Barishal Correspondent :
A two-day long Jibanananda Fair has started at Barishal calling for more study and preservation of sites related with him and his creations on Monday..
The programme was organised on occasion of 64th anniversary of death of renowned Bengali poet Jibanananda Das.
Jibanananda died in a tram accident in Kolkata on 22 October 1954.
Different organisations have chalked out commemorative programmes marking the day on the ancestral city of the poet.
Jatiya Kabita Parishad Barishal has organised a two-day Jibanananda Mela 2018 that began in Barishal city
Divisional commissioner of Barishal Ram Chandra Das inaugurated the fair at Aswini Kumar Hall at 11:00 am.
The two-day fair features discussions, cultural shows, felicitation ceremony and more.
A literary discussion and recitation programme, titled ‘Kabi Adda’, held at Jibanananda Das Auditorium and Library at the parental home of the poet on Kabi Jibanananda Das road in the city after the inaugural programme of the fair.
In the evening a discussion and cultural show held at Aswini Kumar Hall of the city.
Three Indian poets namely Ullas Chattopadhyay, Moloy Mukhapadhyay and Nurul Islam also participating in the programme.
Besides poets and writers from different areas of Barishal division paid tribute to Jibanananda Das by reciting self-penned poems.
Participants and discussants of the fair called for more study and preservation of the sites related with life, achievements and creation of the Poet Jibanananda.
On Tuesday, Jatiya Kabita Parishad Barishal will organise a felicitation ceremony at Aswini Kumar Hall where the organisers will honour vice chancellor of Rabindra University professor Bishwajit Ghosh, poet Arup Talukdar and poet Hasan Hafiz.
Mentionable Jibanananda Das was born on February 17, 1899 in Barishal.
During the latter half of the twentieth century, Jibanananda emerged as the most popular poet of modern Bengali literature for his unique style of depicting nature, realities of the urban and rustic life.
Jibanananda belonged to the group of poets who tried to shake off Rabindranath Tagore’s poetic influence.
Though he did not achieve much popularity in his lifetime, Jibanananda’s unique talent was realised after his death with the discovery of many of his manuscripts.
His father Satyananda Das was a school teacher and founder editor of the Brahmabadi.
His mother Kusumkumari Das was a poet and wrote a famous poem titled ‘Adorsho Chhele’.
Jibanananda started writing poems at an early age. His poems portraying rural Bengal played an important role in the political and cultural perspective of Bangladesh. His poems inspired a pride in Bengali nationhood, especially in the 1960s and during the war of liberation in 1971.
Though principally a poet, Jibanananda also wrote essays, short stories, and novels.
His volumes of poetry include Jhara Palak (Fallen Feathers, 1927), Dhusar Pandulipi (Gray Manuscript, 1936), Banalata Sen (1942), Mahaprthibi (Great Universe, 1944), Satti Tarar Timir (1948), Rupasi Bangla (Beautiful Bengal, written in 1934, published in 1957), Bela Abela Kalbela (1961).
A two-day long Jibanananda Fair has started at Barishal calling for more study and preservation of sites related with him and his creations on Monday..
The programme was organised on occasion of 64th anniversary of death of renowned Bengali poet Jibanananda Das.
Jibanananda died in a tram accident in Kolkata on 22 October 1954.
Different organisations have chalked out commemorative programmes marking the day on the ancestral city of the poet.
Jatiya Kabita Parishad Barishal has organised a two-day Jibanananda Mela 2018 that began in Barishal city
Divisional commissioner of Barishal Ram Chandra Das inaugurated the fair at Aswini Kumar Hall at 11:00 am.
The two-day fair features discussions, cultural shows, felicitation ceremony and more.
A literary discussion and recitation programme, titled ‘Kabi Adda’, held at Jibanananda Das Auditorium and Library at the parental home of the poet on Kabi Jibanananda Das road in the city after the inaugural programme of the fair.
In the evening a discussion and cultural show held at Aswini Kumar Hall of the city.
Three Indian poets namely Ullas Chattopadhyay, Moloy Mukhapadhyay and Nurul Islam also participating in the programme.
Besides poets and writers from different areas of Barishal division paid tribute to Jibanananda Das by reciting self-penned poems.
Participants and discussants of the fair called for more study and preservation of the sites related with life, achievements and creation of the Poet Jibanananda.
On Tuesday, Jatiya Kabita Parishad Barishal will organise a felicitation ceremony at Aswini Kumar Hall where the organisers will honour vice chancellor of Rabindra University professor Bishwajit Ghosh, poet Arup Talukdar and poet Hasan Hafiz.
Mentionable Jibanananda Das was born on February 17, 1899 in Barishal.
During the latter half of the twentieth century, Jibanananda emerged as the most popular poet of modern Bengali literature for his unique style of depicting nature, realities of the urban and rustic life.
Jibanananda belonged to the group of poets who tried to shake off Rabindranath Tagore’s poetic influence.
Though he did not achieve much popularity in his lifetime, Jibanananda’s unique talent was realised after his death with the discovery of many of his manuscripts.
His father Satyananda Das was a school teacher and founder editor of the Brahmabadi.
His mother Kusumkumari Das was a poet and wrote a famous poem titled ‘Adorsho Chhele’.
Jibanananda started writing poems at an early age. His poems portraying rural Bengal played an important role in the political and cultural perspective of Bangladesh. His poems inspired a pride in Bengali nationhood, especially in the 1960s and during the war of liberation in 1971.
Though principally a poet, Jibanananda also wrote essays, short stories, and novels.
His volumes of poetry include Jhara Palak (Fallen Feathers, 1927), Dhusar Pandulipi (Gray Manuscript, 1936), Banalata Sen (1942), Mahaprthibi (Great Universe, 1944), Satti Tarar Timir (1948), Rupasi Bangla (Beautiful Bengal, written in 1934, published in 1957), Bela Abela Kalbela (1961).
Many of his novels were published posthumously including Malyaban (1972), Sutirtha (1977), Jalpaihati, Jibanpranali, Basmatir Upakhyan and others. He wrote about two hundred stories. A collection of his short stories is Jibanananda Dasher Galpa (1972).
