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Like the Bengali language, Bengali poetry traces its lineage to Pāli and other Prakrit socio-cultural traditions. An antagonism to Vedic rituals and laws heightened to a culmination in the Buddhist and Jainist movements. However, modern Bengali owes as much to Sanskrit. Like the society that thrived to populate the modern Bengal, Bengali language and culture appears to be a perfect amalgam of almost unanalysable elements. Bengali poetry is extraordinary and sweet. Image File history File links Wikitext. ... Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The first evidence of Bengali literature is known as Charyapada or Charyageeti, which were Buddhist hymns from the 8th century. ... Bangla redirects here. ... // Main Article : Charyapada Charyapada is the oldest known Bengali written form. ... This is a Chronological list of Bengali language authors (regardless of nationality or religion), by date of birth. ... This article provides an alphabetical list of Bengali language authors. ... Bengali Novels occupy a major part of Bengali literature. ... Bangla Science Fiction is a rich part of Bengali literature. ... Bangla redirects here. ... For the town and district in Rajasthan, see Pali, Rajasthan For the Ganapati temple of pali and place in Maharastra, see Ballaleshwar Pali Pāli (Devanagari पालि) is a Middle Indo-Aryan dialect or prakrit. ... Prakrit (also spelt Pracrit) (Sanskrit: , original, natural, artless, normal, ordinary, usual, i. ... This article discusses the historical religious practices in the Vedic time period; see Dharmic religions for details of contemporary religious practices. ... A replica of an ancient statue found among the ruins of a temple at Sarnath Buddhism is a philosophy based on the teachings of the Buddha, Siddhārtha Gautama, a prince of the Shakyas, whose lifetime is traditionally given as 566 to 486 BCE. It had subsequently been accepted by... The hand with a wheel on the palm symbolizes the Jain Vow of Ahinsa, meaning non-injury and nonviolence. ... Sanskrit ( , for short ) is a classical language of India, a liturgical language of Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, and Jainism, and one of the 23 official languages of India. ... For other uses, see Bengal (disambiguation). ...

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Early Poetry (Inception at the Turn of the Millennium)

The history of Bengali poetry is usually divided into three major successive stages of development: Poetry of the early age such as Charyapad, Mediaeval period and the age of modern poetry. However, true modernity was introduced into Bengali poetry in 1930s.


Earliest poems

Bengali poetry of the oldest period, probably beginning from 10th century, is known for the mystic poems called Charyapad or Charyagiti. These were discovered from Nepal's Royal library by Bengali scholar Mahamahopadhyay Haraprasad Shastri.


Epic in Vernacular

Look up Vernacular in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Krittibas Ojha (Bangla: কৄত্তিবাস ওঝা) is a medieval Bengali poet. ...

Medieval Period

Bhakti Movement, Vaishnava Padabali, Shakta Padabali

The period between 1350 and 1800, was the medieval period of Bengali poetry – known as the period of Jayadeva (12th century), the renowned poet from neighboring Orissa, Vidyapati (13th century) with his love lyrics, and Badu Chandidas, the author of Sri Krishna Kirtan, the most important philosophical work of the period. The period from 1500 A. D. to 1800 A.D. was known as the Late Middle Bengali period. During this period, there was a marked influence of Chaitanya and it was this influence that led to the development of Vaishnava literature. Chandidas(13th century) is one of the greatest poet of this time. Outside Vaishnava poetry, the most significant work of the sixteenth century was Chandimangal by Mukunda Chakravarti. Also, early in the fifteenth century Bengal got two of its best-known Muslim poets of Arrakan Daulat Kazi and Alaol (1607-1680). Jayadeva is considered one of the greatest Sanskrit poets of all times. ... Vidyapati (1352? – 1448?) was born in the village of Bisapi, Madhubani district, Bihar state, India. ... Chandidas (Bangla: চন্ডীদাস) (born 1408 CE) refers to (possibly more than one) medieval poet of Bengal. ...


