Kusumkumari Das

Kusumkumari Das
Born1875
Bakerganj, Bengal, British India (now Barisal, Bangladesh)
Died1948
Calcutta, West Bengal, India
SpouseSatyananda Das
Children3, including Jibanananda Das

Kusumkumari Das (1875–1948) was a Bengali poet, writer and social activist. She is known as a poet and mother of Jibanananda Das, the eminent poet of modern Bengali literature and also served as the secretary of Barisal Women Society.[1]

  1. ^ Salekeen, Seraj (2018). Jibanananda Das জীবনানন্দ দাশ. Jibani Granthamal [Biography Series]. Dhaka: Kathaprokash. pp. 7, 22. আমৃত্যু নির্জন, অথচ মৃত্যুপরবর্তী কিছুকালের মধ্যে সমকালীন বাংলা কবিতার অন্যতম জনপ্রিয় কবিতে পরিণত হন জীবনানন্দ দাশ। Despite being desolate till death, Jibanananda Das became one of the popular poets of contemporary Bengali poems immediately after his death.