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| name = Kusumkumai Das
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| spouse = Satyananda Das
| children = [[Jibanananda Das]] (1899-1954)<br />Ashokananda Das <br />Sucharita Das (1915-1980)
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'''Kusumkumari Das''' (1875–1948) was a [[Bengali people|Bengali]] poet, writer and social activist. She is known as a poet and mother of [[Jibanananda Das]], the eminent poet of modern Bengali literature and also served as the secretary of Barishal Women Society.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Jibanananda Das|last=Salekeen|first=Seraj|publisher=Kathaprokash|year=2018|series=Jibani Granthamal [Biography Series]|location=Dhaka|pages=7, 22|script-title=bn:জীবনানন্দ দাশ|quote=আমৃত্যু নির্জন, অথচ মৃত্যুপরবর্তী কিছুকালের মধ্যে সমকালীন বাংলা কবিতার অন্যতম জনপ্রিয় কবিতে পরিণত হন জীবনানন্দ দাশ। Despite being desolate till death, Jibanananda Das became one of the popular poets of contemporary Bengali poems immediately after his death.}}</ref>

==Biography==
She was educated at [[Bethune College|Calcutta Bethune School]]. At the age of 19, she was married to Satyananda Das in 1894 and bore him two sons and a daughter: [[Jibanananda Das]], Ashokananda Das and Sucharita Das.

She inherited the habit of writing from her father, Chandranath Das. Her father used to write light verses. She published poems in several magazines, among them were ''Mukul'', ''Brahmabadi'' and ''Pravasii''.<ref>{{cite book|last=Syed|first=Abdul M.|title=Jibanananda Dases Prakashita-Oprakashita KabitaSamagra (A collection of Complete poems: Published and Unpublished by Jibanananda Das)|year=1998|publisher=Abasar|location=Dhaka|pages=606|editor=Abdul M. Syed|language=bn|chapter=Apendixes: Life}}</ref> She used to keep journals regularly. But most of them could not found because they were either lost or damaged by herself.<ref>{{cite book|last=Guha|first=Vumendra|title=Kusumkumari Daser Dainandin Lipi (Daily Entries: The Diary by K. Das)|year=2012|publisher=Abasar|location=Dhaka|isbn=978-984-8793-98-5|pages=13|edition=1st|language=bn|chapter=Introduction}}</ref> Her famous poem is "Adarsha Chele", in English, "the Exemplary Boy" or "the Ideal Boy". The first two lines of this poem gained legendary status:
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{{lang|bn|Amader Deshe Hobe Shei Chele Kobe,
Kothai Na Boro Hoye, Kaje Boro Hobe ...}}
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When within our country will that boy be born
Who not by words but by deeds grow big and strong!}}

Apart from housekeeping and writing, Kusumkumari Das had active participation in social activities. As a female member of [[Brahmoism|Brahmo]] society, she pioneered women's participation in social activities in [[Barisal]]. From 1319-38 of [[Bengali calendar]] she acts as an Acharya in Women's day prayer. Even she sometimes acts as an Acharya in general assembly of Brahsomaj too.<ref>{{cite book|last=Guha|first=Vumendra|title=Kusumkumari Daser Dainandin Lipi (Daily Entries: The Diary)|year=2012|publisher=Abasar|location=Dhaka|isbn=978-984-8793-98-5|pages=11|edition=1st|editor=Vumendra Guha|language=bn|chapter=Introduction}}</ref>

She was the secretary of Barisal Mohila Sabha (Barishal Women Society).<ref>{{cite book|last=Guha|first=Vumendra|title=Kusumkumari Daser Dainandin Lipi (Daily Entries: The Diary)|year=2012|publisher=Abasar|location=Dhaka|isbn=978-984-8793-98-5|pages=11|edition=1st|editor=Vumendra Guha|language=bn|chapter=Introduction}}</ref>
This society worked to help poor girls, to train midwives, to found girls school, to facilitate indoor education for women etc.

==Publications==
*''Kavyamukul''
*''Pouranik Akhyayika''
*''Kusumkumari Daser Kabita''
*''Dainandin Dinlipi''

==References==
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[[Category:Bengali female poets]]
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[[Category:Poets from West Bengal]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian women writers]]
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[[Category:Women writers from West Bengal]]

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