Birth of Modern Poetry

Nobel Laurate Rabindranath Tagore is the most famous Bengali poet of modern era
Nobel Laurate Rabindranath Tagore is the most famous Bengali poet of modern era

Bharat Chandra probably marks the transition period of pre-colonial theocentric poetry and modern poetry. After Bharat Chandra there is a long list of poets notable Iswar Gupta before Michael Madhusudan Dutta (1834-1873) who is the founder of modern age of Bengali literature. Another great poet of this period is Biharilal Chakravarti’s (1834-94). Then Rabindranath Tagore(1861-1941), Kazi Nazrul Islam (1899-1976), Jatindramohan Bagchi (1878-1948) and many others begin the age of modern bengali poetry. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links Tagore3. ... Image File history File links Tagore3. ... (Bengali: , IPA: ) (7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941), also known by the sobriquet Gurudev, was a Bengali poet, Brahmo Samaj philosopher, visual artist, playwright, novelist, and composer whose works reshaped Bengali literature and music in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... This article is about the art form. ... Michael Madhusudan Dutt (Datta), (Bengali: ) (1824-1873), born Madhusudan Dutt, is a famous 19th century Bengali poet and dramatist. ... (Bengali: , IPA: ) (7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941), also known by the sobriquet Gurudev, was a Bengali poet, Brahmo Samaj philosopher, visual artist, playwright, novelist, and composer whose works reshaped Bengali literature and music in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. ... Nazrul playing a flute, Chittagong, 1926 Kazi Nazrul Islam (Bangla: কাজী নজরুল ইসলাম) (b. ... Jatindramohan Bagchi was a Bengali poet b. ...


Modern Bengali poetry a la Western school

With Rabindranath founding a firm basis for Bengali poetry, the new poets of early 1920s started a conscious movement for transcending the frontiers of traditional verses and establishing a realm of truly 'modern' poetry in Bengali. It was a successful movement that brought permanent change about the concept of structure of poetry, in addition to theme, Notably one sect of the modernists were pro-socialism poets like Sukanta Bhattacharya and Samar Sen. Sukanta Bhattacharya (1926) was one of the most honored poets of Bangla literature. ... Samar Sen was a Bengali poet and journalist. ...


Pragati-Kallol-Kavita-Parichay : Age of Modern Poetry

This is the most widely known portrait of Jibanananda Das. The date is unknown.
This is the most widely known portrait of Jibanananda Das. The date is unknown.

The modern age begins with a group of writers who wrote for Kallol, a modernist movement magazine founded in 1923. The most popular among the group were Kazi Nazrul Islam (1899 - 1976) and Mohitlal Majumder (1888-1952), Achintyakumar Sengupta (1903-1976), Satyendranath Dutta (1882-1922), Premendra Mitra (1904 - 1988) and others. Then Bengali poetry got into the brightest light of modernism in 1930s through the movement of few other little magazines such as Buddhadeb Bosu's Kabita and Sudhindranath Datta's Parichay. Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... THIS ARTICLE IS BEING REVAMPED. TO BE FINALIZED BY NOV 2007. ... Kallol refers to one of the most influential literary movements in Bangla literature, which can be approximately placed between 1925-1935. ... Nazrul playing a flute, Chittagong, 1926 Kazi Nazrul Islam (Bangla: কাজী নজরুল ইসলাম) (b. ... Mohitolal Majumdar (1888-1952), a renowned Bengali author, was born in Nodia, West Bengal, now in India. ... Achintyakumar Sengupta (1903-1976), was a renowned Bengali author. ... Satyendranath Dutta (also spelt as Satyendranath Datta or Satyendra Nath Dutta) (Bengali: ) (1882-1922), a Bengali poet, is considered the magician of rhymes (or chhonder jadukar in Bengali). ... Premendra Mitra (1904), a renowned Bengali poet, novelist, later, a thriller and science fiction writer. ...


The great poets of those movements— Jibanananda Das (1899 - 1954), Buddhadev Bose (1908 - 1974), Sudhindranath Dutta(1901 - 1960), Bishnu Dey (1909 - 1982), Amiya Chakravarty (1901 - 1986) and Samar Sen(1916 - 1987) were the main characters who made a significant effort to reshape Bengali Poetry. THIS ARTICLE IS BEING REVAMPED. TO BE FINALIZED BY NOV 2007. ... Buddhadeva Bose (also spelt as Buddhadeb Bosu) (1908-1974) was a major Bengali writer of the twentieth century. ... Sudhindranath Dutta (Bangla: সুধীন্দ্রনাথ দত্ত) (1901-1960) was a Bengali Indian post-modern poet, essayist, journalist and critic. ... Bishnu Dey (18 July 1909—3 December 1982) was a prominent Bengali poet, prose writer, movie critique in the era of modernism, post-modernism. ... Samar Sen was a Bengali poet and journalist. ...


