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Bangladeshi Writers
The Writers listed below were either born in Bangladesh or else published much of their writing while living in that country. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z __NOTOC__ A * Abdul Hakim * Abu Ishaque * Abul Mansur Ahmed * Abdullah Abu Sayeed * Abdush Shakoor * Abu Rushd * Abdur Rouf Choudhury * Abul Fazal * Abul Asad * Abdul Mannan Syed * Akhteruzzaman Elias * Al Mahmud * Alaol * Alauddin Al-Azad * Anisul Hoque * Anwar Pasha * Aly Zaker * Ahsan Habib * Ahmed Sofa * Aroj Ali Matubbar * Asad Chowdhury B * Bande Ali Mia * Begum Rokeya * Bipradash Barua D * Dilwar Khan * Dilara Hashem F * Farah Ghuznavi * Farrukh Ahmad G * Golam Mostofa H * Harun Ar Rashid * Humayun Ahmed * Humayun Azad * Hasan Azizul Huq * Hason Raja * Hasnat Abdul Hye * Humayun Kabir Dhali * Husne Ara Shahed I * Imdadul Haq Milan * Ismail Hossain Siraji J * Jahanara Imam * Jasimuddin * Shahid Mahmud Jangi K * Kaberi Gain * Kabir Chowdhury * Kayko ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Writer
A writer is a person who uses written words in different writing styles and techniques to communicate ideas. Writers produce different forms of literary art and creative writing such as novels, short stories, books, poetry, travelogues, plays, screenplays, teleplays, songs, and essays as well as other reports and news articles that may be of interest to the general public. Writers' texts are published across a wide range of media. Skilled writers who are able to use language to express ideas well, often contribute significantly to the cultural content of a society. The term "writer" is also used elsewhere in the arts and music, such as songwriter or a screenwriter, but also a stand-alone "writer" typically refers to the creation of written language. Some writers work from an oral tradition. Writers can produce material across a number of genres, fictional or non-fictional. Other writers use multiple media such as graphics or illustration to enhance the commun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anwar Pasha
Anwar Pasha (1928–1971) was a Bangladeshi novelist. He was killed in 1971. Life Anwar Pasha was born in the village Dabkai in Murshidabad (currently in West Bengal, India). He passed the High Madrassah examination in 1946 then went on to do his BA and then his MA in Bengali from Calcutta University in 1953. He started his career as teacher of Manikchak High Madrasah and later on taught at Bhabta Azizia High Madrasah in 1954 and Sadikhan Diar Bohumukhi Higher Secondary School in 1957. In 1958 he joined Pabna Edward College and in 1966 he joined Department of Bengali, Dhaka University. Family Pasha married Masina Begam in 1953. Masina was the daughter of Junab Hekmat Ali who was of Palitberia village of Nadia, West Bengal.Anwar and Masina had 2 children, Masarul Aftab, Robiul Aftab. Literary career Pasha's literary career started when he was a student at Calcutta University. At that time, he published "Hasnahena", an anthology of several literary essays. He later moved t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golam Mostofa (poet)
Golam Mostofa ( bn, গোলাম মোস্তফা; 1897 – 13 October 1964) was a Bengali writer and poet. Early life and education Mostofa was born in 1897, in the village of Manoharpur in Shailkupa Thana, which was a part of the District of Jessore but presently in Jhenaidah District, Bangladesh. He was born to a Bengali Muslim family of literature-enthusiasts that were also proficient in Arabic and Persian, in addition to Bengali. His father, Golam Rabbani, and his grandfather, Qazi Golam Sarwar, were both folk poets. Mostofa finished his primary education in Damukdia, then spent two years studying in Fazilpur. He passed the Entrance exam in 1913 from Shailkupa High School. He passed BA from Ripon College in 1918 and BT from David Hare Training College in 1922. Career Mostofa started teaching at Barrackpore Government High School in January 1920. Four years later, he transferred to the Calcutta Hare School and later the Calcutta Madrasa. He became the De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farrukh Ahmad
