Mohitlal Majumdar

October 26, 1888 (age 63)

Kanchrapara, North 24 Parganas district, India

Mohitlal started as a poet, but later became better known as a literary critic. He also worked briefly as a kanungo (1914-1917) in the Settlement Department. He joined University of Dhaka, now in Bangladesh as a lecturer in the Bengali and Sanskrit Department in 1928 and retired from there in 1944. His present house is in a state of ruin at chongarbon Mohitlal Majumder made his literary debut through the journal "Manasi". Later, he contributed regularly to journals such as the Bharati and Shanibarer Chithi. Acquainted with Arabic and Persian, he used Arabic and Persian words in his poems. In pre-Nazrul era, he was the user of Arabic and Persian words. As a literary critic, Mohitlal attempted to set standards and reveal the problems of art and literature. His psychological and poet-like approach greatly elevated the status of criticism. In writing critiques he used a number of pseudonyms such as Krittivas Ojha, Sabyasachi and Sri Satyasundar Das. His literary works were included in the curriculum of school level, secondary, higher secondary and graduation level Bengali Literature in Bangladesh. (1921), Smargaral (1936), (1936), Bangla Kavitar Chhanda (1945), Kavi Shri Madhusudan (1947), Sahitya Bichar (1947), Bangla O Bangali (1951), and Kavi Rabindra O Rabindrakavya (1st Volume(s) 1952, 2nd Volume(s) 1953).

Mohitlal Majumdar

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Background

Majumder, Mohitlal (1888-1952) poet, essayist and literary critic, was born in a Vaidya family on 26 October 1888 in the village of Kanchrapara in Nadia district.

Education

He graduated in arts in 1908 from Ripon College (now Surendranath College), Kolkata.

Career

Mohitlal started as a poet, but later became better known as a literary critic. He also worked briefly as a kanungo (1914-1917) in the Settlement Department. He joined University of Dhaka, now in Bangladesh as a lecturer in the Bengali and Sanskrit Department in 1928 and retired from there in 1944.

His present house is in a state of ruin at chongarbon Mohitlal Majumder made his literary debut through the journal "Manasi".

Later, he contributed regularly to journals such as the Bharati and Shanibarer Chithi. Acquainted with Arabic and Persian, he used Arabic and Persian words in his poems.

In pre-Nazrul era, he was the user of Arabic and Persian words. As a literary critic, Mohitlal attempted to set standards and reveal the problems of art and literature.

His psychological and poet-like approach greatly elevated the status of criticism.

In writing critiques he used a number of pseudonyms such as Krittivas Ojha, Sabyasachi and Sri Satyasundar Das. His literary works were included in the curriculum of school level, secondary, higher secondary and graduation level Bengali Literature in Bangladesh. (1921), Smargaral (1936), (1936), Bangla Kavitar Chhanda (1945), Kavi Shri Madhusudan (1947), Sahitya Bichar (1947), Bangla O Bangali (1951), and Kavi Rabindra O Rabindrakavya (1st Volume(s) 1952, 2nd Volume(s) 1953).

Membership

Mohitlal early poems reveal the influence of Rabindranath Tagore, but later, as a member of the Shanibarer Chithi group, he distanced himself from the older poet.

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