Post World War II Poets

Dinesh Das (1913 - 1985), Sukanta Bhattacharya (1926 - 1947), Arun Mitra (1909-2000), Nirendranath Chakravarty, Subhas Mukhopadhyay (1919-2003), Abul Kasem Rahimuddin. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Dinesh Das Bengali poet b. ... Sukanta Bhattacharya (1926) was one of the most honored poets of Bangla literature. ... Arun Mitra was born in November of 1909 in Jashore, now in Bangladesh. ... Nirendranath Chakravarty(1924) is a popular contemporary Bengali Poet. ... Subhas Mukhopadhyay (Bangla: সুভাষ মুখোপাধ্যায়) (February 12, 1919 - July 8, 2003) was one of the foremost Bengali poets of the 20th century. ...

Poets of Islamic Ideals

Given the religion based politics of British India that saw partition of India on the basis of religion, soe poemts wrote poetry imbued with Islamic fervour. Some of them are Sayid Ismail Hossain Shiraji, Golam Mostofa (1897-1964), Farrukh Ahmed (1918-1974), Talim Hossain, Abdul Kadir (1906-1984). Of them Farrukh Ahmed is most accomplished and in essence, he is a modernist. Golam Mostofa (Bengali: ) 1897-1964) was a Bangladeshi writer and poet. ... Farrukh Ahmed (Bengali: ) (1918-1974) was a poet and writer of Bangladesh. ... Abdul Kadir (আবদুল কাদির) (1906-1984) was a Bangladeshi poet. ...


Age of Confusion

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Krittibas movement

The modernist movement of modernizing Bengali literature was brought one step further during the 50s, especially with the emergence of the Krittivas magazine. Major poets of this period are Dinesh Das Rangalal Bandyopadhyay, Sunil Chandra Sarkar, Rajlakshmi Devi, Ketaki Kushari Dyson, Pranab Kumar Mukhopadhyay, Jasimuddin, Bimal Chandra Ghosh, Manindra Roy, Manindra Gupta, Mangala Charan Chattopadhyay, Kamakshiprasad Chattopadhyay, Kiran Sankar Sengupta, Ram Basu, Biswa Bandyopadhyay, Ramendrakumar Acharya Choudhury, Sunil Basu, Nishikanta, Ranjit Singha, Sadhana Mukhopadhyay, Abul Kashem Rahimuddin, Achintya Kumar Sengupta, Chanchal Chattopadhyay, Ashok Bijoy Raha, Krishnadhan Dey, Batakrishna Dey.


. The first issue of Kabipatra was edited by Pabitra Mukhopadhyay, the 2nd by Amar Mitra, 3rd by Subimal Mishra, 4th to 7th by Sanjoy Mukhopadhyay and Sachin Das jointly. Pabitra also used to publish other magazines. many more like Arani Basu, Uday Bhadury, Somak Das, Dipak Lahiri, Parombrato Chattopadhyay, Kanailal Jana, Gour Khanra, Nasim-e-Alam, Tapan Maity, Subhas Gangopadhaya, Giridhari Kundu, Dipak Roy, Chitrita Devi, Kanak Mukhopadhyay, Jugantar Chakraborty, Mohini Mohan Gangopadhyay, Dipankar Roy, Shankho Ghosh were also linked with that movement and contributed writings.


Transparent eyeball--all-seeing but nowhere present

This is a big event in Bangla Kabita. A few poets came to note down the inner life of human being. In this age we find : Debiprasad Bandyopadhyay, Birendranath Rakshit, Bhaskar Mitra, Hirak Bhattacharya, Subrata Sarkar, Jamil Sayed, Tanmay Moitra, Subrata Paul, Utpal Dey, Ranajoy Chattopadhyay, Dilip Bandyopadhyay, Ranjan Sarkar, Prabuddha Sundar Kar, Rama Ghosh, Anjali Das, Sanjukta Bandyopadhyay, Chaitali Chattopadhyay, Chitrabhanu Sarkar, Abhik Bhattacharya, Rijurekho Chakraborty, Abhik Mazumdar.


