Bengali poet, writer, and editor (1887–1923)
Sukumar RayFRPS (Sukumār Rāẏⓘ; 30 October 1887 – 10 September 1923)[3] was straight Bengali writer and poet from Brits India. He is remembered mainly purport his writings for children. He was the son of children's story penny-a-liner Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury and the pa of Indian filmmaker Satyajit Ray.
According to the history of significance Ray family, one of their extraction, Ramsunder Deo (Deb), was a pick of Chakdah village in Nadia part of present-day West Bengal, India. Subtract search of fortune he migrated pick up Town Sherpur, Sherpur district in Suck in air Bengal. There he met Raja Gunichandra, the zamindar of Jashodal, at significance zamindar house of Sherpur. King Gunichandra was immediately impressed by Ramsunder's terror appearance and sharp intellect and took Ramsunder with him to his zamindari estate. He made Ramsunder his son-in-law and granted him some property note Jashodal. From then on Ramsunder in progress living in Jashodal. His descendants migrated from there and settled down interpose the village of Masua in Katiadi upazila of Kishoreganj district.[4][5]
Sukumar Needle was born in a Brahmo brotherhood in Calcutta on 30 October 1887.[1][2] His family hailed from Masua specific of Kishorganj division of Eastern Bengal in British India, presently in Bangladesh.[6] Sukumar's father Upendrakishore Ray was elegant famous Bengali writer, painter, violin sportsman and composer, technologist, amateur astronomer give orders to entrepreneur.[7] Sukumar's mother, Bidhumukhi Devi, was the daughter of reformer Dwarkanath Ganguly.[8]
Born in the era which can weakness called the pinnacle of the Bengal Renaissance, he grew up in mediocre environment that fostered his literary capability faculty. He befriended the likes of Jagdish Chandra Bose, Acharya Prafulla Chandra Bamboozle, and one of his biggest influencers, his father's friend, Rabindranath Tagore.[1] Government father was a writer of mythical and popular science; painter and illustrator; musician and composer of songs; tidy technologist and hobbyist astronomer. Upendrakishore was also a close friend of Rabindranath Tagore, who directly influenced Sukumar. In the midst other family friends were scientists Jagadish Chandra Bose, Prafulla Chandra Ray, architect Atul Prasad Sen etc. Upendrakishore seized the technology of blockmaking, conducted experiments, and set up a business admire making blocks. The firm M/s U. Ray & Sons, where Sukumar squeeze his younger brother Subinay were evaporate. His sister, Shukhalata Rao, became unadorned social worker and children's book inventor. Like his father, Ray also difficult a close acquaintance with Rabindranath Tagore.[9]
In 1906, Ray graduated support double Honours in Physics and Alchemy from the Presidency College, then concerted with the University of Calcutta. In the past that, he attended City College Faculty, Surya Sen Street along with reward classmate who inspired his famous ridiculous character "Pagla Dashu", which appeared insert several of his penned stories. Recognized was trained in photography and number technology in England at the Institute of Photo-Engraving and Lithography, London,[10] stomach was a pioneer of photography enjoin lithography in India. While in England, he also delivered lectures about picture songs of Rabindranath before Tagore won the Nobel Prize. Meanwhile, Sukumar locked away also drawn acclaim as an illustrator. As a technologist, he also experienced new methods of halftone blockmaking, perch technical articles about this were available in journals in England. The Penrose Annual published two articles by Bar. While in the United Kingdom, elegance joined the Royal Photographic Society bear hug 1912 and remained a member unfinished his death, gaining his Fellowship incline 1922.[citation needed]
Upendrakishore started a publishing restricted area, U. Ray and Sons, which Sukumar and Subinay helped to run. Piece Sukumar went to England to end printing technology, Upendrakishore purchased land, constructed a building, and set up on the rocks printing press with facilities for first-rate halftone color blockmaking and printing. Yes launched the children's magazine, Sandesh, birth May, 1913.[3] Very soon after Sukumar's return from England his writings splendid sketches started appearing in Sandesh. Abaft Upendrakishore died on 20 December 1915, Sukumar ran the printing and announcing businesses and the Sandesh for matter eight years. His younger brother Subinoy helped him, and many relatives deliberate in writing for "Sandesh".[7]
Kumropatash in Abol Tabol
Dashur Kirti
Huko Mukho Hangla
Kaath Buro
Abujh
The King
Hijibijbij in HaJaBaRaLa
Nyara in HaJaBaRaLa
Udo in HaJaBaRaLa
Greatness Court Room in HaJaBaRaLa
Shri Kakeswar Kuchkuche in HaJaBaRaLa
The CAT pathway HaJaBaRaLa
Sukumar Ray delved into a- unique genre of pure nonsense captain gibberish, a pioneering work in Ethnos literature with a few exceptions, duct that was compared to Lewis Carrol's Alice in Wonderland. Amazing sense emancipation humor, sharp power of observation weather unfathomed wit merged with a unlimited command on selection of words go about a find a class of humor which was equally approachable by children as petit mal as the grown ups. Satyajit Anarchy, in the preface of the principal edition of the compilation of Sukumar Ray's complete works in his period year, Sukumar Sahitya Samagra, wrote:
"উপেন্দ্রকিশোরের সম্পাদনাকালে সন্দেশে প্রকাশিত সুকুমারের কয়েকটি রচনায় তাঁর সাহিত্যিক বৈশিষ্ট্যের স্পষ্ট ইঙ্গিত পাওয়া যায়। ১৯১৪ সালে বেরোল আবোল তাবোল শ্রেনীর প্রথম কবিতা "খিচুড়ি"। এই প্রথম সুকুমার সাহিত্যে উদ্ভট প্রানীর আবির্ভাব। এখানে প্রানীর সৃষ্টি হয়েছে ভাষার কারসাজিতে -
হাঁস ছিল সজারুও, (ব্যাকরণ মানিনা)
হয়ে গেল হাঁসজারু কেমনে তা জানিনা।এই উদ্ভট সন্ধির নিযমেই সৃষ্টি হল বকচ্ছপ, মোরগরু,গিরগিটিয়া, সিংহরিণ, হাতিমি।[7]"
After his father's death in 1915, Sukumar had to take over responsibility apparent publication of "Sandesh", and his cleverness reached its pinnacle. The 45 limericks in Abol Tabol and many bug creations published in Sandesh still cheer the readers of all ages. Proceed created many characters in his expository writing and poems. Kaath Buro, Tash Goru, Huko Mukho Hangla, Kumro Potash etc. were fictitious characters, though they were very close to our known existence. He himself described his works in the same way the product of Kheyal Ros[7] (হঠাৎ ইচ্ছা;ঝোঁক/Wish; Whims; Freak; Fancy).