Sukanta Bhattacharya

Sukanta Bhattacharya
Bhattacharya in the 1940s
Born(1926-08-15)15 August 1926
Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India (now West Bengal, India)
Died13 May 1947(1947-05-13) (aged 20)
Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India (now West Bengal, India)
Pen nameKishore Kabi
OccupationPoet, writer
LanguageBengali
NationalityBritish India
GenrePoet, short-story writer, playwright
SubjectLiterature
Literary movementBengali Renaissance
Notable worksChharpatra
Purbabhash
Ghum Nei
Hortal
Abhizan
ParentsNibaran Chandra Bhattacharya (father)
Suniti Devi (mother)
RelativesBuddhadeb Bhattacharjee (nephew)

Sukanta Bhattacharya (Sukāntô Bhôṭṭācārjô; 15 August 1926 – 13 May 1947) was a Bengali poet. He was called "Young Nazrul" and Kishore Bidrohi Kobi (lit.'Teenaged Rebel Poet'), a reference to Kazi Nazrul Islam, for his similar rebellious stance against the British Raj and the social elites through the work of poetry.