Pramatha Chaudhuri
Pramathanath Chaudhuri | |
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Calcutta, Bengal, British India | |
Pen name | Birbal |
Occupation | Poet, essayist, writer |
Period | Bengal Renaissance |
Pramathanath Chaudhuri (7 August 1868 – 2 September 1946), known as Pramatha Chaudhuri, alias Birbal, was a Bengali writer and a figure in
Biography
Life at Krishnanagar
He studied in Krishnanagar Debnath High School in Krishnanagar.[citation needed] From his 5th to 13th year, Chaudhuri lived at Krishnanagar[citation needed]}
Youth
Chaudhuri joined the
Works
After qualifying for the law, Chaudhuri joined the firm of Ashutosh Dhar, a solicitor, as an article clerk. Chaudhuri sailed for England in 1893 and returned three years after as a
Sabuj Patra
Appearance
Sabuj Patra (Bengali: সবুজ পত্র, "Green Leaf"), a liberal and pro-Tagore Bengali magazine he, made its debut in April, 1914. In the first issue Chaudhuri explained the magazine's title:
The new leaf is green, a wonderful amalgam of aesthetic and spiritual beauty... The green dynamic mind works a wonderful synthesis between the finite and the infinite, the east and the west[1]
Bibliography
Non-fiction prose
- 1. Tel Nun Lakri, 1906 – Collection of Socio-political Essays
- 2. Birbaler Halkhata, 1917 – Collection of Essays
- 3. Nana Katha, 1919 – Collection of Essays
- 4. Aamaader Shiksha, 1920 – Collection of Essays
- 5. Du-Yarki, 1920 – Collection of Political Essays
- 6. Birbaler Tippani, 1921 – Collection of Short Essays
- 7. Rayater Katha, 1926 – Rayater Katha and other Essays
- 8. Nana Charcha, 1932 – Collection of Essays
- 9. Ghare Baire, 1936 – Collection of Essays
- 10. Prachin Hindusthan, 1940 – Collection of Essays
- 11. Banga-Sahityer Sanskhipta Parichaya, 1944 – Girish Ghosh Lecture, delivered at the instance of the University of Calcutta
- 12. Hindu-Sangeet, 1945 – Collection of Short Notes on Music
- 13. Atma-Katha, 1946 – Autobiography
- 14. Prabandha Sangraha, Vol.I, 1952 – Collection of Selected Essays
- 15. Prachin Bangla Sahitye Hindu-Musalman, 1953 – A Treatise
- 16. Prabandha Sangraha, Vol.II, 1952 – Collection of Selected Essays
Poetry
- 1. Sonnet Panchasat, 1913 – Collection of 50 Sonnets
- 2. Padacharan, 1919 – Collection of Poems
- 3. Sonnet Panchasat and Anyanya Kabita, 1961 – Collection of all Sonnets and Poems
Fiction
- 1. Char-Yari Katha, (Tales of Four Friends), 1916 – Story
- 2. Ahuti, 1919 – Collection of Short Stories
- 3. Nil-Lohit, 1932 – Collection of Stories
- 4. Nil-Lohiter Adi-Prem, 1934 – Collection of Stories
- 5. Ghoshaler Tri-Katha, 1937 – Collection of Stories
- 6. Anukatha-Saptak, 1939 – Collection of Short Stories
- 7. Galpa-Sangraha, 1941 – Collection of Stories
- 8. Galpa-Sangraha, 1968 – Collection of Stories (Revised Enlarged Edition)
Collected works
1. Pramatha Chaudhuri Granthabali, 1926 – Collection of Prose and Poetical Works
References
- ^ Sabuj Patra, April, 1914)
Further reading
- Samsad Bangali Charitabhidhan (Biographical Dictionary), ed. by Anjali Bose, Sahitya Samsad, Kolkata. ISBN 81-86806-98-9
- Makers of Indian Literature: Pramatha Chaudhury, Arun Kumar Mukhopadhyay, Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi, ISBN 81-260-1426-1
- Quotes By Pramatha Chaudhuri in Bengali , Published online in Bondhu Magazine . Here