Michael Madhusudan Dutt

Michael Madhusudan Dutt
Portrait of Dutt, c. 1907
Born
Sri Madhusudan Dutta

(1824-01-25)25 January 1824
Died29 June 1873(1873-06-29) (aged 49)
Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India
Resting placeLower Circular Road cemetery
OccupationWriter, poet, playwright
LanguageEnglish
Bengali
CitizenshipBritish Indian
Alma materHindu College
Gray's Inn
Literary movementBengal Renaissance
SpouseRebecca Thompson McTavish (m. 1848–1856)
PartnerEmilia Henrietta Sophie White (1858–1873)
Children8
Relatives

Michael Madhusudan Dutt (born Sri Madhusudan Dutta; Maikel Modhushudôn Dôtto; 25 January 1824 – 29 June 1873) was a Bengali poetry Bangladeshi Bengali poet and playwright. He is considered one of the pioneers of Bengali literature.