DHAKA, June 28, 2018 (BSS) – The 146th death anniversary of legendary Bengali poet and father of Bengali sonnet Michael Madhusudan Dutt will be observed tomorrow (Saturday) with pomp and grandeur.
On January 25 in 1824, Madhusudan Dutt was born to landlord Raj Narayan Dutt and Janhabi Devi at Sagardari village under Keshabpur upazila in Jashore district. Madhusudan died in Calcutta General Hospital on June 29, 1873 at
the age of 49.
Legendary poet Madhusudan, who is called Mahakobi (epic poet) for his
tragic epic ‘Meghnad Badh Kavya’, earned name and fame in the arena of
literature for his extraordinary creative works.
Madhusudan Dutt is widely considered to be one of the greatest poets in
Bengali literature and the father of the Bengali sonnet. He pioneered what
came to be called ‘Amitrakshar Chhanda’ (blank verse). His first attempt at
blank verse was ‘Sharmistha’ in Bengali literature.
“Always, o river, you peep in my mind/ Always I think you in this
loneliness/ Always I soothe my ears with the murmur/ Of your waters in
illusion, the way/ Men hear songs of illusion in a dream,” are a few lines of
his extraordinary creation ‘Kapatakkha Nad’ in which he showed his deep love
towards his country and the river.
Apart from his outstanding talent in authoring poems, Madhusudan Dutt
showed prodigious skills as a playwright as he was the first to write Bengali
plays in the English style, segregating the play into acts and scenes.
He was also the pioneer of the first satirical plays in Bengali literature.
‘Buro Shaliker Ghare Ron’ and ‘Ekei Ki Boley Sabhyota’ are among his famous
satirical plays.