 He established a style of appreciative literary criticism that remains unparalleled.Also, his verse plays, written at the end phase of his life, created a poetic style all his own.While the literary circles of Bengal did not hesitate to recognize him as a leading post-Tagore literary personality, Buddhadeva Bose achieved mass popularity when his novel "Raat bha're brishhti" was banned by the government on charges of obscenity.