Saturday 24 December 2016

Renowned Bengali Poet Shankha Ghosh selected for Jnanpith Award

Renowned Bengali Poet Shankha Ghosh selected for Jnanpith Award i. The Jnanpith Selection Board named the eminent modern Bengali poet Shankha Ghosh for the 52nd Jnanpith Award for 2016 on December 23, 2016.His nomination was decided at a meeting of the Jnanpith selection board chaired by writer and scholar Namwar Singh. Shankha Ghosh is a Bengali Indian poet and critic.He is regarded
a leading authority on Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore in addition to being one of the most prolific poet, critic and academician.
He has penned several poems including ‘Adim lata-gulmomay’, ‘Murkha baro, samajik nay’, ‘Kabir abhipray’, ‘Mukh dheke jay bigyapane’ and ‘Babarer prarthana’, that went on to become classic creations.

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