About Jagannathprasad Das

Rinky21 Sep, 2022Business

Jagannathprasad Das was born in 1936 is a noted poet and playwright. An M.A in Political Science from the University of Allahabad, he is a senior officer of the Indian Administrative Service. His first collection of poems Prathama Purusha (First Person, 1971) is quite popular and has been translated into Hindi and English. The poems are spoken by an ?I? who could be both the poet himself, a modern man, or the primal man. This ambiguity in the title gives a special significance to the book.