Sahitya Akademi Award to Bengali Writers
1 appearances
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Edition 12 (1967) Winner
Buddhadeva Bose
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Buddhadeva Bose
Aliases:
Buddhadeb Bosu / বুদ্ধদেব বসু
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1908-09-02 （Tipperah (Comilla District), Eastern Bengal and Assam, British India）
- Died
- 1974-08-14 （Calcutta (Kolkata), West Bengal, India） age 65
- Nationality
- Indian
- Languages
- Bengali, English
- Residence History
- Dhaka (student years) → Calcutta / Kavita Bhavan (long-term residence) → United States (visiting professor/visits)
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, Poet, Playwright, Critic, Editor, Translator, Academic
- Active Years
- 1924-1974
- Affiliations
- Ripon College (now Surendranath College), Jadavpur University (established Department of Comparative Literature; faculty), Editor/Publisher of Kavita (poetry magazine)
- Influenced By
- Charles Baudelaire, Ezra Pound, W. B. Yeats, Rainer Maria Rilke, T. S. Eliot, Rabindranath Tagore (early influence)
- Influenced
- Jibanananda Das (supported and published early work), Samar Sen, Subhas Mukhopadhyay (poet), Later Bengali modernist poets (contributed to formation of modernism)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Dhaka | Faculty of English | Department of English Language and Literature | MA | 1920年代–1930年 | British India |
University of Dhaka
Faculty of English
/ Department of English Language and Literature
Degree:
MA
Period:
1920年代–1930年
Year of Graduation:
1930
Country:
British India
Studied English language and literature at the University of Dhaka; resident of Jagannath Hall.
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Sahitya Akademi Award | Tapaswi-O-Tarangini (verse play) | — | Sahitya Akademi (India) | 受賞 |
| 1974 | Rabindra Puraskar | Swagato Biday (poetry) | — | Government of West Bengal | 受賞 |
| 1970 | Padma Bhushan | — | — | Government of India | 受賞 |
Sahitya Akademi Award
1967
Work:
Tapaswi-O-Tarangini (verse play)
Organization:
Sahitya Akademi (India)
Result:
受賞
Rabindra Puraskar
1974
Work:
Swagato Biday (poetry)
Organization:
Government of West Bengal
Result:
受賞
Padma Bhushan
1970
Organization:
Government of India
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Rabindra Puraskar
1 appearances
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Edition 50 (1974) Winner
Works
Major Works
Tithidore
1949 Novel (epic novel)An epic novel published in 1949, regarded as one of his major novels and a classic of modern Bengali fiction.
modernityindividual and historysocial change
Translations
- When the Time is Right (English translation, Arunava Sinha, 2011)
Raat Bha're Brishti / Rain through the Night
1967 Novel (love triangle / social themes)A novel about a love triangle that was banned on obscenity charges at publication but later cleared by the High Court; it candidly treats sexuality and human relationships.
lovesexualitymorality and censorship
Translations
- It Rained All Night (English translation by Clinton B. Seely, 2010)
- Rain through the Night (English translation, 1973)
Tapaswi-O-Tarangini
1967 Verse playA verse play blending poetic expression and dramatic form; awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award.
religious and philosophical reflectionhuman trials
Kavita (poetry magazine) and Kavita Bhavan publications
1935 Magazine editing & publishingFounded and edited the poetry magazine Kavita from 1935 for 25 years, spearheading Bengali modernist poetry; also ran the publishing imprint Kavita Bhavan.
promotion of poetic modernismdiscovering and publishing new poets
Bibliography
- Mormorani (1924, poetry)
- Bandir Bandana (1930, poetry)
- Saara (1930, novel)
- Tithidore (1949, novel)
- Raat Bhore Brishti (1967, novel)
- Tapaswi-O-Tarangini (verse play)
- Charles Baudelaire O Tar Kobita (selected translations of Baudelaire, 1961)
Adaptations
- Kolkatar Electra has been staged and translated into English
- Several plays were produced by theatre groups and received attention
Translations by Author
- Selected poems of Charles Baudelaire translated into Bengali
- Translation of Kalidasa's Meghadutam
- Translations of Hölderlin and Rilke
Translations of Works
- When the Time is Right (English translation of Tithidore, Arunava Sinha, 2011)
- It Rained All Night (English translation of Raat Bhore Brishti, Clinton B. Seely, 2010)
- My Kind of Girl (English translation of Moner Moto Meye, Arunava Sinha)
- Black Rose (English translation of Golap Keno Kalo, Arunava Sinha, 2013)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Modernist poetic style influenced by Western literature (notably Baudelaire)Emphasis on technical perfection (mastery of rhyme and rhythm)Predominantly free verse with lyrical and structural strengthClear, analytical prose in criticism and essays
- Recurring Motifs
- modernity and urban lifelove and sexual expressionreferences to myth and classical sources (in plays)intersection of self and history
Legacy
A central figure in 20th-century Bengali literature who led poetic modernism through the magazine Kavita and the publishing imprint Kavita Bhavan. He produced wide-ranging work—poetry, novels, plays, translations and criticism—and received honors including the Sahitya Akademi Award and the Padma Bhushan.
Quotes
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"Rumi, since this morning, I am really worried. Have you kept your money and traveler's cheques in a safe and handy place? ... For your small expenditures spend the loose change that you have in dollars."
Source: Letter to daughter Damayanti Basu Singh (quoted in Dola Mitra article, 2006) (2006)
Trivia
- Founded the poetry magazine Kavita in 1935 and edited/published it for 25 years.
- Established the Department of Comparative Literature at Jadavpur University and served on its faculty.
- The novel Raat Bhore Brishti was banned on obscenity grounds at publication but later cleared by the High Court.
- Published over 160 titles in his lifetime; about 200 titles have been issued overall.