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The Grave (play)
''The Grave'' ( bn, কবর, lit=''Kobor'') is a 1966 one-act play by Bangladeshi author Munier Chowdhury. Though the author finished writing this play on 17 February 1953, it was published in 1966. It is the first revolutionary play of East Bengal. The background of ''Kobor'' focuses on the crisis of the Bengali Language Movement which took place on 21 February 1952 in Dhaka. History Munier Chowdhury was arrested for taking active part in the Language Movement in January 1953. On 17 January, He received a letter from Ranesh Das Gupta. In that letter, Ranesh requested Munier Chowdhury for writing a play to observe the Language Movement Day. The Grave is actually an aesthetic portrayal of a special situation. This play was first staged at the Dhaka Central JailPolitical prisonerswho were arrested for being active in the Bengali Language Movement played the characters. Lamps (hurricane) were used to portray the solitude of thgraveyard ''Kobor'' is very much influenced by Irwin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Munier Chowdhury
Munier Choudhury (27 November 192514 December 1971) was a Bangladeshi educationist, playwright, literary critic and political dissident. He was a victim of the 1971 killing of Bengali intellectuals, mass killing of Bangladeshi intellectuals in 1971. He was awarded Independence Day Award in 1980, by the then president Ziaur Rahman's government, posthumously. Early life and education Choudhury's ancestors were originated from Noakhali. He was born on 27 November 1925 in Manikganj. His father was Khan Bahadur Abdul Halim Chowdhury, a district magistrate and Aligarh Muslim University graduate. His mother was Umme Kabir Afia Begum (d. 2000). Because of his father's official assignment, Choudhury lived in Manikganj, Pirojpur and other parts of East Bengal. The family moved to Dhaka permanently in 1936. Then he grew up in the residence ''Darul Afia'', named after her mother, among 14 siblings. He completed his matriculation from Dhaka Collegiate School in 1941 and intermediate examinat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
