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Toru Dutt ( Bengali তরু দত্ত), also known as Torulata Dutt (born March 4, 1856 in Calcutta ; died August 30, 1877 in Calcutta) was an Indian author who published in English and French .

Many members of Toru Dutt's family, including her father Govin Chunder Dutt , were active as authors and published prose or poetry . The Hindu family was considered progressive and converted to Christianity . From 1896 to 1873 they toured Europe together. Toru Dutt and her sister visited European educational institutions and learned French. At first they were students in a French boarding school in Nice , later they attended the University of Cambridge . The pen friendship with Mary Martin dates from the time of this stay. The letters have survived and are part of the collection of Toru Dutt's correspondence. It also contains letters from Toru Dutt from England to her cousins in India. We also know that she wrote to the French author Clarisse Bader to translate her book Le Femme dans L'Inde Antique into English. In Toru Dutt's letters to Mary Martin after her return to India, she describes details from her life in Calcutta as well as her wish to return to England.

Gravestone in the Maniktala Christian Cemetery

Toru Dutt died at the age of 21. She was buried in the Christian Maniktala cemetery in Calcutta, where her tombstone can be viewed.

Toru Dutt is considered to be the first influential English-speaking Indian poet. Her works continue to play a role in understanding the literature of the Victorian Age .

Publications

A Sheaf Gleaned in French Fields. Poems. Saptahik Sambad Press, Bhowanipore 1876
Bianca or the Young Spanish Maiden , serialized in The Bengal Magazine vi, January – April 1878
Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindusthan Kegan Paul, London 1882
Le Journal de Mademoiselle D'Arvers Didier, Paris 1879 - translated by N. Kamala as The Diary of Mademoiselle D'Arvers Penguin Books, India 2005

literature

Harihar Das: The Life and Letters of Toru Dutt Oxford University Press, Oxford 1921
Padmini Sen Gupt: Toru Dutt Sahitya Academi, New Delhi 1968
KR Ramachandran Nair: Three Indo-Anglian Poets: Henry Derozio, Toru Dutt and Sarojini Naidu Sterling Publishers, New Delhi 1987
AN Dwivedi: Toru Dutt: A Literary Profile BR Publishing Corporation, New Delhi 1998

Web links

Commons : Toru Dutt - collection of images, videos and audio files

Works by Toru Dutt in Project Gutenberg ( currently not usually available for users from Germany )
Toru bun. The Open University , accessed February 10, 2018 .

Individual evidence

^ Tricia Lootens: Bengal, Britain, France: The locations and translations of Toru Dutt. Cambridge University Press , September 2006, accessed February 10, 2018 .

personal data
SURNAME	Dutt, Toru
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Dutt, torulata
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Indian author
DATE OF BIRTH	March 4, 1856
PLACE OF BIRTH	Calcutta
DATE OF DEATH	August 30, 1877
Place of death	Calcutta

[1] Tricia Lootens: Bengal, Britain, France: The locations and translations of Toru Dutt. Cambridge University Press , September 2006, accessed February 10, 2018 .