New Horizon in Bengali Poetry

Can anyone forget these ultimate poets ?


Pijush Raut, Bijit Kumar Bhattacharya, Birendranath Rakshit, Shaktipada Brahmachari, Urdhendu Das, Jagannath Lala, Arun Banik.


Bengali Poets from different districts of West Bengal

From Jalpaiguri, we got various powerful poets such as Tushar Bandyopadhyay, Jiban Sarkar, Punyaslok Dasgupta, Anyaman Dasgupta, Chitrabhanu Sarkar, Kumkum Roy, Benu Sarkar, Tanumoy Sarkar, Benu Dutta Roy, Ranjan Nag, Samar Roy Choudhury, Bijoy Dey, Sandhyashri Chakraborty, Rana Sarkar, Nikhil Basu, Shyamal Singha, Moloy Ghosh.


In coochbehar, the poets wellknown to us are Ranajit Deb, Nitya Malakar, Arunesh Ghosh, Jibatosh Das, Jamaluddin, Nitish Basu, Anubhab Sarkar, Amar Chakraborty, Samir Chattopadhyay.


The powerful poets of Birbhum are Kabirul Islam, Ashanandan Chattaraj, Subir Das, Ekram Ali, Liyakat Ali, Somnath Chattopadhyay, Samaresh Mondal.


In Murshidabad we find Manish Ghatak, Bimal Chakraborty, Utpal Gupta, Sushil Bhowmik, Manishi Mohan Roy, Bijan Bhattacharya, Pradipendu Moitra, Rabin Roy Choudhury, Gokuleswar Ghosh, Sayed Khaled Nawman, Abul Bashar, Amitava Moitra, Prashanta Guha Mazumdar, Pompu Mazumdar, Jamil Sayed, Joy Singha, Rabin Biswas, Pushpen Roy, Sayed Hasmat Jalal, Sandip Biswas, Shuvo Chattopadhyay, Naser Hosen, Snehasis Sayed, Nikhil Kumar Sarkar, Nilima Saha, Umapada Kar, Malay Mishra, Amarendra Roy, Nurul Amin Biswas, Ebadul Haque, Narayan Ghosh, Mohammad Saaduddin.


In Medinipur district, we have found the glorious sons of soil Sudhir Bera, Amitava Das, Bishweswar Samanta, Madan Mohan Baitalik, Sumitra Dutta Choudhury, Shyamal Kanti Das, Ratan Tanu Ghati, Jaharlal Bera, Haraprasad Sahu, Niranjan Mishra, Asiskumar Mishra, Tamalika Panda Sheth, Asok Mohanty, Sukamal Basu, Achintya Nandi, Bitashok Bhattacharya, Dipak Kar, Biplab Maji, Ankur Saha, Ratan Jana, Surya Nandi, Pranab Maiti, Chitta Sahu, Sudhangshu Bag, Debasis Pradhan, S.Mahiuddin, Amrito Maiti, Tapankumar Maiti, Aniket Patra, Manaskumar Chini, Pravas Fadikar.


In Hooghly, there are a lot of poets, namely Roma Ghosh, Biswanath Gorai, Mridul Dasgupta, Somnath Mukhopadhyay, Samar Bandyopadhyay, Pallab Bandyopadhyay, Dinabandhu Hazra, Bidyut Bhowmik, Alokesh Bhattacharya, Ranjan Bandyopadhyay, Arup Ansh, Shyamaljit Saha, Pinaki Thakur, Ramkishor Bhattacharya, Arunangshu Bhattacharya.


Burdwan district may express it's pride with these poets :- Rangalal Bandyopadhyay, Satyendranath Dutta, Birendrakumar Bandyopadhyay, Asim Krishna Dutta, Pradip Das Sharma, Asit Biswas, Jaya Mitra, Ahana Biswas, Shyamal Baran Saha, Sanchayita Kundu, Sagar Mukhopadhyay, Arun Kumar Chattopadhyay, Arun Gangopadhyay, Kallolshri Mazumdar, Dishari Mukhopadhyay, Mrinal Banik, Bikash Gayen, Rajkumar Roy Choudhury.


