Akshay Kumar Baral
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Akshay Kumar Baral | |
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| Born | 1860 |
| Died | June 19, 1919 (aged 58–59) |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Relatives | Amal Dutta (grandson)[1][2] |
Akshay Kumar Baral (Bengali: অক্ষয়কুমার বড়াল; 1860–1919) was an Indian Bengali language poet and writer. He was born in Calcutta.[3] The family originally hailed from Chandannagar, Hooghly District.[4]
Early life
[edit]Baral was born in 1860 in Chorbagan, Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India. He studied at Hare School for some time. He worked as an accounts clerk in the Delhi and London Bank. He worked as a secretary at the North-British Life Insurance Company.[3][5]
Career
[edit]Boral was a fan of poet Biharilal Chakraborty.[3] Sisir Kumar Das described Boral's poetry as meditative and thoughtful.[6] According to Narayan Choudhuri, he wrote some of the best examples of elegiac poems in Indian literature.[7]
Bibliography
[edit]Plays
References
[edit]- ^ "মুছে গেল হীরকের দ্যুতি" [The light of the diamond disappeared]. eisamay.com (in Bengali). Kolkata: Ei Samay Newspaper. 11 July 2016. Archived from the original on 30 December 2023. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
- ^ Mitra, Atanu (12 July 2016). "Amal Dutta (1930—2016): the Indian football coach whom players swore by and swore at". Scroll.in. Kolkata. Archived from the original on 10 October 2022. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
- ^ a b c Ghosh, Biswajit. "Baral, Akshay Kumar". Banglapedia. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
- ^ Subarnabanik Katha O Kirti (vol.1), Laha, Narendranath, Calcutta Oriental Press, Calcutta, 1940, p 80
- ^ Anjali Basu; Subodh Chandra Sen Gupta (1976). সংসদ বাঙালি চরিতাভিধান [Samsad Bengali Biographical Dictionary] (in Bengali). Sahitya Samsad.
- ^ a b c Das, Sisir Kumar (2005). History of Indian Literature: 1911-1956, struggle for freedom : triumph and tragedy. Sahitya Akademi. p. 538. ISBN 978-81-7201-798-9.
- ^ Datta, Amaresh (1988). Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Devraj to Jyoti. Sahitya Akademi. p. 1146. ISBN 978-81-260-1194-0.
- ^ Akshaykumar Baral (1957). Akshaykumar Baral Granthaboli অক্ষয়কুমার বড়াল গ্রন্থাবলি.
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