Important notes on Toru Dutt

 Toru Dutt(1856-1877) 

★ Toru Dutt was an Indian poet who wrote in English and French.

★ Her father was Gobind Chandra Dutt, Sister Aru Dutt and brother Abju Dutt.Their family became Christian in 1852.

★ She died at a very young age of 21. 

★ She was born in Calcutta. She was a poet, novelist and translator. She translated some sonnets of de Cramont and regarded him as one of the best modern French poets.

★ She is considered as the "First English writing women of India".

★ Edmund Goose wrote about her that " she brought with her from Europe a store of knowledge that would have sufficed to make an English or French girl seemed learning."

Important works : 

1) Our Casurina Tree

2) Tree of Life

3) The Lotus 

4) Bougmaree

5) France

6) Amon Pere

7) Le Journel De Medmoiselle d'Arvers ( 1879).  This is the first novel in French by an Indian writer. 

8) Bianca or the Young Spanish Maiden ( 1879). It is the first novel in English by an Indian writer.

These notes are very important for NTA NET, SET and others examination.