Rabindranath, Nazrul, Jibanananda: Predecessor and contemporary
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Abu Sayeed AyyubKazi Nazrul IslamAbraham LincolnBanalata SenJibonananda DasRabindranath TagoreReciprocatively NazrulJibanananda DasDhusar PandulipiWalt WhitmanBuddhadeva BoseNaresh GuhaKobitar KothaMrityur AageEzra PoundJadavpur, West Bengal, IndiaKolkata, West Bengal, IndiaBritishJhara, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Tue, 11 August 2026
1 report- thedailystar.net15:15first to report
So, unlike Rabindranath Tagore, who left documented comments on Jibanananda, Nazrul did not leave an authenticated body of criticism on him. What survives is essentially that famous humorous remark, whose authenticity cannot be verified beyond later recollections.