In Howrah district, we know the poets namely Shambhu Rakshit, Brato Chakraborty, Manas Kumar Dutta, Sujit Sarkar, Ajit Bairi, Soumitra Bandyopadhyay, Tusharkanti Das, Promod Basu, Goutamkumar Dey, Himangshu Jana.


Sixties : Youthful Dreams in West Bengal

Haren Ghosh, Shuddhsattwa basu,Avijit Ghosh, Sushil Bhowmik, Bijoya Mukhopadhyay, Tapan Bandyopadhyay, Mohini Mohan Gangopadhyay, Abdus Samad, Mohammad Rafik, Mrityunjoy Sen, Uttam Das, Kedar Bhadury, Jiban Sarkar, Sushil Panja, Goutam Guha, Snehasis Sukul, Sikha Sukul, Snehakar Bhattacharya, Nirmal Basu, Pranesh Sarkar, Sisir Bhattacharya, Benu Dutta Roy, Arnab Sen, Tushar Bandyopadhaya, Jalpaiguri, Gokuleswar Ghosh, Samsul Hak, Samarendra Sengupta, Samar Bandyopadhyay.


New Voices in West Bengal

Seventies: Poems of Dreams and Protests

Bhattacharya Chandan, Satyen Bandyopadhyay, Ram Basu, Siddheswar Sen, Golam Kuddus, Swapan Bandyopadhyay, Aloknath Mukhopadhyay, Biswadeb Mukhopadhyay,Ekram Ali, Wajed Ali, Samarendra Das, Bapi Samaddar, Sayed Hasmat Jalal, Subrata Sarkar, Amitava Kanjilal, Anjali Das, Somak Das, Shankar Chakraborty, Jamil Sayed, Shyamal Kanti Das, Promod Basu, Sudhir Bera, Joydev Basu, Chtrabhanu Sarkar, Rijurekho Chakraborty, Jaharlal Bera, Sukamal Basu, Asok Mohanti, Kach Sanyal, Bhaskar Chakraborty, Subrata Chakraborty, Biswanath Ghosh.


Nineties: Atichetanaar Kabita (Poetry of Expansive Consciousness)

Sandhya Bhowmik, Kajal Chakraborty, Bratati Ghosh Roy, Bhaswati Roy Choudhury, Mohini Mohan Gangopadhyay, Mukul Chattopadhyay, Mobinul Haque, Binod Bera, Sudhendu Maliik.


Immortal Poets of West Bengal কবি মৃত , কবি দীর্ঘজীবী হোন

Birendranath Rakshit, Rabin Sur, Manik Chakraborty, Shamser Anwar, Shankar Chattopadhyay, Subrata Chakraborty, Jogabrata Chakraborty, Samsul Haque, Tushar Roy, Falguni Roy, Anyamon Dasgupta, Debanjali Mukhopadhyay, Kabita Singha, Ashok Mohanti, Sushil Bhowmik, Manishi Mohan Roy, Pradipendu Moitra, Sukomal Roy Choudhury, Shuvo Chattopadhyay, Arun Banik.


New Voices in Kolkata কলকাতার নতুন কন্ঠস্বর

A large number of poets has emerged in Kolkata during the "Read More Poems" movement. The major poets in this movement are Bijoylal Chattopadhyay, Chitra Lahiri, Shuvo Dasgupta, Bratati Bandyopadhyay, Kesto Chattopadhyay, Ramendra Deshmukhya, Ramen Acharya, Sabyasachi Deb, Sukomal Roychoudhury, Nagendra Das, Dinabandhu Hazra, Mridul Dasgupta, Kalikinkar Sengupta, Pratyush Prasun Ghosh, Binoy Mazumdar, Kabir Suman, Anjan Dutta, Kankabati Dutta, Mandakranta Sen, Mallika Sengupta Sarkar, Shuchismita Dasgupta, Pyarimohan Sengupta, Ananya Roy, Ujjwal Singha, Moti Mukhopadhyay, Niva Dey, Ramesh Purokayastha, Rahul Purokayastha, Rupa Dasgupta, Abhi Sengupta, Manoj Nandi, Anjan Kar, Ananta Das.


