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Bishnu Dey
Poet

Bishnu Dey

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Helping shape modern Bengali poetry.

Smriti Satta Bhabishyat

Born
18 July 1909
Birthplace
Kolkata
Died
3 December 1982

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Bishnu Dey

Bishnu Dey was a Bengali poet and critic whose modernist work linked artistic experimentation with social and historical concerns.

Early life

Calcutta education

He attended Sanskrit Collegiate School and studied English at St. Paul’s College. Western classical music and Marxist thought became lasting interests.

Career

  1. Interwar years

    Modernist poetry

    Participated in a generation reshaping the form.

  2. 1965

    Sahitya Akademi

    Received the Bengali award.

  3. 1971

    Jnanpith

    Received India’s major literary honour.

Selected work

Smriti Satta Bhabishyat

A major collection concerned with memory, existence and the future.

Beyond work

Music and translation

Engaged with Indian and Western music and translated poetry from several traditions.

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