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List Of Bangladeshi Poets
Following is a list of Bangladeshi poets, either born in Bangladesh or who published much of their writing while living in the country. A *Ahsan Habib *Abul Hussain *Abu Zafar Obaidullah *Abu Hena Mustafa Kamal *Al Mahmud *Abul Hasan *Arunabh Sarkar *Abid Azad *Alaol * Azizur Rahman (poet) *Anisul Hoque *Anwar Pasha *Abdul Mannan Syed *Abu Hasan Shahriar *Abdul Hye Sikder * Abid Anwar *Abdul Ghani Hazari B *Bimal Guha *Bonde Ali Mia E *Enamul Karim Nirjhar F *Farrukh Ahmed *Fazal Shahabuddin H *Helal Hafiz *Hasan Hafizur Rahman *Humayun Azad J *Jasimuddin *Jibanananda Das K *Kazi Nazrul Islam *Khondakar Ashraf Hossain *Kusumkumari Das *Hafiz Rashid Khan *Kaykobad L *Lalon Shah M *Michael Madhusudan Dutt * Mozid Mahmud * Motiur Rahman Mollik N *Nirmalendu Goon R *Rudra Mohammad Shahidullah S *Shah Muhammad Sagir * Shamsur Rahman *Syed Shamsul Huq * Shaheed Quaderi *Sikdar Aminul Haq *Shah Abdul Karim T * Tuhin Das See also * List of Bangladeshi people References { ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangladesh
Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the most densely populated countries in the world, and shares land borders with India to the west, north, and east, and Myanmar to the southeast; to the south it has a coastline along the Bay of Bengal. It is narrowly separated from Bhutan and Nepal by the Siliguri Corridor; and from China by the Indian state of Sikkim in the north. Dhaka, the capital and largest city, is the nation's political, financial and cultural centre. Chittagong, the second-largest city, is the busiest port on the Bay of Bengal. The official language is Bengali, one of the easternmost branches of the Indo-European language family. Bangladesh forms the sovereign part of the historic and ethnolinguistic region of Bengal, which was divided during the Partition of India in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdul Ghani Hazari
Abdul Ghani Hazari (12 January 1921 – 1976) was a Bangladeshi poet and journalist. He was awarded Ekushey Padak by the Government of Bangladesh in 1990. Education and career Hazari got his bachelor's in Philosophy from Calcutta University in 1944. He started his journalistic career in 1947 when he joined ''Alodan'', a weekly magazine published from Kolkata, as an editor. Works * Samanya Dhan (1959) * Katipay Amlar Stri (1965) * Suryer Sindi (1965) * Jagrata Pradip (1970) * Svarnagardabh (1964) * Froider Manahsamiksa (1975) * Kalpenchar Diary (1976) Awards * UNESCO Award (1964) * Bangla Academy Literary Award (1972) * 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 award is given to recognize contribut ... (1990) References 1921 births 1976 deaths Bangladeshi male poets Bangladeshi journa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kusumkumari Das
Kusumkumari Das (1875–1948) was a 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. Biography She was educated at Calcutta Bethune School. At the age of 19, she was married to Satyananda Das in 1894 and bore him two sons (Jibanananda Das and Ashokananda Das) and a daughter (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''. She used to keep journals regularly. But most of them could not found because they were either lost or damaged by herself. 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: আমাদের দেশে হবে সেই ছেলে ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khondakar Ashraf Hossain
Khondakar Ashraf Hossain ( bn, খোন্দকার আশরাফ হোসেন; 4 January 1950 – 16 June 2013) was a leading postmodernist poet, essayist, translator, and editor from Bangladesh. He wrote more than eighteen titles. Early life and education Hossain was born in Joynagar village in Sarishabarhi, Jamalpur, Dhaka, East Bengal, in 1950. He earned a BA degree in 1970, and an MA degree in 1971, both are in English and from the University of Dhaka. After he got MAs in linguistics and ELT from the University of Leeds in 1981. He also obtained a PhD in English from the University of Dhaka and a postgraduate diploma in Teaching English Overseas from the University of Leeds in 1980. His doctoral thesis is entitled ''Modernism and Beyond: Western Influence on Bangladeshi Poetry'', which he defended under Dr. Syed Manzoorul Islam, another doyen and celebrated writer in the department. Professional and literary life Hossain was a professor and chairman of the De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazi Nazrul Islam
Kazi Nazrul Islam ( bn, কাজী নজরুল ইসলাম, ; 24 May 1899 – 29 August 1976) was a Bengali poet, Bengali literature, writer, Bangladeshi music, musician, and is the national poet of Bangladesh. Nazrul is regarded as one of the greatest poets in Bengali literature. Popularly known as Nazrul, he produced a Complete Works of Kazi Nazrul Islam, large body of poetry, music, messages, novels, stories, etc. with themes that included equality, justice, anti-imperialism, humanity, rebellion against oppression and religious devotion. Nazrul's activism for political and social justice as well as writing a poem titled as "Bidrohī", meaning "the rebel" in Bengali, earned him the title of "Bidrohī Kôbi" (''Rebel Poet''). His compositions form the avant-garde music genre of Nazrul Geeti, Nazrul Gīti (''Music of Nazrul''). Born into a Bengali Muslim Qadi#IndoPak Region, Kazi family hailing from Bardhaman district, Burdwan district in Bengal Presidency (now in West Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jibanananda Das