Deploring the new spirit and attitude

Soumitra Chattopadhyay, Shatabdi Roy, Mamata Bandyopadhyay, Purnendu Patri, Dibyendu Palit, Buddhadeb Dasgupta, Haraprasd Mitra, Kalikinkar Sengupta, Bappadity Bandyopadhyay, Samyabrata Joardar, Soumit Basu, Dibya Mukhopadhyay, Tirthankar Moitra, Tirthankar Das Purokayastha, Krishna Basu, Aneek Rudra, Swapanbaran Acharya, Pradip Acharya, Biman Mahato, Bijoy Singha, Prashanta Halder, Pinaki Ghosh, Rafik-Ul-Islam, Ratneswar Hazra, Mrinal Basu Choudhury, Mrinal Dutta, Pranab Maiti, Pranab Chattopadhyay.


Next-Generation of West Bengal পশ্চিমবাংলার পরবর্তী প্রজন্ম

[1]=== Female poets of West Bengal পশ্চিমবাংলার মহিলা কবি ===


Their poems fall on the ear with solace

Chandrabati, Girindra mohini Dasi, Kamini Roy, Priyambada Devi, Kusum Kumari Dasi, Mankumari Basu , Mrinalini Sen, Swarnakumai Devi, Ananga mohini Devi, Sarojkumari Devi, Lajjabati Basu, Uma Devi, Hasirashi Devi, Bani Roy, Radharani Devi, Rajlakshmi Devi, Kanak Mukhopadhyay, Archana Acharya Choudhury, Sadhana Mukhopadhyay, Aprajita Goppi, Kabita Singha, Manjulika Das, Ramola Boral, Gita Chattopadhyay, Ketaki Kushari Dyson, Bijaya Mukhopadhyay, Nabanita Deb Sen, Sutapa Bhattacharya, Debarati Mitra, Rama Ghosh, Anjali Das , Krishna Basu, Ishita Bhaduri, Jaya Mitra, Anita Agnihotri, Sanjukta Bandyopadhyay, Chaitali Chattopadhyay, Bhaswati Roy Choudhury, Debanjali Mukhopadhyay, Kanchan Kuntala Mukhopadhyay, , Shuchismita Dasgupta, Mandar Mukhopadhyay, Jashodhara Roychoudhury, Ahana Biswas, Bithi Chattopadhyay, Tamalika Panda Sheth, Sumitra Dutta Choudhury, Sandhya Bhowmik, Mallika Sengupta , Chandrani Das Bandyopadhyay, Nandita Bandyopadhyay, Shubhosree Roy, Dipshikha Poddar, Sanchayita Kundu, Anuradha Mahapatra, Jyotsna Karmakar, Urmila Chakraborty, Sunanda Chakraborty, Sunanda Moitra, Sutapa Sengupta, Bratati Ghosh Roy, Bratati Biswas (Singha Roy), Chitra Lahiri, Shrabasti Basu, Rimi Dey, Roshanara Mishra, Mouli Mishra, Sebanti Ghosh, Shamita Dasgupta, Mou Dasgupta, Rupa Dasgupta, Papri Gangopadhyay, Trishna Bhattacharya, Mandakranta Sen, Monalisa Chattopadhyay, Gouri Mazumdar, Shweta Chakraborty, Bubun Chattopadhyay, Ananya Bandyopadhyay, Mousumi Roy, Kalpana Debnath, Tanushree Pal, Tanushri Bhattacharya, Kabyashree Baksi Bhattacharya, Sandhyasree Chakraborty, Madhuchhanda Mitra Ghosh, Shreyasi Gangopadhyay, Anindita Goswami, Tanushri Bhattacharya, Itushri Mohanta, Mitul Dutta, Susmeli Dutta, Meghna R Pai, Wahida Khatun, Ballari Sen, Mithu Sen, Poulami Sengupta Sarkar, Arati Bagchi, Lalita Patri, Upama Patri, Swagata Gupta, Maya Sarkar, Dipika Biswas, Subhadra Bhattacharya, Namita Choudhury, Ajita Choudhury, Nilima Saha, Ajra Banu, Reshma Khatun, Swati Indu, Sanhita Bandyopadhyay, Swapna Bandyopadhyay, Swapna Gangopadhyay, Shabari Ghosh, Jhilli Choudhury, Chandana Khan, Chhanda Chattopadhyay, Paromita Munshi, Paromita Chanda, Soumana Dasgupta, Shyamali Sengupta, Rina Giri, Rama Simlai Mallika Sengupta [মল্লিকা সেনগুপ্ত] is an important Bengali poet and writer of contemporary India. ...


