Jibanananda Das was born on 17 February 1899. He was an indian poet, writer, novelist, and essayist in the Bengali language. popularly called "Rupashi Banglar Kabi".He is the most-read poet after Rabindranath Tagore and Kazi Nazrul Islam in Bangladesh and West Bengal. While not particularly well recognized during his lifetime, today Das is acknowledged as one of the greatest poets in the Bengali language.He received Rabindra-Memorial Award for Banalata Sen in 1953 at All Bengal Rabindra Literature Convention. Das's Shrestha Kavita won the Sahitya Academy Award in 1955. A film inspired by Das's short story Jamrultola, named 'Sunder Jibon' directed by Sandeep Chattopadhyay.He died on 22 October 1954, eight days after being hit by a tramcar.
