Jibanananda Das (17 February 1899 – 22 October 1954) born in 17 February 1899 in Barisal, Bengal Presidency (Present day Bangladesh), was a Bengali poet, writer, novelist and essayist. While not particularly recognised initially, today Das is acknowledged as "the premier poet of the post-Tagore era in India". One of his translators, Clinton B. Seely, is among those who consider Jibanananda Das as "Bengal's greatest modern poet" and its "best loved poet" too. For the poets in the latter half of the twentieth century Das "has practically come to take the place of Tagore" Das's oeuvre is eclectic and resists classification under any single heading or school.