Bangladeshi Poet Jibanananda Das


He was born in a small town of Barisal in 1899. He took his Masters degree in English at the age of 22. The next year he started his teaching career as a professor of English at the Kolkata city College.

Jibanananda Das
Jibanananda Das

He lost his job in 1928 on the charge of publishing a poem in the Parichaya Patrika, But two years after he joined the Ramjash college, Delhi but returned to his place of birth the next year. He got an appointment in Brajmohan College, Barisal in 1935. In 1947 when the partition was made, Jivananda Das left Bangladesh for India. In the West Bengal, he started editing the Swaraj Partika. In 1951 he joined the Kharagpur College. He was award Rabindra Purusker in 1953. He met with a train accident on the 14th of October 22, 1954. He was Hospitalized. After a few days, he passed away on October 22, 1954.

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