Jibanananda Das

Indian Review | Author Profile | Jibanananda Das, born 18 February 1899, died 22 October 1954, was a Bengali poet, novelist and essayist. He is recognized as the most original and influential voice in post –Rabindranath era. Das’s oeuvre is electic and resists classification under any single heading and school, but nature of Bengal, its countryside, the helplessness of city’s existence have a place in his poetry. The present poem is collected from his collection of poems ‘Grey Manuscript’ 1936.