Gobindachandra Das

Gobindachandra Das (Bengali: গোবিন্দচন্দ্র দাস) (1885–1918), was a Bengali poet and writer. He was born in Gazipur of Bengal province.

Life

Das was a very poor man and could not continue study. He was an employee of the Bhawal Estate. He had two daughters and a son. The younger one was named Bhaktimoyi who later was married to Haripada Bhowmik and was the mother of two children. Her son was Dilip Bhowmik(1948-1998). In the last part of his life, Das was in very poor health.

Works

Gobindachandra Das was a ‘Swavabkobi’, ‘A poet by nature’.

His literary works were included in the curriculum of school level, secondary and higher secondary Bengali Literature in Bangladesh.

Some Works

• Kunkum
• Kastury
• Prem O Ful
• Boijointi
• Moger Muluk

References

• Bangla Sahitya (Bengali Literature), the national textbook of intermediate (college) level of Bangladesh published in 1996 by all educational boards.