Bengal the beautiful / Jibanananda Das ; translated from the Bengali (Rupasi Bangla) and introduced by Joe Winter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Das, Jibanananda, 1899-1954

Contributor:

Winter, Joe, 1943-

Standardized Title:

Rūpasī Bāṃlā. English

Language:

Bengali

English

Subjects (All):

Das, Jibanananda, 1899-1954. Poems.

Das, Jibanananda.

Genre:

Bengali poetry.

Physical Description:

79 ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Anvil Press Poetry, 2006.

Summary:

This is the first English translation of a collection of 62 sonnets discovered in an exercise-book twenty years after Das' untimely death in a tramcar accident. These sonnets are imbued with a deeply tragic sensibility, "the touch of tears in mortal things," and with a scent of unrequited love. Written, according to the poet's brother, "under the influence of a certain emotion," these sonnets achieved instant popularity when first published, becoming a totemic symbol of freedom in Bangladesh's 1971 War of Independence. Das captured the country's heart and soul in these exquisite evocations of village life and natural beauty.

Jibanananda Das (1899-1954), "the loneliest poet," was one of the Indian subcontinent's greatest writers, the modernist heir to Tagore.

Joe Winter has previously translated a selection of Das' verse, published by Anvil Press in 2003 as "Naked Lonely Hand."

ISBN:

0856463906

9780856463907

OCLC:

76907525