Jibanananda Dash

Art and Culture

Jibanananda's thought on future of Bengali language, literature

Renowned as a poet primarily throughout his lifetime, Jibanananda Das, also known as a novelist, short story writer, essayist, literary critic, and translator, saw his multifaceted identity unveiled only after his death. Despite the recognition of merely 372 printed poems during his lifetime, posthumous research reveals an approximate total of around 3,000 discovered poems. Furthermore, his literary corpus includes 19 novels, 127 short stories, 79 essays, critiques, discussions, and personal writings, along with 56 diaries spanning over 4,000 pages, and a collection of around 1500 letters and correspondences. (Gautam Mitra, Diaries from Pandulipi, Volume One, Hrit Publications/2019, p. 20).