Life and Letters of Toru Dutt (1921) is a biography of Toru Dutt.
Comprising biographical sections by scholar Harihar Das, selections from
her many letters, and commentary on her novels and translations, Life
and Letters of Toru Dutt is an invaluable resource for information on a
pioneering figure in Indian history and Bengali literature. Born in
Calcutta to a family of Bengali Christians, Toru Dutt was raised at the
crossroads of English and Indian cultures. In addition to her native
Bengali, she became fluent in English, French, and Sanskrit as a young
girl, eventually writing novels and poems in each language. Harihar Das'
biography is an exhaustive record of her life from youth to young
adulthood, granting particular attention to her travels in England and
Europe, which Dutt herself describes in beautiful prose in letters to
friends and family. Despite her limited body of work, Dutt's legacy as a
groundbreaking writer remains firm in India and around the world. With a
beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this
edition of Harihar Das and Toru Dutt's Life and Letters of Toru Dutt
is a classic work of Bengali literature reimagined for modern readers.