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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Madhusudan alsoKnownAs Madhusudan Dutt