Nirendranath chakraborty biography for kids
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Eminent Bengali poet Nirendranath Chakraborty dies at 94
He won the Sahitya Akademi award in 1974 for his poem 'Ulanga Raja' (naked king) which mocked the social set up.
His 'Amalkanti Roddur Hote Cheyechhilo' (Ammalkanto wanted to be the sunshine), 'Kolkatar Jishu' (Christ of Kolkata) and 'Pahari Bichhe' (Mountain scorpion) are considered his two other cult poems.
He remained active in literary activities mot he became seriously ill.
Chakraborty had been associated with leading Bengali magazine 'Desh' and 'Anandamela' for children, whose editor he had been for years, and some well known other magazines.
In November, he had penned a poem for a magazine which will be published in its upcoming stad i indien Book Fair issue.
Chakraborty had penned more than 47 books, many of them for children, apart from 12 novels and numerous essays on different issues.
He was also a recipient of 'Ananda Purashkar' and was the president of Paschimbango Bangla Akademi.
West Bengal Chie
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The guardian of Bengali literature Nirendranath Chakraborty passes away
As Chakraborty would say, poetry was his mother tongue and he would steal time from it to write prose.“Poetry comes naturally to me from what I see around me… . I don’t have to imagine much…” he often said. Mentally agile till the end, he worked diligently to add to his poetic volumes. So, the announcement of his death at a Mukundapur private hospital came as a shock and disbelief to most poets. He had become frail and had been suffering from age-related problems. On Monday, he suffered a heart attack, from which he did n
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The death of Bengali poet Nirendranath Chakrabarty (1924-2018) ends the era of a gentle colossus
The celebrated Bengali poet Nirendranath Chakraborty died at the age of 94 on December 25, 2018 leaving behind not only his family and fans but also an aura of authenticity that was unmistakably the hallmark of his poems. Born in a remote village of Faridpur district in erstwhile East Bengal, Chakraborty shifted to Kolkata at a very early age. He recounts his memory of East Bengal, its lush green, tumultuous rains, and the loving affection with which he was brought up by his grandparents in his autobiography Nirbindu (Drop Of Water).
But Chakraborty’s senses were also nurtured by the streets of Kolkata, where he was a native and stranger at the same time. He had said on several occasions that poetry is not something which can be crafted as and when one wants – a surge of emotions is necessary to give voice to one’s innermost feelings. “Shahid Rameshwar” (“Rameshawr The Martyr”)