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Toru Dutt
Bengali poet and translator (1856–1877) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tarulatta Datta, popularly known as Toru Dutt (Bengali: তরু দত্ত; 4 March 1856 – 30 August 1877) was an Indian Bengali poet and translator from British India, who wrote in English and French.[1][2] She is among the founding figures of Indo-Anglian literature, alongside Henry Louis Vivian Derozio (1809–1831), Manmohan Ghose (1869–1924), and Sarojini Naidu (1879–1949).[3] She is known for her volumes of poetry in English, Sita, A Sheaf Gleaned in French Fields (1876) and Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan (1882), and for a novel in French, Le Journal de Mademoiselle d'Arvers (1879). Her poems explore themes of loneliness, longing, patriotism and nostalgia. Dutt died at the age of 21 of tuberculosis.[4]
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Born | (1856-03-04)4 March 1856 |
Died | 30 August 1877(1877-08-30) (aged 21) |
Resting place | Maniktalla Christian Cemetery, Kolkata |
Nationality | British Indian |
Occupation | Poet |