Sudhindranath Dutta

Sudhindranath Dutta (Bangla: সুধীন্দ্রনাথ দত্ত) (1901-1960) was a Bengali Indian post-modern poet, essayist, journalist and critic. Sudhindranath is one of the most notable poets after the Tagore-era in Bangla literature.

Education

Sudhindranath Dutt went to school in Varanasi and Kolkata. He later studied English and Law in Scottish Church College, Law College and Calcutta University, all in Kolkata. However, he never completed a degree in either subject.

Trivia

Sudhindranath Dutta believed that hard work is what is needed for creating art, and the embattled nature of his poetry contrasted with that of the romantic poetry of Jibanananda Das. When Jibanananda Das's poetry notebooks were printed, Dutt commented after seeing the great number of corrections and deletions in the notebooks "Oh, then the natural poets are also unnatural poets, like me!"

Perhaps his most famous line is the widely quoted one from his poem "Utpakhi" (The ostrich):

অন্ধ হলে কি প্রলয় বন্ধ থাকে? (Ondho hole ki proloy bondho thake?)

Translation: "Does hell fail to let loose because you're blind?"

Works