Syed Farrukh Ahmad ( bn, সৈয়দ ফররুখ আহমদ; 10 June 1918 – 19 October 1974), later simply known as Farrukh Ahmad, was a Bangladeshi poet and author. He is commonly known as the ''poet of the Muslim renaissance'', as many of his poems embody the spirit of resurrection in the hearts of the colonised Muslims of Bengal. Other than being a distinguished bearer of Islamic thought in modern Bengal, his poetry is also significant for its diction and literary value. The transition from romanticism to modernism is evident in his poetry and he is best known for his magnum opus, ''Sat Sagorer Majhi''. Early life Ahmad was born on 10 June 1918, to a Bengali Muslim family of Syeds in the village of Majhail in Sreepur, Magura, which was then under the Jessore District of the Bengal Presidency. His grandmother gave him the daak naam of Ramzan, as his birth coincided with the month of Ramadan in the Islamic calendar. The family claimed descent from Ali, the fourt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farah Ghuznavi
Farah Ghuznavi is a Bangladeshi writer, development worker, journalist and translator. She studied at the London School of Economics. Ghuznavi has worked for the Grameen Bank, the United Nations Development Programme, Christian Aid UK and other non-governmental organizations. She is a regular contributor to The Star weekend magazine. Her story "Judgement Day" was highly commended at the 2010 Commonwealth Short Story Competition Commonwealth Foundation presented a number of prizes between 1987 and 2011. The main award was called the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and was composed of two prizes: the Best Book Prize (overall and regional) was awarded from 1987 to 2011; the Best .... Her story "Getting There" placed second in the short story competition of the Oxford Gender Equality Festival. Her stories have appeared in a number of anthologies and literary magazines published in the United States, the United Kingdom, Singapore and Bangladesh. She was editor for the ''Lifelines'' anth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dilara Hashem
Dilara Hashem ( bn, দিলারা হাশেম; 21 August 1935 – 19 March 2022) was a Bangladeshi author and novelist.Heil, Alan L., Jr. (2006) ''Voice of America: A History'', Columbia University Press, , p. 297 She was a recipient of the Bangla Academy Literary Award (1976). Hashem died in Maryland on 19 March 2022 at the age of 86. Works Novels *Ghar Mon Janala (Houses, Hearts and Windows, 1965) *Ekoda Ebong Ananto (Once and Ever, 1975) *Stabdhatar Kane Kane (Whispering to Silence, 1977) *Amlokir Mou (The Sweet from the Bitterest, 1978) *Badami Bikeler Galpo (Stories of a Brown Afternoon, 1983); *Kaktaleya (Coincident, 1985) *Mural (1986) *Shankho Korat (Horns of a Dilemma 1995) *Anukta Padaboli (Unspoken Verses, 1998) *Sador Andor (Outer and Inner Part, 1998) *Setu (Bridge, 2000) Awards *Bangla Academy Literary Award The Bangla Academy Literary Award ( bn, বাংলা একাডেমি সাহিত্য পুরস্কার; ''Bangla Ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dilwar Khan
Dilwar Khan (1 January 1937 – 10 October 2013) was a Bangladeshi poet. Known as ''Gono Manusher Kobi'' (poet of the mass people), he was awarded Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1980 and Ekushey Padak in 2008 by the Government of Bangladesh. Early life and career Khan was born in Bharthokhola, South Surma, Sylhet District, Bengal Presidency The Bengal Presidency, officially the Presidency of Fort William and later Bengal Province, was a subdivision of the British Empire in India. At the height of its territorial jurisdiction, it covered large parts of what is now South Asia an .... He received a Bangla Academy Fellowship in 1981. Khan died on 10 October 2013. References 1937 births 2013 deaths Bangladeshi male poets People from Dakshin Surma Upazila Recipients of the Ekushey Padak Recipients of Bangla Academy Award 20th-century poets 20th-century male writers {{bangladesh-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bipradash Barua
Bipradash Barua (born September 20, 1940) is a Bangladeshi novelist. He was awarded Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1991 and Ekushey Padak in 2014. Works ;Novels * Achena (The Unknown, 1975) * Bhoy, Bhalobasa Nirbasan (Fear, Love, Exile, 1988) * Samudracar O Bidrohira (The Sea-spies and the Insurgents, 1990) * Muktijoddhara (Freedom-Fighters, 1991) * Bhitare Ekjan Kande (Someone Weeps Within, 1996) * Shraman Gautam (1996) * Ami Tomar Kache Samudrer Ekti Dheu Jama Rekhechi (I Kept with You a Wave of the Sea, 1997) * Sraman Goutam Awards * Kathashilpi Literary Award (1982) * International Youth Anniversary Medal (1985) * Agrani Bank Award for Juvenile Literature (1395 and 1398 BS) * Bangla Academy Literary Award (1991) * Atish Dipangkar Gold Medal (1997) * Ekushey Padak Ekushey Padak ( bn, একুশে পদক; lit. "Twentyfirst Award") is the second highest civilian award in Bangladesh, introduced in memory of the martyrs of the Bengali Language Movement of 1952. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Begum Rokeya
Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain") is the commonly used spelling of Rokeya's full married name, Rokeya herself is never seen to use her full married name in this English spelling. In much of her correspondence in English, she used just her initials: ‘R. S. Hossein' (also used on the cover of the 1st edition of ''Sultana's Dream''). In some other correspondences in English, she used "Rokeya Khatun," or "Khatoon". In most of her correspondence in Bengali, she used just her first name " bn, রোকেয়া, label=none" (would be "Rokeya" if romanized). ( bn, রোকেয়া সাখাওয়াত হোসেন; 9 December 1880 – 9 December 1932), commonly known as Begum Rokeya, was a prominent Bangladeshi feminist thinker, writer, educator, professor, teacher, writer and women empowerment and political activist for Muslim girls from Bangladesh She is widely regarded as a pioneer of women's liberation in South Asia. Rokeya is considered as the pioneer feminist of B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bande Ali Mia
Bande Ali Mia (17 January 1906 – 27 June 1979) was a Bangladeshi poet, lyricist, novelist, dramatist, essayist, children’s writer and journalist. He was awarded the Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1962 and Ekushey Padak in 1988. Early life and career Mia was born in Radhanagar, Pabna. He passed the entrance examination in 1923 from the Majumder Academy. He then studied painting at the Indian Art Academy in Calcutta in 1927. He worked as a journalist for the magazine ''Islam Darshan''. He also taught at a Calcutta Corporation School during 1930–1950. His first book, ''Chor Jamai'', was published in 1921 by Calcutta Ashutosh Library. He authored a total of 84 books, most of which feature a rural setting. Another work, ''Maynamotir Char'', was published in 1931 by DM Library in Calcutta. He was the editor of the periodicals ''Bikash'' and ''Bhorer Alo''. Later he worked as a script-writer at Rajshahi Radio Station until his death in 1979. Legacy Mia's poems were included i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asad Chowdhury
Asad Chowdhury (born 11 February 1943) is a poet, writer, translator, radio, television personality and journalist, as well as a cultural activist in Bangladesh. He won Ekushey Padak in 2013 and Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1987. Early life and family Choudhury was born on 11 February 1943, to an aristocratic Bengali Muslim family known as the Zamindars of Ulania in Mehendiganj, then located under the Backergunge District of the Bengal Province. His ancestor, Shaykh Muhammad Asad Ali, arrived migrated from Persia to Ayodhya, later settling in the Bengali city of Murshidabad. Ali's great great great grandson Muhammad Hanif served as a military commander under Shaista Khan, the Mughal governor of Bengal. He was noted to have contributed to the suppression of Arakanese and Portuguese pirates in the Bay of Bengal. Hanif then entered the greater Barisal region where he served as the Jamadar of the Sangram Fort in Govindapur and settled in the village of Tetulia, Hizla. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aroj Ali Matubbar
Aroj Ali Matubbar ( bn, আরজ আলী মাতুব্বর; 17 December 190015 March 1985) was a self-taught philosopher and rationalist from Bangladesh. Early life and education Matubbar was born in the village of Charbaria Lamchari, about from the city of Barisal in British India, now Bangladesh, to a poor peasant family. His original name was Aroj Ali; he later adopted the name Matubbar (meaning "local landowner"). He studied for only a few months at the village maqtab, where he focused on the Qur'an and Islamic studies. Matubbar lost his father at a young age. When he was 12 years old, his inherited plot of of land was auctioned off because he could not pay land taxes as a minor. He was later evicted from his ancestral homestead by a local usurper. Matubbar survived through charity and by working as a farm laborer. He could not afford to attend school and relied on free maqtab religious instruction at a local mosque. He did not accept the rigid learning method ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
