Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan - Dutt, Toru
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Toru Dutt (1856 ù1877) was an Indian poet who wrote in English and French. At the time of her death, she left behind two unpublished novelsÚ Le Journal de Mademoiselle d¿Arvers (thought to be the first novel in French by an Indian writer) and Bianca, or the Young Spanish Maiden (thought to be the first novel in English by an Indian woman writer)Úin addition to an unfinished volume of original poems in English, Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan. The Table of Contents includes Savitr, Lakshman, Jogadhya Uma, The Royal Ascetic and the Hind, Dhruva, Buttoo, Sindhu, Prehlad, S ta. Near…mehr

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Toru Dutt (1856 ù1877) was an Indian poet who wrote in English and French. At the time of her death, she left behind two unpublished novelsÚ Le Journal de Mademoiselle d¿Arvers (thought to be the first novel in French by an Indian writer) and Bianca, or the Young Spanish Maiden (thought to be the first novel in English by an Indian woman writer)Úin addition to an unfinished volume of original poems in English, Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan. The Table of Contents includes Savitr, Lakshman, Jogadhya Uma, The Royal Ascetic and the Hind, Dhruva, Buttoo, Sindhu, Prehlad, S ta. Near Hastings, FranceÚ1870, The Tree of Life, On the Fly Leaf of Erckmann-Chatrian's novel entitled Madame Th r se, SonnetÚBaugmaree, SonnetÚThe Lotus, and Our Casuarina Tree.
Autorenporträt
Toru Dutt (1856-1877) was a Bengali poet and translator. Born in Calcutta to a prominent family of Bengali Christians, Dutt was educated from a young age and became a devoted student of English literature. Taught by her father and a private tutor, she learned French, Sanskrit, and English in addition to her native Bengali. At thirteen, she left India with her family to travel through Europe, visiting France, England, Italy, and Germany over the next several years. In 1872, she attended a series of lectures for women at the University of Cambridge alongside her sister Aru, which further sparked her interest in academia and literature. In 1873, the family returned to Calcutta, where Dutt struggled to readjust to Indian culture. She wrote two novels in English and French before publishing A Sheaf Gleaned in French Fields (1876), a collection of French poems translated into English. Its critical and commercial success came tragically late, however, as Dutt died of consumption in 1877 at the age of 21. She has since been recognized as the first Indian writer to publish a novel in French, the first Indian woman to publish an English novel, and a pioneering figure in Anglo-Indian literature whose mastery of several languages at such a young age remains remarkably uncommon. Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan (1882), a collection of Sanskrit poems translated into English, was her final, posthumously published work.