Selected Poems (English and Bengali Edition)

By Jibanananda Das and PhD Forrest C Greenslade

Jibanananda Das' lyricism is unparalleled in Bengali literature. His early poems are vivid, eloquent celebrations of the beauty of Bengal; his later works, written in the 1940s and 50s, are darker, comments on political issues and current affairs like the Second World War, the Bengal Famine of '43 and Hindu - Muslim riots at the time of Partition. Born in 1899, Jibanananda belonged to a group of poets who tried to shake off Tagore's poetic influence. While he is best known for poetry that reveals a deep love for nature and rural landscapes, tradition and history, Jibanananda is also strikingly urban, and introspective, his work centring on themes of loneliness, depression and death. He was a master of word-images, and his unique poetic idiom drew on tradition but was startlingly new.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0143100262
• ISBN13: 9780143100263
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: Penguin
• Length: 76 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.1" x 7.8"