Buddhadeva Bose (1908-74) was a major Bengali writer of the twentieth century. Like Rabindranath Tagore he was a versatile writer, and wrote poetry, novels, short stories, and plays. He was also an influential critic and editor. Bangla (বাংলা, IPA: ) or Bengali is an Indo-Aryan language of East South Asia, evolved from Sanskrit and Prakrit. ... Rabindranath Tagore in Kolkata, c. ...

Life

Buddhadeva Bose was born in Comilla, now in Bangladesh. He was educated in Dhaka. After completing his MA in English from the University of Dhaka, he moved to Calcutta. He taught at Ripon College and later worked as a journalist. Subsequently, he set up the Department of Comparative literature in Jadavpur University, and was on its faculty for a number of years. Jadavpur University (JU) is a premier educational and research institution in India. ...

Bose received the Sahitya Akademi award in 1967, and was honoured with a Padma Bhushan in 1970.

Works

References

The Selected Poems of Buddhadeva Bose/Translated and Introduced by Ketaki Kushari Dyson. New Delhi, OUP, 2003