Shakti Chattopadhyay

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Shakti Chattopadhyay
Hungry movement, Krittibas
Notable worksAbani Bari Achho
Jete Pari Kintu Keno Jabo
Notable awardsAnanda Puraskar[3]
Sahitya Akademi Award[4]

Shakti Chattopadhyay (25 November 1933 – 23 March 1995) was an Indian poet and writer who wrote in Bengali. He is known for his realistic depictions of rural life. He was a green poet, many of his poems raised the issue of nature in crisis. Through his poems he urged to protect Mother Nature and plant trees.

The huge surprise and controversy surrounding his poetry have repeatedly moved the readers. The omnipotent humanity of the American Beatniks moved him at one time.

Early life

Shakti Chattopadhyay was born in

Presidency College (now Presidency University, Kolkata) with Honours in Bengali literature
but he did not appear in the examination.

Shakti Chattopadhyay worked with

Visva Bharati University after his retirement.[5]

Literature career

He started writing novels to make a living from literature. Kuyotala was his first novel. His first collection of poems, Hey prem, Hey naishyabda (O love, O silence), published in 1956. Abani Bari Achho is a poem by Shakti Chattopadhyay. It is included in his seminal early collection Dhôrmeo achho jirafeo achho published in 1965.[6] He also published 10 novels, several collections of travel writing, a collection of essays and Bengali translations.

Notable works

  • Kuyotala
  • Hey prem, Hey naishyabda (O love, O silence)
  • Jwalanta Rumal
  • Āmāke jāgāo
  • Dhôrmeo achho jirafeo achho : Abani Bari Achho
  • Jete Pari Kintu Keno Jabo
  • Padyasamagra
  • Sakale pratyeke ekā
  • Kabira galpa
  • Agranthita padya
  • Sandhyāra se-śānta upahāra
  • Jongole Pahare
  • Amar Rabindranath

Awards

References

  1. ISBN 978-81-260-2003-4
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  2. ISBN 978-81-86908-96-9
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  3. ^ Sengupta, Samir (2005). Shakti Chattopadhyay. p. 93
  4. ^ Sengupta, Samir (2005). Shakti Chattopadhyay. p. 94
  5. ISBN 9780810880245. Retrieved 2 September 2019. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help
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  6. ^ "Poem: Abani, Are You Home by Shakti Chattopadhay".

External links

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