Jibanananda Das () (17 February 1899 – 22 October 1954) was an Indian poet, writer, novelist and essayist in the Bengali language. Popularly called "Rupashi Banglar Kabi'' ('Poet of Beautiful Bengal'), Das is the most read poet after Rabindranath Tagore and Kazi Nazrul Islam in Bangladesh and West Bengal. While not particularly well recognised during his lifetime, today Das is acknowledged as one of the greatest poets in the Bengali language. Born in Barisal to a Vaidya-Brahmo Samaj, Brahmo family, Das studied English literature at Presidency College, Kolkata and earned his MA from Calcutta University. He had a troubling career and suffered financial hardship throughout his life. He taught at many colleges but was never granted tenure. He settled in Kolkata after the partition of India. Das died on 22 October 1954, eight days after being hit by a tramcar. The witnesses said that though the tramcar whistled, he did not stop, and got struck. Some deem the accident as an attempt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jasimuddin
Jasimuddin ( bn, জসীম উদ্দীন; 1 January 1903 – 13 March 1976), popularly called Palli Kabi (), was a Bengali poet, lyricist, composer and writer widely celebrated for his modern ballad sagas in the pastoral mode. Although his full name is Jasim Uddin Mollah, he is known as Jasim Uddin. His '' Nakshi Kanthar Math'' and '' Sojan Badiar Ghat'' are considered among the best lyrical poems in the Bengali language. He is the key figure for the revivals of pastoral literature in Bengal during the 20th century. As a versatile writer, Jasimuddin wrote poems, ballads, songs, dramas, novel, stories, memoirs, travelogues, etc. Born in Faridpur, Jasimuddin was educated at Culcutta University where he also worked as Ramtanu Lahiri assistant research fellow under Dinesh Chandra Sen from 1931 to 1937. In 1938, he joined the University of Dhaka and taught there for 5 years. In 1944, he joined the Department of Information and Broadcasting of the then government and retire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Humayun Azad
Humayun Azad (born Humayun Kabir; 28 April 1947 – 12 August 2004) was a Bangladeshi poet, novelist, short-story writer, critic, linguist, columnist and professor of Dhaka University. He wrote more than sixty titles. He was awarded the Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1986 for his contributions to Bengali linguistics. In 2012, the Government of Bangladesh honored him with Ekushey Padak posthumously for his contributions to Bengali literature. Early life and education Azad was born as Humayun Kabir on 28 April 1947 in Rarhikhal village in Bikrampur which village is now under the Sreenagar sub-district of Munshiganj district. Notable scientist Jagadish Chandra Bose was born in the same village. He passed the secondary examination from Sir Jagadish Chandra Basu Institute in 1962 and higher secondary examination from Dhaka College in 1964. He earned BA and MA degrees in Bengali language and literature from the University of Dhaka in 1967 and 1968 respectively. He obtained his Ph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hasan Hafizur Rahman
Hasan Hafizur Rahman (;1932–1983) became the editor of the ''Daily Bangla'' right after the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971. He also worked for the government as a high official and edited an account of the independence struggle called ''The Liberation War of Bangladesh'', which was published in sixteen volumes. He was the author of thirteen books including eight collections of poetry and ''Adhunik Kobi O Kobita'' (''Modern Poets and Poetry''), a book of critical essays. Awards * Adamjee Literary Award (1967) * Bangla Academy Literary Award (1971) * 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 award is given to recognize contribut ... (!984) References 1932 births 1983 deaths Bengali writers Recipients of the Independence Day Award Bangladeshi male writers Recipients of the Adamjee Literary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helal Hafiz
Helal Hafiz (born 7 October 1948) is a Bangladeshi poet. He is considered a true representative of poets of his generation having certain creative traits in an age when his nation and countries in the neighbourhood witnessed dramatic transitions particularly in the arena of politics. He won Bangla Academy Literary Award (2013). Early life, education and career On completion of his schooling and college studies at his hometown in northern Netrokona, Hafiz got himself enrolled at the University of Dhaka, at a time when it appeared as main centre of the brewing nationalist movement which eventually saw the 1971 emergence of independent Bangladesh. He is considered a true representative of the poets of his generation. He studied at Netrokona Datta High School, Netrokona College and University of Dhaka The University of Dhaka (also known as Dhaka University, or DU) is a public research university located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is the oldest university in Bangladesh. The univ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fazal Shahabuddin
Fazal Shahabuddin (4 February 1936 – 9 February 2014) was a Bangladeshi poet and journalist. He was awarded Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1973 and Ekushey Padak in 1988. Early life and career Shahabuddin was born in Dhaka in 1936. His poetry spanned four decades from the mid-60s until his death. He was the founding editor of ''Bichitra'', a weekly magazine, and he also worked at '' Shachitra Shandhani'' and ''Dainik Bangla ''Dainik Bangla'' is a Bengali-language daily newspaper in Bangladesh. The newspaper was closed in 1997 and was later revived on 4 September 2022 by an editorial panel led by Nazrul Islam Mazumder and Chowdhury Nafeez Sharafat. History ''Dainik P ...''. Shahabuddin died in February 2014. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Shahabuddin, Fazal 1936 births 2014 deaths People from Dhaka Bangladeshi male poets 20th-century poets 20th-century male writers Recipients of Bangla Academy Award Recipients of the Ekushey Padak Burials at Banani Graveyard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farrukh Ahmed
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 f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
