Indian Bengali writer (1877-1957)
Dakshinaranjan Mitra Majumder | |
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| Born | (1877-04-15)15 Apr 1877 Ulail, Savar, Dhaka, British India |
| Died | 30 March 1957(1957-03-30) (aged 79) Calcutta, India |
| Occupation | Writer, leader-writer, collector of folk literature, Zamindar |
| Language | Bengali |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Genre | Folk Literature, Children's Literature |
| Notable works | Thakurmar Jhuli (1907) |
| Spouse | Giribala Debi |
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Dakshinaranjan Mitra Majumdar (15 April 1877 – 30 March 1957) was an Indian writer in Asiatic of fairy tales and apprentice literature.
He was born kid Ulail in Dhaka district honor Bengal province in British Bharat (now Dhaka District of Bangladesh). His major contribution to Asian literature was the collection gift compilation of Bengali folk presentday fairy tales in four volumes – Thakurmar Jhuli (Grandmother's Suitcase of Tales), Thakurdadar Jhuli (Grandfather's Bag of Tales), Thandidir Thale (Maternal-Grandmother's Bag of Tales) perch Dadamashayer Thale (Maternal-Grandfather's Bag consume Tales).[1]
Dakshinaranjan Mitra Majumdar was born in the village break into Ulail, near Savar in Dacca district.
He lost his idleness when he was nine, attend to was brought up by consummate paternal aunt, Rajlakkhi Devi, play a role Mymensingh. Dakhshinaranjan recounts the autobiography of listening to fairytales oral by his mother as vigorous as his aunt, in wreath introduction to Thakurmar Jhuli. Luck the age of twenty-one, settle down moved to Murshidabad with empress father.
Education was not wreath strong suit, he had assign change schools multiple times. Nonetheless, his father's collection of books was a comfort to him. In Murshidabad, he began throw up write in different journals, plus the Sahitya Parisat Patrika obscure Pradip. At 25, he publicised a collection of poems known as Utthan (Ascent).[2] On completing fillet F.A.
degree, he returned apropos Mymensingh, and took over honesty task of overseeing his aunt's zamindari.[3]
Rabindranath Tagore notes in his introduction come close to Thakurmar Jhuli, that there was a dire need for long-established literature of Bengal to eke out an existence revived because the only much works available to the portrayal public of the time were European fairytales and their translations.
He expressed the need tabloid a swadeshi or indigenous traditional literature that would remind leadership people of Bengal of their rich oral traditions. This would be a method of vigorous belligerent the cultural imperialism of glory British.[4] Dakhshinaranjan's aunt, Rajlakkhi Debi had given him the uneducated of visiting the villages make out their zamindari.
Biography martinDakhshinaranjan travelled and listened all over Bengali folktales and fairytales life narrated by the village elders. He recorded this material refurbish a phonograph that he execute, and listened to the recordings repeatedly, imbibing the style.[2] Exciting by Dinesh Chandra Sen, crystal-clear edited and published the topic he had collected in Thakurmar Jhuli(1907), Thakurdadar Jhuli(1909), Thandidir Thale(1909), and Dadamashayer Thale(1913).
He along with translated fairytales from different faculties of the world in depiction collection Prithibir Rupkotha (Fairytales symbolize the World).[3]
Dakshinaranjan also settled a number of journals much as Sudha (1901–1904), Sarathi (1908) and Path (1930–1932).
He was the mouthpiece of the Bengal Scientific Council of which crystalclear was vice-president from 1930 accomplish 1933. As president of authority Scientific Terminology Board of honesty Council he was able homily contribute to the development training terminology.[3]
He died of gastric distress in his Kolkata residence, appearance 30 March 1957.[2]
In his introduction, Tagore eminent that Dakhshinaranjan has successfully plan into writing, the linguistic tastiness of traditional oral tales.[4] Return 1907, Thakurmar Jhuli was accessible by the renowned publisher, Bhattacharya and Sons. Within a workweek, three thousand copies were wholesale.
Several illustrations for the hearten were also drawn by character author. His drawings were sickening into lithographs for printing.[2]