Sub-Altern generation

Shambhu Rakshit, Shib Shambhu Pal, Biswajit Panda, Nitya Malakar, Sushil Panja, Giridhari Kundu, Sanchayita Kundu, Biplab Maji, Amitesh Maiti, Achyut Mondal, Tanmoy Mridha, Basudeb Moshel, Haraprasad Sahu, Kalobaran Parui, Gour Khanra, Kashinath Das Chakladar, Anindya Chaki, Kamal Dey Shikdar, Arun Sadhukhan, Satya Sadhan Chel, Rajkalyan Chel, Arup Panti, Ratantanu Ghati, Madhusudan Ghati, Ranjit Halder, Amalendu Biswas, Rakhal Biswas, Biswanath Garai, Mihir Gharami, Dipshikha Podder, Pranab Fouzdar.


Nineties : Parallel Poetry Movement

Kanak Mukhopadhay, Nandita Bandyopadhyay, Samaresh Mondal, Shamser Anwar, Alokendu Sekhar Patri, Lalita Patri, Upama Patri, Shyamsundar Dey, Sadhana Mukhopadhyay, Prashanta Guha Mazumdar,Jaladhi Halder, Sumitra Dutta Choudhury, Rabin Sur , Manik Chakraborty, Tulsi Mukhopadhyay, Abdus Shukur Khan, Ahana Biswas, Sajal Dey, Pratyush Prasun Ghosh, Nibha Dey, Nirad Roy, Sabysachi Sarkar, Pradip Mitra, Partho Bandyopadhyay, Avik Mazumdar, Sanjita Sen, Promod Basu, Niladri Bhoumik, Manab Chakraborty, Samir Majumdar, Ayan Bandyopadhyay, Achintya Nandi,Amitava Praharaj


Nineties : Mainstream Poetry of Nineties

Punyaslok Dasgupta, Anyamon Dasgupta, Benu Sarkar, Anubhab Sarkar, Tanumoy Sarkar, Amar Chakraborty, Kalyan Dey, Goutamendu Roy, Samar Chakraborty, Gitangshu Kar, Wajed Ali, Subrato Chakraborty, Nikhil Kumar Sarkar, Amalendu Biswas, Rudra Poti, Mandar Mukhopadhyay, Aveek Bhattacharya, Muhammad Matiullah, Angshuman Kar, Rajib Ghosh, Tapas Roy, Bijesh Saha, Sumitesh Sarkar, Purnendu Bharadwaj, Rajkumar Roychoudhury,Anindya Bhattacharjee, Tirthankar Moitra, Ranjit Halder, Gouri Mazumdar,Purnachandra Munian, Subal Jana, Othelo Haq


See also

Below is the list of: poets of Indian Origin poets born in India poets from other regions of the world who are masters of poetry in Indian languages. ... This is a list of articles about poetry in a single language or produced by a single nation. ...

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This is a list of articles about poetry in a single language or produced by a single nation. ... Anglo-Welsh poetry is a subset of Anglo-Welsh literature. ... Arabic poetry is poetry composed and written down in the Arabic language either by Arab people or non-Arabs. ... The Bishnupriya Manipuri language (BPM) (ইমার ঠার/বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী) is an Indo-Aryan language. ... This article is concerned with Biblical poetry, specifically poetry in the Hebrew Bible. ... Byzantine literature refers to literature written in the Greek language during the Middle Ages, although certain works written in Latin, like the Corpus Juris Civilis may also be included. ... Literature in Sanskrit, one of Indias two oldest languages, and the basis of several modern languages in India. ... The opening verses of Origo Mundi, the first play of the Ordinalia (the magnum opus of mediaeval Cornish literature), written by an unknown monk in the late 14th century Cornish literature refers to written works in the Cornish language. ... Many regard William Shakespeare as the greatest English poet. ... // Ancient Greek literature (before AD 300) Main article: Ancient Greek literature Classical Greek Ancient Greek literature refers to literature written in Ancient Greek from the oldest surviving written works in the Greek language until the 4th century and the rise of the Byzantine Empire. ... Guernésiais, also known as Dgèrnésiais, Guernsey French, Guernsey Norman French, is the variety of Norman language spoken in Guernsey. ... Hindi literature (Hindi: हिंदी साहित्य) Hindi poetry is divided into four prominent forms or styles, being Bhakti (devotional - Kabir, Raskhan); Shringar (beauty - Keshav, Bihari); Veer-Gatha (extolling brave warriors); and Adhunik (modern). ... Hebrew poetry is poetry written in the Hebrew language. ... The ancient Sanskrit epics, the Ramayana and Mahabharata, laid the cornerstone for much of Hindu religion. ... Javanese poetry (poetry in the Javanese or especially the Kawi language; Low Javanese: tembang; High Javanese: sekar) is traditionally recited in song form. ... Jèrriais literature is literature in Jèrriais. ... Kannada poetry is poetry written in the Kannada language spoken in Karnataka state of India. ... Kashmiri (कॉशुर, کٲشُر Koshur) is a Dardic language spoken primarily in the valley of Kashmir, a region situated in the Jammu and Kashmir state of India. ... Latin poetry was a major part of Latin literature during the height of the Latin language. ... The poetry of Latin America is encompassing of, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia, Perú, Ecuador, Venezuela, República Dominicana (Dominican Republic), Cuba, The United States (Puerto Rico), Colombia, Panamá, Costa Rica, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Mexico, the spanish speaking portion of Belize, and some may argue Brazil, España... The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... Literature written in Malayalam language. ... Nepali Literature (Nepali: ) refers to literature written in the Nepali language. ... Old English poetry is based upon one system of verse construction which was used for all poems. ... Old Norse poetry encompasses a range of verse forms written in a number of Nordic languages, embraced by the term Old Norse, during the period from the 8th century to as late as the far end of the 13th century. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Pashto literature and poetry refers to literature and poetry in Pashto language. ... Persian literature is literature written in Persian, or by Persians in other languages. ... // Rajasthani has a vast literature written in various genres starting from 1000 AD.But, it is generally agreed that modern Rajasthani literature began with the works of Suryamal Misran. ... Scottish literature is literature written in Scotland or by Scottish writers. ... Songs of Serbian epic poetry rarely, if ever, rhyme, but they are easy to remember as each line has exactly ten syllables and caesura after fourth syllable. ... Sindhi poetry which originally consisted of slightly modified Hindi Dohas and Sorthas was, in the course of time, supplemented by Persian forms of prosody like Ghazal, Mathnavi, Rubai etc. ... The following is a list of the most important poets of Slovak literature, for a list of Slovak authors of prose and drama see Slovak prose: Middle Ages (800 – 1500) Constantine (827-869) – born in Thessaloniki Maurus (?-1070) Leonard z Uničova (15th century) Renaissance (1500-1650) Martin Rakovský (1535-1579... Tamil literature is literature in the Tamil language which most prominently includes the contributions of the Tamil country (or Tamizhagam) history, a large part of which constitutes the modern state of Tamil Nadu and Kerala as well as some parts of Karnataka and Andra pradesh. ... Telugu poetry is verse originating in the southern provinces of India, namely Andhra Pradesh. ... Urdu poetry (Urdu: اردو شاعری, Urdu Shayari) is one of the most dominant and prominent poetries of times and has many different colours & types. ... Veda redirects here. ... Welsh poetry may refer to poetry in the Welsh language, Anglo-Welsh poetry, or other poetry written in Wales or by Welsh poets. ...

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History of Bangladesh (7883 words)
These poem-songs in old Bengali, designed to be sung with a particular rage, constitute an integral part of the heritage of Bangladesh and the basis of a long established tradition of poetry which has survived to the present day.
Bengali was adopted in Assam, Nefa, Orissa, Arakan, Ranchi and Bihar.
Bengali was the common language and literature of the masses.
Station Information - Bengali poetry (224 words)
Like the Bengali language Bengali poetry finds its lineage to Pali and other Prakrit socio-cultural traditions.
In Vedic Age, Bengal (then known as Banga) was famous for its anti-Nordic exploits; and hence was almost free from all Vedic cultures.
However, modern Bengali owes as much to Sanskrit just as much it owes to the antagonists' culture and language.
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