Sukanta Bhattacharya


Sukanta Bhattacharya was a Bengali poet and playwright.

Life

Sukanta Bhattacharya was born on 15 August 1926 to Nibaran Chandra Bhattacharya, owner of Saraswat Library, a publishing and book selling enterprise, and Suniti Devi. He was the second of their seven sons, Manomohan, Sushil, Prashanta, Bibhash, Ashoke and Amiya being the other six sons. Manomohan was Nibaran Bhattacharya's eldest son from his first marriage.
Sukanta spent his childhood at their house at Nivedita Lane, Bagbazar. He was sent to Kamala Vidyamandir, a local primary school where his literary career began. His first short story was published in Sanchay, the school's student magazine. Later, another one of his prose writings, "Vivekanander Jibani", was published in Sikha, edited by Bijon Bhattacharya.

Works

Sukanta's poetry was published in magazines while he was alive, and except for Chharpatra his books were all published posthumously.
His works are deeply marked and influenced by his communist experience. One of his shorter poems name "Hey Mahajibon" from the book Chharpatra compares the moon with a burnt roti, a prosaicness born of hunger: