Sudhindranath Dutta

Sudhindranath Dutta (30 October 1901 – 25 June 1960) was an Indian poet, essayist, journalist and critic. Sudhindranath is one of the most notable poets after the Tagore-era in Bengali literature.

Education Sudhindranath Dutt went to the Theosophical High School in Varanasi between 1914 and 1917, and later attended the Oriental Seminary in Kolkata.

He started publishing Parichay, a literary magazine which heralded his philosophy, in 1931 and carried on with the job till 1943, when he left following an ideological battle with his associates, but supplied funds nevertheless. He was also associated with Sabujpatra, another noted literary magazine of the era, which was edited by eminent story-writer of the era, Pramatha Chaudhury. He worked also as a journalist for The Statesman from 1945 - 1949. He was also associated with the daily The Forward, then edited by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, as the organ of All India Forward Bloc. He had also worked for several companies such as Light of Asia Insurance Company from 1930 to 1933, ARP from 1942 to 1945, DVC from 1949 to 1954, and Institute of Public Opinion from 1954 to 1956.

He was a part-time lecturer of Comparative Literature in Jadavpur University from 1956 to 1957. In 1957, he left for his final foreign trip and toured Japan and Europe before moving to United States of America to join University of Chicago to write his autobiography in English. However he left the job midway and returned home to rejoin Jadavpur University to resume his classes of Comparative Literature, which he continued till his death. Bharati Bhavan Krandashee (1937), Bharati Bhavan Uttarphālgunī (The Northerlies, 1940), Parichay Press Saṅgbarta (Cataclysmic Clouds, 1953), Signet Press Pratiddhani (1954) Signet Press Dashamee (1956) Signet Press.

Collected essays Svagato, Bharati Bhavan Title page of the first edition of Swagata

Svagato (1957) New changed version from Signet Press Kulay O Kaalpurush, (1957), Signet Press.