bengal Presidency, British India. The family hailed from Chupi in Purba Bardhaman district[2] He was the only son of his parents.[3] His grandfather, Akshay Kumar Datta, was a great thinker, Brahmo social reformer and writer who was the guiding spirit of the Tattwabodhini Patrika.[4] After passing the school-leaving examination from the Central Collegiate School, Satyendranath received his graduate-level education from the General Assembly's Institution (now Scottish Church College) in Kolkata. He left without taking a degree. After unsuccessfully joining the ranks of his father in their family business, he quit that to devote his energies entirely to literary pursuits.[5] He wrote poems like Jatir Pati.
Personal life[edit | edit source]
In 1903, Satyendranath Dutta married Kanaklata Devi, eldest daughter of Ishan Chandra Bose and Giribala Devi [6] (her biological mother Noroda Sundari Devi, the first wife of Ishan Chandra Bose, died when Kanaklata and her siblings were young children). Kanaklata Devi was from a wealthy Hindu Kulin Kayastha family, originally hailing from Dhaka Nayabari and later settled at Howrah where the family owned estates. The marriage was fixed by their families, which was a common practice at that time. After Satyendranath Dutta's death in 1922, Kanaklata Devi lived a lonely life and died in December 1967.[7][8][6][3]
Death[edit | edit source]
He died on 25 June 1922, aged 40.[6] Rabindranath Tagore has immortalized Satyendranath in a poem written after his death.[9] Kazi Nazrul Islam also wrote a poem titled 'Sayendranath' eulogizing his death.[10]
Works[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
- Sabita (The Sun, 1900)
- Sandhiksan (The Opportune Moment, 1905)
- Benu O Bina[11][12] (The Blaze of the Yagya, 1907)
- Fuler Fasal[13] (The Harvest of Flowers, 1911)
- Kuhu O Keka[14] (Song of Cuckoo and Peahen, 1912)
- Tulir Likhon[15] (Written with a Brush, 1914)
- Abhra-Avir[16][17] (Farewell Hymn, 1924)
- Kavyasanchayan[18] (Collected Poems, 1930)
- Shishu-Kavita (Children's Poetry, 1945)
- Bhorai (The song of Dawn)
- Tirtha-renu[19]
- Tirtha-Salil [20]
Other works[edit | edit source]
- Janmaduhkhi (Destined to be sad from Birth - novel, 1912)
- Chiner Dhup (Chinese incense - essays, 1912)
- Rangamalli[21] (play, 1913)
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Rasid, Md. Harun-ar. "Dutta, Satyendranath". Banglapedia. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
- ↑ Chakrabarti, Kunal; Chakrabarti, Shubhra (2013). Historical dictionary of the Bengalis. The Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810853348. OCLC 861692768.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ramananda Chatterjee (August 1922). Prabasi.
- ↑ Chakrabarti, Sumit (2023). Local Selfhood, Global Turns: Akshay Kumar Dutta and Bengali Intellectual History in the Nineteenth Century. South Asian Intellectual History. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-009-33984-1.
- ↑ Sengupta, Subodh Chandra; Basu, Anjali, eds. (1988) [First published 1976]. সত্যেন্দ্রনাথ দত্ত [Satyendranath Dutta]. Saṃsada bāṅāli caritābhidhāna (in Bengali). Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). Kolkata: Sahitya Samsad. p. 555.
{{cite encyclopedia}}: Unknown parameter|script-encyclopedia=ignored (help); Unknown parameter|trans-encyclopedia=ignored (help) - ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Bhattacharya, Dipankar (17 February 2022). জলের ধার দিয়ে হাঁটার জন্যই সাঁতার ক্লাবে ভর্তি [Joined the swimming club just to walk along the water]. Anandabazar Patrika (in Bengali).
- ↑ SatyendraNath Dutta. KabyaSanchayan.
- ↑ Kalyani Dutta (1996). Pinjore Boshiya.
- ↑ "Satyendranath Dutta The Wizard of Rhymes".
- ↑ SMARAKA GRANTHA: Death anniversary of Satyendranath Dutta Observed
- ↑ Dutta, Satyendranath (1906). Benu O Bina.
- ↑ Dutta, Satyendranath (1907). Homshikha.
- ↑ Dutta, Satyendranath. Phuler Fasal Ed. 3rd.
- ↑ Dutta, Satyendranath (1912). Kuhu O Keka.
- ↑ Dutta, Satyendranath (1914). Tulir Likhan.
- ↑ Abhra - Abir E'. 1915.
- ↑ Dutta, Satyendranath. Biday-arati Ed. 4th.
- ↑ Dutta, Satyendranath. Kabya Sanchayan.
- ↑ Dutta, Satyendranath (1910). Tirtharenu.
- ↑ Dutta, satyendranath (1908). Tirtha-salil.
- ↑ Dutta, Satyendranath (1906). Rangamalli Ed. 2nd.
External links[edit | edit source]
- Satyendranath Dutta at Banglapedia
- Works by Satyendranath Dutta at Open Library
- Satyendranath Dutta at the West Bengal Public Library Network