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Published: 12:45 AM, 07 August 2018
Pramathanath Chaudhuri
Pramathanath Chaudhuri known as Pramatha Chaudhuri, aliasBirbal, was a Bengali writer and an influential figure in Bengali literature.
Born on 7 August 1868 of Durgadas Chaudhuri, who belongs to the famous zamindar family of Haripur Village in Pabna (now in Bangladesh) and his wife, Sukumari Debi, the second sister of Rabindranath Tagore, Profoundly patriotic and a stated cosmopolitan, aficionado of Sanskrit, Pramatha Chaudhuri had immense faith in the native genius of the Bengali.
Pramatha Chaudhuri was not only a pioneer; he was also a creative author of exceptional abilities in writing essays and fiction in specific.
According to Arun Kumar Mukhopadhyay, "He is undoubtedly one of the most influential makers of the Bengali language and literature in the twentieth century." Sonnet Panchasat, his first collection of poem was published in 1913.
