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20 King Porus - A Legend of Old
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-Michael Madhusudan Du
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about courage and bravery
About the Poet
Michael Madhusudan Dutt, (1824-1873) was a popular 19th-century Bengali poet a
playwright. He is regarded as one of the greatest literary Bengali poets and the father
the Bengali sonnets. He was the first playwright who wrote Bengali plays in the Eng
style, splitting the play into acts and scenes.
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Michael Madhusudan Dutt

Explanation:

Michael Madhusudan Dutt, (1824-1873) was born in the year 1824 at Kolkata.

He soon became a popular 19th-century Bengali poet and

playwright. He is regarded as one of the greatest literary Bengali poets and the father of the Bengali sonnets. He was the first playwright who wrote Bengali plays in the English

style, splitting the play into acts and scenes.He was an exceptionally talented student, recognised by teachers and professors as being a precocious child with a gift of literary expression. Early exposure to English education and European literature inspired him to emulate the English in taste, manners and intellect. An early influence was his teacher at Hindu College, Calcutta, David Lester Richardson. Richardson was a poet and inspired in Dutt a love of English poetry, particularly Byron.