Nabinchandra Sen

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Nabinchandra Sen (1847-1909) was a Bengali poet and writer. He was born in Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Contents 1 Life 2 Bibliography 2.1 Epics 2.2 Poetry 2.3 Biographies 2.4 Autobiography 2.5 Poetic translations 2.6 Poetic novel 3 References

[edit] Life

Nabinchandra studied at Chittagong Collegiate School. In 1868, he earned his BA from General Assembly's Institution (now Scottish Church College) and joined the government service as a Deputy Magistrate. He taught briefly at Hare School in Kolkata before joining government service as deputy magistrate. He retired in 1904. He has been considered as one of Bengal's greatest writers and poets.

[edit] Bibliography

His literary works were included in the curriculum of school level, secondary and higher secondary Bengali Literature in Bangladesh.

[edit] Epics

His epic trilogy was based on New Mahabharata.

• Rolbotok
• Kurukkhetra
• Provash

[edit] Poetry

• Abakash Ranjani
• Polashir Juddho (The Battle of Palashi, this gave him fame)

[edit] Biographies

• Amitav (Biography of Vagaban Buddha)
• Khirastha (Biography of Jesus Christ)

He also planned to write a biography about Muhammad.

[edit] Autobiography

• Probasher Potro
• Amar Jibon

[edit] Poetic translations

• Geeta
• Chandi

[edit] Poetic novel

• Vanumoti

[edit] References

• Bangla Sahitya (Bengali Literature), the national text book of intermediate (college) level of Bangladesh published in 1996 by all educational boards.
• Banglapedia article

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