Louise Henry Derozio: 1809 - 1831

·         Henry Louis Vivian Derozio.

Henry Louise Vivian Derozio
1809-1831

·         Head Master of the Hindu college in Kolkata.

·         His students were known as the Young Bengal.

·         First Indian Nationalist Poet.

·         Famous poems include:

o   To India – My Native Land.

o   The Orphan Girl

o   The Fakeer of Jhangira

o   The Harp of India

·         ·         Influenced the social movement- Bengal Renaissance in the late 18^th and early 20^th century through his works.

·         He was a Radical Reformer and highly motivated his students to debate freely and question authority.

·         Launched his newspaper “The East Indian” in 1831.

·         Uma Charan Basu was his student and the Secretary of the Young Bengal.

·         Major Themes of his works include:

o   Past glory of India.

o   Restraints of British Raj.

o   Hope of freedom.

 

·         Source:

o   World Literature in Your Fist by Prem Shankar Pandey