Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay | |
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Calcutta, Bengal, British India | |
Pen name | Kamalakanta |
Occupation | Writer, poet, novelist, essayist, journalist, government official |
Language | Bengali, English |
Alma mater | University of Calcutta |
Literary movement | Bengal Renaissance |
Notable works | Durgeshnandini Kapalkundala Devi Chaudhurani Anandamath Bishabriksha |
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Bankim-Rachanabali administrated by eduliture |
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay (also Chatterjee)
Biography
Chattopadhayay is widely regarded as a key figure in literary renaissance of Bengal as well as the broader Indian subcontinent.[7] Some of his writings, including novels, essays and commentaries, broke away from traditional verse-oriented Indian writings, and provided an inspiration for authors across India.[7]
Chattopadhayay was born in the village of Kanthalpara in the town of
Literary career
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Chattopadhyay's earliest publications were in
One of the many novels of Chattopadhyay that are entitled to be termed as historical fiction is Rajsimha (1881, rewritten and enlarged 1893).
Bankim was particularly impressed by the historical
Meeting with Ramakrishna
- Bankim was highly educated and influenced by Oriental thoughts and ideas. Ramakrishna in contrast, did not have knowledge of English. Yet they had a nice relation between them. Once British government.
Legacy
- Tagorepenned in the memory of his mentor:
"Bankim Chandra had equal strength in both his hands, he was a true sabyasachi (ambidextrous). With one hand, he created literary works of excellence; and with the other, he guided young and aspiring authors. With one hand, he ignited the light of literary enlightenment; and with the other, he blew away the smoke and ash of ignorance and ill conceived notions"
- Sri Aurobindo wrote in his memory:
"The earlier Bankim was only a poet and stylist, the later Bankim was a seer and nation-builder"
- After the Vishabriksha (The Poison Tree) was published in 1873, the magazine, Punch wrote:
- "You ought to read the Poison Tree
- of Bankim Chandra Chatterjee."[25]
- His novel Anushilan-Tattva inspired Pramathanath Mitra to start Anushilan Samiti.
- Bankim Puraskar (Bankim Memorial Award) is the highest award given by the Government of West Bengal for contribution to Bengali fiction.
Bibliography
- Fiction
- Durgeshnandini (March 1865)
- Kapalkundala (1866)
- Mrinalini (1869)
- Vishabriksha (The Poison Tree, 1873)
- Indira (1873, revised 1893)
- Jugalanguriya (1874)
- Radharani (1876, enlarged 1893)
- Chandrasekhar (1875)
- Kamalakanter Daptar (From the Desk of Kamlakanta, 1875)
- Rajani(1877)
- Krishnakanter Uil (Krishnakanta's Will, 1878)
- Rajsimha (1882)
- ISBN 978-81-222013-0-7
- Devi Chaudhurani (1884)
- Kamalakanta (1885)
- Sitaram (March 1887)
- Muchiram Gurer Jivancharita (The Life of Muchiram Gur)
- Religious Commentaries
- Krishna Charitra (Life of Krishna, 1886)
- Dharmatattva (Principles of Religion, 1888)
- Devatattva (Principles of Divinity, Published Posthumously)
- Srimadvagavat Gita, a Commentary on the Bhagavad Gita (1902 – Published Posthumously)
- Poetry Collections
- Lalita O Manas (1858)
- Essays
- Lok Rahasya (Essays on Society, 1874, enlarged 1888)
- Bijnan Rahasya (Essays on Science, 1875)
- Bichitra Prabandha (Assorted Essays), Vol 1 (1876) and Vol 2 (1892)
- Samya (Equality, 1879)
Chattopadhyay's debut novel was an English one, Rajmohan's Wife (1864) and he also started writing his religious and philosophical essays in English.
See also
- List of Indian writers
- Sadhu Bhasha
References
- ISBN 978-1-4391-3721-5.
- ISBN 978-1-59339-492-9.
- ^ "Remembering Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, writer of the national song Vande Mataram".
- ^ "History & Heritage". north24parganas.gov.in. Archived from the original on 1 November 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
- ISBN 978-0-87779-042-6.
- ^ Bhabatosh Chatterjee (1994). Bankimchandra Chatterjee: Essays In Perspective. Public Resource.
- ^ a b c Staff writer. "Bankim Chandra: The First Prominent Bengali Novelist", The Daily Star, 30 June 2011
- ^ Khan, Fatima (8 April 2019). "Bankim Chandra — the man who wrote Vande Mataram, capturing colonial India's imagination". ThePrint. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
- ^ Chakraborty, Dr. Dulal (2007). History of Bengali Literature (in Bengali). Bani Bitan.
- ^ "Remembering Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, the face of Bengal renaissance, on his birth anniversary". The Indian Express. 27 June 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
- ^ "'Harbinger of Indian renaissance': Indians remember 'Sahitya Samrat' Bankim Chandra Chatterjee on his 183rd birth anniversary". Free Press Journal. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
- ^ Chattopadhyay, Sachis Chandra (1952). Bankim's Biography (in Bengali). Calcutta. p. 9.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Bhattacharya, Amitrasudana (1991). Bankima-chandra-jibani (in Bengali). Calcutta: Anand Publishers. p. 25.
- ^ Chattopadhyay, Sachishchandra, Bankim-Jibani, 1952, Pustak Bipani, p 9
- ^ "Shri Bankim Chandra Chattopadhayay". West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education. West Bengal Council for Higher Secondary Education.
- ^ "Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay – Penguin Books India". Archived from the original on 28 November 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
- ^ Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay (Chatterjee), from BengalOnline.
- ISBN 9788126013425.
- ^ "Literary lion - Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay: The Statesman Notebook". The Statesman. 8 July 2019. Archived from the original on 22 July 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
- ^ "Jadavpur University B.A Syllabus - Comparative Literature" (PDF). Jadavpur University.
- ^ "किसकी वंदना है वंदे मातरम – Navbharat Times". Navbharat Times. 28 January 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
- ISBN 9788183241595.
- ISBN 0-88706-298-9
- ^ Partha Chatterjee, "Chapter 3 The Moment of Departure: Culture and Power in the Thought of Bankimchandra" in National Thought and the Colonial World: A Derivative Discourse? (Delhi:Oxford University Press, 1986), 54-84.
- ^ Lemon, Mark; Mayhew, Henry; Taylor, Tom; Brooks, Shirley; Burnand, Sir Francis Cowley; Seaman, Sir Owen (1885). "London Charivari". Punch Publications Limited.
Further reading
- Ujjal Kumar Majumdar: Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay: His Contribution to Indian Life and Culture. Calcutta: The Asiatic Society, 2000. ISBN 81-7236-098-3.
- Walter Ruben: Indische Romane. Eine ideologische Untersuchung. Vol. 1: Einige Romane Bankim Chattopadhyays iund Ranbindranath Tagore. Berlin: Akademie Verlag, 1964. (German)
- Bhabatosh Chatterjee, Editor: Bankimchandra Chatterjee: Essays in Perspective (Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi) 1994.
External links
- Media related to Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay at Wikimedia Commons
- Quotations related to Bankim Chandra Chatterjee at Wikiquote