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Michael Madhusudan Dutt (1824-1873) is widely considered to be one of the greatest poets in Bengali literature and the father of Bangla sonnet and pioneered what came to be called amitrakhor chhondo (unrhyming rhythm, similar to Spenserian sonnet in structure). His famous work Meghnadh Bodh Kabya , is a grand heroic-tragic ballad. From an early age he desired to be an Englishman in form and manner. He converted to Christianity to the ire of his family. However, he was to regret his desire for England and the Occident in later life when he talked ardently of his homeland as is seen in his poems and sonnets from this period. He was an exceptionally gifted student. Ever since his childhood, young Madhusudan was recognized by his teachers and professors as being a precocious child with a gift of literary expression.
