Sukanta Bhattacharya (August 15, 1926 - May 13, 1947) was one of the most honoured poets of Bangla literature. He was called 'Young Nazrul' and 'Kishore Bidrohi Kobi', a reference to the great rebel poet Kazi Nazrul Islam for Sukanto's similar rebellious stance against the tyranny of the British Raj and the oppression by the social elites through the work of his poetry. Sukanta was born at his uncle's house at Kalighat in Kolkata. His ancestral home was in the village Unshiya in Kotalipara, Gopalganj, Bangladesh. His father, Nibaran Chandra Bhattacharya, was the owner of a publishing and book selling company, named Saraswati Library (later, Saraswat Library) in Calcutta. He joined the Communist Party of India in 1944. In the same year, he edited an anthology, named Akal (Famine) published by the Anti-Fascist Writers' and Artists' Association. In 1945, he appeared in the Entrance examination from Beleghata Deshbandhu High School, but failed. He was the editor of the Kishore Sobha (youth section) of the Bengali daily organ of the party, Dainik Swadhinata from its inception in 1946. He died of tuberculosis at the Jadavpur T. B. Hospital (later, K. S. Roy T. B. Hospital) in Calcutta at a very young age of 21. A comprehensive account of the poet's life can be found in 'Kobi Sukanta Bhattacharya O Sei Somoy 'written by the poet's youngest brother Amiya Bhattacharyya. Prodigious Sukanta's poetry was published in magazines while he was alive, and except for Chharpotro all his books were published posthumously: Chharpotro (Certificate, 1947) Ghum Nei (Sleepless, 1954) Purbabhas (Premonition, 1950) Obhijan (Expedition, 1953, a play) Mithe-Kora (Sweet and sour 1951) His works are deeply marked and influenced by his communist experience. One of his shorter poems from Chharpotro compares the moon with a burnt roti, a prosaicness born of hunger : "Poetry, we do not need you anymore. A world devastated by hunger is too prosaic, The full moon now reminds us of toasted bread." Sukanta Somogro (Complete Works of Sukanta) (1967), published by the Saraswat Library, Kolkata was edited by Subhash Mukhopadhyay. This includes all the printed texts, some lesser known writings, his plays and stories, which include Kshudha (Hunger), Durbodhyo (Incomprehensible), Bhodrolok (Gentleman) and Dorodi Kishorer Swapna (Dream of a Compassionate Adolescent), an article, Chhondo O Abritti and also a selection of letters. Sukanta's Golpo Songroho (Collected Stories), the national textbook of B.A. (pass and subsidiary) course of Bangladesh, was published by University of Dhaka in 1979 (reprint in 1986). Bangla Sahitya (Bengali Literature), the National Textbook of Intermediate (college) level of Bangladesh published in 1996 by all educational boards. From Sukanta's Potro Guchha (Letters) "I did love Kolkata as a mysterious woman, the beloved, my mother...I don't the outside world, my world is Kolkata... I do want to live, but I'm certain that the death of Kolkata will bring my end." "There is Bengal, and Bihar, Barakor river is in the middle of them; so strange, so profound! No other river (not even Ganga) has cast so vast a spell on me." "Radio, books, sports -- so many means to spend time, but what I like most is the leafy sunshine amidst the Debdaru." 'Kobi Sukanta Bhattacharyya O Sei Somoy" is a most comprehensive biography of the great Bengali poet Sukanta Bhattacharyya who died a premature death ; but within the very short span of life time he created poetry of outstanding and amazing quality.The poet is one of the brightest stars in the glorious sky of Bengali poetry. The book is written against the background of the last phase of pre-independent India. It begins with an introduction to the period in which the poet lived and wrote his immortal poems. In the introduction the author discusses how different biographers of the poet Sukanta Bhattacharya narrate different incidents of the poet's life giving different versions of those incidents. Then the book begins with the birth of poet Sukanta Bhattacharya on the 15th of August, 1926. In the following parts of the book the discussion plunges into a vivid depiction of the contemporary political background. It focuses on the condition of Russia in particular. --Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia --http:// en. wikipedia. org/ wiki/ Sukanta_ Bhattacharya
