Sukanta Bhattacharya was born on 15 August 1926, in Kotalipara Upazila, Faridpur District, Bengal Presidency, British Raj (now Kotalipara, Gopalganj District, Bangladesh). He was a Bengali poet and playwright.
As a poet as well as a Marxist he wielded his pen against the Second World War, the famine of 1943, fascist aggression, communal riots, etc. His poems, which describe the sufferings of the common people and their struggle for existence, look forward to an exploitation-free society. He was called ‘Young Nazrul’ and ‘Kishore Bidrohi Kobi’, a reference to the great rebel poet Kazi Nazrul Islam for His similar rebellious stance against the tyranny of the British Raj.
