What is Michael Madhusudan Dutt?
{{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] --> | name = Michael Madhusudan Dutt | image = MichaelMadhusudanDatta.jpg | imagesize = 200px | caption = Michael Madhusudan Dutt | birth_date = {{Birth date|1824|01|25|df=y}} | birth_place = Sagordari village, [[Jashore District|Jashore]], [[British India]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|1873|06|29|1824|01|25|df=y}} | nationality = British Indian | movement = [[Bengal Renaissance]] | death_place = [[Calcutta]], [[British India]] | occupation = Writer | genre = [[Poet]], [[playwright]] | subject = [[Literature]] | spouse = Rebecca Mactavys <br> Henrietta Sophia White (m. 1856&ndash;1873) | children = Napoleon <br> Sharmistha | relatives = Rajnarayan Dutt (father) <br> Jahnabi Devi (mother) }} '''Michael Madhusudan Dutt,''' or '''Michael Madhusudan Dutta,''' (25 January 1824 – 29 June 1873) was Bengali [[poet]] and [[dramatist]]. He was the first great poet of modern [[Bangla]] literature.<ref>[http://www.boloji.com/poetry/articles/013.htm Michael Madhusudan Dutta : Profile of an Epic Poet Compiled by Aparna Chatterjee]</ref> He was educated at the [[Hindu College, Kolkata|Hindu College]], [[Kolkata]]. In 1843, he became a Christian. He was born in Sagordari, a village in Keshobpur Upozila, [[Jashore District]], [[Bangladesh#History|East Bengal]] (now in [[Bangladesh]]). He was a pioneer of Bengali drama. His famous work ''[[Meghnad Badh Kavya]]'', is a tragic [[ Poetry|Novel]], centring round the heroic figure of Indrajit, Ravan's son. It has nine [[canto]]s and is exceptional in Bengali literature both in terms of style and content. He also wrote poems about the sorrows and pains of love as spoken by women. From an early age, Dutt wanted to be an [[Englishman]] in form and manner. In later life, he regretted his attraction to [[England]] and the [[Occident]]. He wrote lovingly of his homeland in his poems and sonnets from this period. His early writings were in English, but the