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 The Bangla Academy Literary Award ( bn, বাংলা একাডেমি সাহিত্য পুরস্কার; ''Bangla Academy Shahitya Puroshkar''), is given by the Bangla Academy of Bangladesh in recognition of creative genius i ...

(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

(1976) *Shankhachil Sahitya Puraskar *Uttar Chicago Shitya Puraskar (1997)

References

External links

Official Website

1936 births 2022 deaths Bangladeshi writers Bengali-language writers Bengali novelists Bangladeshi women novelists Recipients of Bangla Academy Award 20th-century novelists 20th-century Bangladeshi women writers 21st-century novelists 21st-century Bangladeshi women writers 20th-century Bangladeshi writers 21st-century Bangladeshi writers People from Jessore District {{Bangladesh-writer-stub