A three-day Jibanananda Fair began at Barishal calling for more study and preservation of sites related with him and his creations and culture.
The fair began on the BM College campus from Saturday morning.
The programme was organized on the occasion of 120th birth anniversary of renowned Bengali poet Jibanananda Das.
Uttaron, the only cultural organization of BM college campus has arranged the three-day Jibanananda Mela 2019 that began on the campus field.
BM College principal Prof. Md. Shafikur Rahman inaugurated the fair at 11:00 am on Saturday as chief guest. The fair features discussions, cultural shows, felicitation ceremony and more.
A literary discussion and recitation programme, titled ‘Kabi Adda’, held on the campus after the inaugural programme of the fair.
In the evening a discussion and cultural show held at the same venue.
Participants and discussants of the fair called for more study and preservation of the sites related with life, achievements and work of Poet Jibanananda.
Besides, poets and writers from different areas of Barishal division paid tribute to Jibanananda Das by reciting self-penned poems.
Different organizations also held commemorative programmes marking the day in the ancestral city of the poet.
Mentionable Jibanananda Das was born on February 17, 1899 in Barishal and died in a tram accident in Kolkata on 22 October 1954..
During the latter half of the twentieth century, Jibanananda emerged as the most popular poet of modern Bengali literature for his unique style of depicting nature, realities of the urban and rustic life.
Jibanananda belonged to the group of poets who tried to shake off Rabindranath Tagore’s poetic influence.
Though he did not achieve much popularity in his lifetime, Jibanananda’s unique talent was realised after his death with the discovery of many of his manuscripts.
His father Satyananda Das was a school teacher and founder editor of the Brahmabadi.
His mother Kusumkumari Das was a poet and wrote a famous poem titled ‘Adorsho Chhele’.
Jibanananda started writing poems at an early age. His poems portraying rural Bengal played an important role in the political and cultural perspective of Bangladesh. His poems inspired a pride in Bengali nationhood, especially in the 1960s and during the war of liberation in 1971.
Though principally a poet, Jibanananda also wrote essays, short stories, and novels.
His volumes of poetry include Jhara Palak (Fallen Feathers, 1927), Dhusar Pandulipi (Gray Manuscript, 1936), Banalata Sen (1942), Mahaprthibi (Great Universe, 1944), Satti Tarar Timir (1948), Rupasi Bangla (Beautiful Bengal, written in 1934, published in 1957), Bela Abela Kalbela (1961).
Many of his novels were published posthumously including Malyaban (1972), Sutirtha (1977), Jalpaihati, Jibanpranali, Basmatir Upakhyan and others. He wrote about two hundred stories. A collection of his short stories is Jibanananda Dasher Galpa (1972).
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