Rabindra Puraskar
1 appearances
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Edition 55 (1979) Winner
Arun Mitra
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Arun Mitra
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1909-11-02 （Jessore, Bengal Presidency, British India）
- Died
- 2000-08-22 （Kolkata, West Bengal, India） age 90
- Nationality
- Indian
- Languages
- Bengali, English
- Residence History
- Jessore (birthplace) → Kolkata (long-term residence)
Career
- Occupations
- Poet, Journalist, Professor
- Active Years
- 1943-1999
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Rabindranath Tagore Award | Not Just the Rustle of the Night | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1986 | Sahitya Akademi Award | So Far After Searching So Long | — | Sahitya Akademi | 受賞 |
Rabindranath Tagore Award
1978
Work:
Not Just the Rustle of the Night
Result:
受賞
Sahitya Akademi Award
1986
Work:
So Far After Searching So Long
Organization:
Sahitya Akademi
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Sahitya Akademi Award to Bengali Writers
1 appearances
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Edition 30 (1987) Winner
Works
Major Works
Prantorekha (Horizon Line)
1943 PoetryEarly collection of poems capturing the poet's youthful perspective and sense of landscape.
natureselflandscape
Translations
- English translations (details unknown)
Utser Dikey (Toward the Source)
1955 PoetryA mid-career collection exploring language and memory.
memoryoriginslanguage
Shudhu Raater Shabdo Noi (Not Just the Rustle of the Night)
1978 PoetryA representative collection juxtaposing social perspective with personal feeling; winner of the Rabindranath Tagore Award.
nightsocietyintrospection
Khunjtey Khunjtey Eto Door (So Far After Searching So Long)
1986 PoetryA mature poetry collection that won the Sahitya Akademi Award, one of India's major literary honors.
searchtimeexistence
Jibaner Rangey (In the Color of Life)
1999 MemoirThe poet's memoirs, containing remembrances of writers and contemporaries and essays on literature.
memoryliteraturefriendship
Bibliography
- Prantorekha (Horizon Line), 1943
- Utser Dikey (Toward the Source), 1955
- Ghonishto Taap (Intimate Warmth), 1963
- Shudhu Raater Shabdo Noi (Not Just the Rustle of the Night), 1978
- Khunjtey Khunjtey Eto Door (So Far After Searching So Long), 1986
- Jibaner Rangey (In the Color of Life), 1999
Translations by Author
- Translation of Voltaire's Candide into Bengali, 1970 (published by Sahitya Akademi)
- Anthology/translation of various French poems into Bengali
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- lyrical and philosophicalconcise and symbolic
- Recurring Motifs
- nightmemorysocial reality
Legacy
Arun Mitra was an important Bengali poet and translator of French literature who contributed to literary exchange in India. He won awards including the Rabindranath Tagore Award and the Sahitya Akademi Award and occupies a significant place in 20th-century Bengali poetry.
Archives
- arunmitra.org (centenary website, archived)
Trivia
- Also known for translations of French literature (e.g., Bengali translation of Voltaire's Candide).
- A centenary website was launched; archived versions are available.