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TS Eliot Expert and Tagore Scholar Dies in Kolkata
17 Apr
Summary
- Former Jadavpur University professor, Sati Chatterjee, has passed away.
- She was 91 and died after suffering from a lung infection.
- Valerie Eliot gave her unpublished TS Eliot manuscripts.
Sati Chatterjee, a revered former professor of English literature at Jadavpur University, passed away on Friday at her home in Lake Gardens. The 91-year-old academic had been receiving care for a lung infection.
Chatterjee's academic journey began at Presidency College, where she studied English literature. She later joined Jadavpur University in the 1960s, retiring in the late 1990s. Her expertise in TS Eliot was notable; she was even entrusted with unpublished manuscripts by the poet's wife, Valerie Eliot, during her own research.
Beyond her work on Eliot, Chatterjee delved into profound subjects such as the Rigveda and Tagore's perspectives on nationalism. Colleagues remember her as an active and tech-savvy individual, despite her advanced age.
