23 Facts About Buddhadeva Bose

Buddhadeva Bose, spelt Buddhadeb Bosu, was an Indian Bengali writer of the 20th century.

Buddhadeva Bose was an influential critic and editor of his time.

Buddhadeva Bose is recognised as one of the five poets who moved to introduce modernity into Bengali poetry.

Buddhadeva Bose worked as an editor of the literary magazine Pragati.

Buddhadeva Bose taught at the Ripon College an affiliated college of the University of Calcutta.

Buddhadeva Bose was a visiting professor at many universities in the United States.

Buddhadeva Bose used to place books beside the table lamp to block the light so that it wouldn't disturb our sleep.

Buddhadeva Bose wrote more than 40 novels, but his epic novel Tithidore, published in 1949, became his most admired novel and is considered a classic.

Buddhadeva Bose published more than 160 titles during his lifetime.

Buddhadeva Bose was a hard worker and writing was his life.

Buddhadeva Bose began his day at 9 in the morning and would regularly work until 10 at night.

Buddhadeva Bose wrote poetry essentially under the influence of Western literature, although in his early works he showed the clear influence of Rabindranath Tagore.

Buddhadeva Bose was influenced by Ezra Pound, William Butler Yeats, Rilke and T S Eliot.

Buddhadeva Bose was a perfectionist as a writer and emphasized technical perfection in his works.

Buddhadeva Bose's novels remain modern even by the standards of the 21st century.

Buddhadeva Bose established a style of appreciative literary criticism that remains unparalleled.

Buddhadeva Bose was the editor, principal contributor and scriptor of the Pataka, a hand-written literary magazine published by the school students.

Buddhadeva Bose joined the Anti-Fascist Writers and Artists' Association in the early 1940s.

Buddhadeva Bose published a number of poems of the poet Jibanananda Das in Pragati.

Buddhadeva Bose was then living in Golam Mohammad Mansion in Calcutta city.

Buddhadeva Bose was never greedy for food, but used to be upset if there wasn't a generous spread on the dining table.

Buddhadeva Bose received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1967 for his verse play Tapaswi-O-Tarangini, received the Rabindra Puraskar in 1974 for Swagato Biday and was honoured with a Padma Bhushan in 1970.

Buddhadeva Bose translated works by Friedrich Holderlin, and Rilke into Bengali.