Ekram Ali ( bn, একরাম আলি; born 1 July 1950) is an Indian

Bengali poet Bengali poetry is a rich tradition of poetry in the Bengali language and has many different forms. Originating in the Bengal region of South Asia, the history of Bengali poetry underwent three successive stages of development: poetry of the ear ...

and critic.

Life

Ali was born in Teghoria (Dist. Birbhum, West Bengal) of a

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parentage. Before he came to

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and took up

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in a

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daily newspaper- Aajkaal, Ekram was brought up in

Birbhum Birbhum district () is an administrative unit in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the northernmost district of Burdwan division—one of the five administrative divisions of West Bengal. The district headquarters is in Suri. Other impo ...

Poetry

*Atijeebito ��তিজীবিত(1983). *Ghanakrishna Aalo ��নকৃষ্ণ আলো(1988) and (sristi edition:2000) . *Aandhar Taranga ��ঁধারতরঙ্গ(1991). *Baanraajpur ��াণরাজপুর(2000) . *Ekram Alir Kobita ��করাম আলির কবিতা(2001). *Ekram Alir Shreshtha Kobita ��করাম আলির শ্রেষ্ঠ কবিতা(2008) . *Pralaykatha ��্রলয়কথা(2009). *Andhar poridhi ��ঁধার পরিধি(2013). *Bautir kobita ��াউটির কবিতা(2014). *Kobita sangraha ��বিতা সংগ্রহ(2017) . *bipanna Granthipunja ��িপন্ন গ্রন্থিপুঞ্জ(2017). *Pora Matir Ghori ��োড়া মাটির ঘড়ি(2020).

Memoir

*Dhulopaye ��ুলোপায়ে(2015, 2019) *Harrison Road ��্যারিসন রোড(2020)

Novel

*Digonter Ektu Age ��িগন্তের একটু আগে(2015)

Essays

*Musalman Bangalir Lokachar ��ুসলমান বাঙালির লোকাচার(2006). *Apollor paakhi ��্যাপোলোর পাখি(2008) . *Bedonatur Alokrekha ��েদনাতুর আলোকরেখা(2020) .

Biography

*Atish Dipankar ��তীশ দীপংকর(1997)

Awards

* Birendra Puraskar for 'Ghanakrishna Alo' in 1990. * Paschim Banga Bangla Academy Award for 'Dulopaye' in 2016.

References

External links

Muse India - Ekram Ali's Profile

samowiki - Ekram Ali

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* Voices from Bengal Modern Bengali Poetry in English Translation 2nd Revised Edition , Manabendra Bandyopadhyay, Sukanta Chaudhuri, Swapan Majumdar. page-119 {{DEFAULTSORT:Ali, Ekram Bengali male poets 20th-century Bengali poets Bengali poets 20th-century Bengalis 21st-century Bengalis Indian male poets 20th-century Indian poets 21st-century Indian poets Living people 1950 births Bengali Muslims People from Birbhum district Poets from West Bengal 20th-century Indian male writers 21st-century Indian writers 21st-century Indian male writers Writers from West Bengal Indian essayists Indian male essayists 20th-century Indian essayists 21st-century Indian essayists Indian memoirists Indian biographers Indian novelists 21st-century Indian novelists Indian literary critics