Language Bengali Published in English 1987, 2006 Genre Poetry Translator Joe Winter | Publication date 1957 Originally published 1957 Page count 79 Illustrator Satyajit Ray | |
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Cover artist Signet Press 1957 edition cover by Satyajit Ray Publisher First edition in Bengali by Signet Press, Joe Winter's English translation by Anvil Press Poetry, A K Basu Majumdar's English translation by Mittal Publication, etc. Pages 79 in English (Anvil Press Poetry 2006 edition), 101 (The Beauteous Bengal published by Mittal) Poetry books Bengal the Beautiful, Abol Tabol, Gitanjali, My Black Me, I like stars | ||
Rupasi Bangla (Bengal the beautiful or The Beauteous Bengal ) is a poetry book by Bengali poet Jibanananda Das. The book was written in 1934, and published posthumously in 1957 by Signet Press in Kolkata. The cover was designed by a fellow Bengali Satyajit Ray. The Rupasi Bangla (Beautiful Bengal) celebrated the beauty of the Bengali countryside. Though Das himself "withheld publishing" the collection, soon after the publication of Rupasi Bangla became an immediate favorite and was especially cherished by Bengali nationalists fighting in 1971 for Bangladeshi secession from Pakistan.
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