Torulata Dutt
A bengali poet, also known as toru wrote in english and french was born on 4 th march 1856 in kolkata she is considered to be the first kndian poetss to write werses in english and french she translated dozens to write verses completed a novel before her death at the age of 21 her poems such as secta lotus and our casuraing tree are well loved
The sower is a translation of victor hugos poem saison des semailles le sair it is translated by toru dutt from french to english the sower is a poem about a farner who is sowing seeds he has seen many bad harvests in his life kowever he is so optimistic of having a good harvest every time he tosses grain.
he is best poet in india and anthor poems in a best in a bengali in a india
n 1869, when Dutt was 13, Dutt's family left India, making her and her sister some of the first Bengali girls to travel by sea to Europe.The family spent four years living in Europe, one in France and three in England.] They also visited Italy and Germany.
They first lived in France, from 1869 to 1870, in the south and in Paris.[Dutt studied French in Nice and was briefly a student at a boarding school.In 1870, the family lived in Onslow Square, , , where Dutt studied music.In 1871, they moved to , where they remained until 1873.
In 1872, the offered a lecture series, "Higher Lectures for Women", which Toru Dutt attended with her sister Aru.[ At the time, women were not entitled to join the University of Cambridge and opportunities for higher education were limited. This was a chance for women to access
University lectures, set up by a group that included the philosopher and the suffragist "Lectures for Ladies" became in 1871, but Toru Dutt did not herself matriculate as a member,[ presumably because she was living in Cambridge and had no need for college accommodation. Her correspondence refers, however, to Merton Hall, the early name of Newnham College, and to Miss Clough as Principal of Newnham College.
While not a member of a Cambridge college, Dutt would have had access to the college's intellectual discussions and critical thinking. At the end of 1872, Toru met and befriended Mary Martin, daughter of Reverend John Martin of The friendship developed further in correspondence after Toru's return to India.
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