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Amiya Chandra Chakravarty

アミヤ・チャンドラ・チャクラバルティ

Amiya Chandra Chakravarty

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1901-04-10 （Serampore, British Raj (now India)）
Died
1986-06-12 （Santiniketan, West Bengal, India） age 85
Nationality
India
Languages
Bengali, English
Residence History
Calcutta (Kolkata) → Santiniketan (Visva-Bharati) → Oxford, United Kingdom → Birmingham, United Kingdom → Princeton, USA → Washington, D.C. (Howard University) → Boston (Boston University) → New Paltz, New York (SUNY)

Career

Occupations
literary critic, academic, poet, editor
Active Years
1921-1986
Affiliations
Visva-Bharati University, University of Calcutta (Professor of English), Howard University (Department of English), Yale University (visiting fellow), Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton (fellow), Boston University (Professor of Comparative Oriental Religions and Literature), Smith College (professor), State University of New York, New Paltz (professor)
Influenced By
Rabindranath Tagore, Mahatma Gandhi
Influenced
Thomas Merton

Education

St. Columba's College, Hazaribagh (affiliated to Patna University)
Period: 1910s–1920s
Country: India
Studied at a college then under Patna University
Visva-Bharati University
Period: 1921–1920年代
Country: India
Entered as a student in 1921 and later taught there
University of Oxford
Degree: D.Phil
Period: 1933–1937
Year of Graduation: 1937
Country: United Kingdom
Earned a D.Phil in 1937 and served as a senior research fellow

Awards

Padma Bhushan
1970
Organization: Government of India
Result: 受賞
Sahitya Akademi Award (Bengali)
1963
Work: Ghare Pherar Din
Organization: Sahitya Akademi
Result: 受賞
UNESCO Prize
Work: Chalo Jai
Organization: UNESCO
Result: 受賞（年不詳）
Deshikottama (honorary)
Organization: Visva-Bharati University
Result: 授与（年不詳）

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Chalo Jai

Poetry collection

A collection of poems reflecting idealism and humanism, with frequent themes of nature and beauty.

idealismhumanismnature

Ghare Pherar Din

Poetry collection

A poetry collection themed around return to home and roots. Recipient of the 1963 Sahitya Akademi Award.

return to homereflectionnature

Dynasts and the Post-war Age in Poetry

Literary criticism

A critical study on Thomas Hardy's poetry, analyzing themes in post-war poetry.

poetic analysispost-war literature

A Tagore Reader

1961 Edited translations

An edited selection of Rabindranath Tagore's poetry and prose presented in English, contributing to Tagore studies and dissemination.

Tagore studiestranslation and editing

The Housewarming and other Selected Writings

1965 Edited translations

An edited collection of Tagore's selected writings in English, aimed at anglophone readers.

Tagoretranslation

Bibliography

  • Chalo Jai
  • Ghare Pherar Din
  • Dynasts and the Post-war Age in Poetry
  • A Tagore Reader (ed.)
  • The Housewarming and other Selected Writings (ed.)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
lyrical, idealistic styleemphasis on natural imageryclear, analytical prose in literary criticism
Recurring Motifs
nature and beautyhome and returnspirituality and humanism

Legacy

A close associate of Tagore who greatly contributed to Tagore studies and the introduction of Bengali literature to anglophone audiences. Recognized as a poet and critic with major honors including the Sahitya Akademi Award and the Padma Bhushan.

Academic Societies

  • Visva-Bharati
  • Sahitya Akademi (associated)

Archives

  • Visva-Bharati University archives (related materials)
  • Yale LUX collection (related holdings)

Trivia

  • Served as Rabindranath Tagore's literary secretary from 1924 to 1933.
  • Walked with Mahatma Gandhi during the 1930 Salt March.
  • Received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1963 for Ghare Pherar Din.
  • Awarded the Padma Bhushan by the Government of India in 1970.
  • Thomas Merton is reported to have dedicated his 1968 book Zen and the Birds of Appetite to Chakravarty.