Shantanu Kaiser | |
Native Name: | শান্তনু কায়সার |
Native Name Lang: | bn |
Nationality: | Bangladeshi |
Birth Date: | 30 December 1954 |
Birth Place: | Faridganj Upazila, Chandpur District, East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan |
Death Place: | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
Resting Place: | Chandpur, Bangladesh |
Alma Mater: | University of Dhaka |
Shantanu Kaiser (30 December 1954 – 11 April 2017) was a Bangladeshi poet and essayist.[1] He was awarded Bangla Academy Literary Award (2014) in the essay category.[2]
Kaiser earned his master's degree in English from the University of Dhaka.[3]
Kaiser published 45 books.[1]
Kaiser published his first volume of poetry, Rakhaler Attochorit, in 1982.[4] His second book Shuvo Shubornojoyonti was published in 2002.[4] He wrote several books on the biography of the writer Adwaita Mallabarman including "Adwaita Mallabarman" (1987), "Adwaita Mallabarman: Jiban, Shahitya Ebong Onynyo" (1998) and "Janmashatabarshe Adwaita Mallabarman: Jiban, Shahitya O Shanshkriti" (2014). He edited Mallabarman's "Uponyassamagra" and "Titash Ekti Nadir Naam". He adapted "Titash Ekti Nadir Naam" into a play. He wrote two books "Ful o Nazrul" and "Oi Nutoner Keton Ore" based on the works of poet Kazi Nazrul Islam.[4]