Madhusudan Dutt

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Madhusudan Dutt was a pioneering 19th-century Bengali poet and dramatist, celebrated for introducing Western literary forms into Bengali literature and modernizing its poetic style.

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instanceOf Bengali dramatist ⓘ
dramatist ⓘ
person ⓘ
poet ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Michael Madhusudan Datta ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 19th century ⓘ
convertedTo Christianity ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship British India ⓘ
educatedAt Bishop’s College, Calcutta ⓘ
Hindu College, Calcutta ⓘ
ethnicGroup Bengali people ⓘ
familyName Dutt ⓘ
linked to: Dutta
fieldOfWork Bengali literature ⓘ
drama ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
fullName Michael Madhusudan Dutt ⓘ
genre blank verse ⓘ
epic poetry ⓘ
tragedy ⓘ
givenName Madhusudan ⓘ
influenced Bengali drama ⓘ
modern Bengali poetry ⓘ
influencedBy English literature ⓘ
John Milton ⓘ
William Shakespeare ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Bengali ⓘ
English ⓘ
literaryInnovation adaptation of Western epic structure to Bengali themes ⓘ
introduction of sonnet form in Bengali ⓘ
movement Bengali Renaissance ⓘ
nativeLanguage Bengali ⓘ
notableFor introducing Western literary forms into Bengali literature ⓘ
modernizing Bengali poetic style ⓘ
notableWork Krishna Kumari ⓘ
Meghnad Badh Kavya ⓘ
Padmavati ⓘ
Sharmistha ⓘ
Tilottama Sambhab ⓘ
occupation playwright ⓘ
poet ⓘ
translator ⓘ
placeOfBirth Sagardari ⓘ
placeOfDeath Calcutta ⓘ
regionOfActivity Bengal ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
spouse Henrietta Sophia White ⓘ
usedVerseForm blank verse in Bengali poetry ⓘ

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