Birth and family identity: In modern Bengali poetry, the poet Samar Sen was a masterful exponent of the fatigue, despair and decay of urban life, especially in the middle class. Samar Sen, the grandson of Dinesh Chandra Sen, a renowned writer and historian of Bengali literature, was born on 10 October 1918 in Bagbazar, Calcutta. The ancestral home of the poet's ancestors was at Manikganj in Dhaka. Samar Sen was the seventh child of father Arun Chandra Sen and mother Chandramukhi Devi. Samar Sen was married to Sulekha Sen on 26 April 1941. ( বাাংলাই পড়ুন)
Student life: In his early life, he started reading poetry at home. After the death of his mother at the age of twelve, Samar Sen enrolled in Class Seven at Kasimbazar Polytechnic School. But Kabir's school attendance was very irregular. His enthusiasm was in physical exercise, in pursuit of the beauty of nature. The poet found a suitable environment to build himself in the family formula. There were acquaintances with singers like Rabindranath, Nazrul, Jasimuddin, poets like Abbasuddin, Bankim Bihari Mukherjee, political personalities like Radharman Mitra. After matriculating in 1932, the poet began his studies at the Scottish Church College. The poet's skill in English literature was soon revealed. On the one hand there was the influence of magazines like Kallol, Kalikalam, on the other hand he used to roam freely in various works of Yeats and Shakespeare. In 1938, he became the first in the first class in English language and literature in the BA examination. Then in 1936 the poet became the first in the first class in the MA examination in English literature from Calcutta University.
Literary work:Samar Sen started a new chapter in the world of Bengali poetry. He gained popularity in a very short period of time due to his specialty in subject selection and composition. He has made his poems hostile by using sharp language devoid of romanticism. Samar Sen's first poem was published in Sri Horse in 1933. Later, his poems were published in Sanjay Bhattacharya's "Purbasha" and Buddhadev Basu's "Kabita". Rabindranath was overwhelmed when he read Samar Sen's poems in this magazine. In 1938, Samar Sen's first book of poetry, "Some Poems", was published. His second book of poetry, Grahan, was published in 1940. The following year, his third book of poetry, Nanakatha, was published. After the publication of Tinpurus, Khola Chithi, etc., his interest in writing poetry gradually declined from 1944 onwards. In February 1945, the poet wrote to Vishnu de Moshai - "Why prose poetry, there is no enthusiasm for any poetry now". After writing the poem 'Janmadin' in 1948, he ended his poetic life. He maintained this voluntary exile from the top of his poetic life for the next forty years or so.
Career: Samar Sen started his teaching career at Kanthi College in 1940. He later started teaching in Delhi. However, besides poetry, the poet also voluntarily ended his teaching life. Leaving his teaching job, he took up journalism as a profession. He also edited All India Radio, The Statesman. Then in 1956 he went to Moscow to work as a translator. He returned four years later and joined the Hindustan Standard. He later became the editor of "Now" and later "Frontier". The fearless poet Samar Sen wrote in this periodical in support of armed revolution.
End of life: Samar Sen passed away on August 23, 1986 while he was the editor of "Frontier". Outside of group and party politics, Samar Sen was another name of awakened free voice, defendant, independent, conscience.
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