Shawkat Osman
Shawkat Osman (Bengali: শওকত ওসমান; Sheikh Azizur Rahman; 1917 – 1998) was a Bangladeshi novelist and short story writer.Osman's first prominent novel was Janani. Janani (Mother)is a portrait of the disintegration of a family because of the rural and urban divide. In Kritadaser Hasi (Laugh of a Slave), Osman explores the darkness of contemporary politics and reality of dictatorship.
Awards
Bangla Academy Award (1962)
Adamjee Literary Award (1966)
President Award (1967)
Ekushey Padak (1983)
Mahbubullah Foundation Prize (1983)
Muktadhara Literary Award (1991)
Independence Day Award (1997)
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Krishan Chander
हिंदी : कृश्न चन्दर
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Urdu Profile:کرشن چندر
Krishan Chander was an Urdu and Hindi writer of short stories and novels. He also worked on English.
He was a prolific writer, penning over 20 novels, 30 collections of short stories and scores of radio plays in Urdu, and later, after partition of the country, took to writing in Hindi as well.
He also wrote screen-plays for Bollywood movies to supplement his meagre income as an author of satirical stories. Krishan Chander's novels (including the classic : Ek Gadhe Ki Sarguzasht, trans. Autobiography of a Donkey) have been translated into over 16 Indian languages and some foreign languages, including English.
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Selim Al Deen
সেলিম আল দীন (Selim Al Deen) একজন প্রখ্যাত বাংলাদেশী নাট্যকার ও গবেষক। আধুনিক বাংলা শিল্প সাহিত্যর ইতিহাসে ধ্রুপদী ধারার অন্যতম শ্রেষ্ঠ নাট্যকার।
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William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was an English playwright, poet, and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon" (or simply "the Bard"). His extant works, including collaborations, consist of some 39 plays, 154 sonnets, three long narrative poems, and a few other verses, some of uncertain authorship. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. Shakespeare remains arguably the most influential writer in the English language, and his works continue to be studied and reinterpreted.
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Rabindranath Tagore
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913 "because of his profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse, by which, with consummate skill, he has made his poetic thought, expressed in his own English words, a part of the literature of the West."
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Tagore modernised Bengali art by spurning rigid classical forms and resisting linguistic strictures. His novels, stories, songs, dance-dramas, and essays spoke to topics political and personal. Gitanjali (Song Offerings), Gora (Fair-Faced), and Ghare-Baire (The Home and the World) are his best-known works, and his verse, short stories, and novels were acclaimed—or panned—for their lyricism, colloquialism, naturalism, and unnatural contemplation. His compositions were chosen by two nations as nat -
Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay
Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay (Bengali: শরদিন্দু বন্দোপাধ্যায়; 30 March 1899 – 22 September 1970) was a well-known literary figure of Bengal. He was also actively involved with Bengali cinema as well as Bollywood. His most famous creation is the fictional detective Byomkesh Bakshi.
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He wrote different forms of prose: novels, short stories, plays and screenplays. However, his forte was short stories and novels. He wrote historical fiction like Kaler Mandira, GourMollar (initially named as Mouri Nodir Teere), Tumi Sandhyar Megh, Tungabhadrar Teere (all novels), Chuya-Chandan, Maru O Sangha (later made into a Hindi film named Trishangni) and stories of the unnatural with the recurring character Baroda. Besides, he wrote many songs and poems.
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Manik Bandopadhyay
Manik Bandopadhyay (Bengali: মানিক বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়) was an Indian Bengali novelist and is considered one of the leading lights of modern Bangla fiction. During a short lifespan of forty-eight years, plagued simultaneously by illness and financial crisis, he produced 36 novels and 177 short-stories. His important works include Padma Nadir Majhi (The Boatman on The River Padma, 1936) and Putul Nacher Itikatha (The Puppet's Tale, 1936), Shahartali (The Suburbia, 1941) and Chatushkone (The Quadrilateral, 1948).
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Syed Waliullah
Syed Waliullah was born on 15 August 1922 at Sholashahar in Chittagong. After completing his Bachelor’s from Ananda Mohan College in Mymensingh, he enrolled at Calcutta University but did not complete his Master’s. Proficient in both Bangla and English, he worked for the Statesman during 1945-1947. After the Partition, he moved to Dhaka and joined Radio Pakistan as assistant news editor. In 1950 he was posted to Radio Pakistan, Karachi. From 1951 to 1960 he served as press attache at Pakistan missions in New Delhi, Sydney, Jakarta and London. It was in Sydney that Waliullah met Anne-Marie Thibaud, whom he later married and who translated Lal Shalu into French. In 1960 Waliullah moved to Paris where he served as first secretary at the Pakist
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Mohammad Nazim Uddin
MOHAMMAD NAZIM UDDIN (Bengali: মোহাম্মদ নাজিম উদ্দিন) is a writer and Translator of more than 26 novels..His original works are NEMESIS, CONTRACT, NEXUS, CONFESSION,JAAL, 1952: nichok kono number noy, KARACHI, RABINDRANATH EKHANE KOKHONO KHETE ASENNI and KEU KEU KATHA RAKHE. These six Thriller novels are highly acclaimed by the readers.
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Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay
This author has secondary bangla profile-বিভূতিভূষণ বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়.
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Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay (Bangla: বিভূতিভূষণ বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়) was an Indian Bangali author and one of the leading writers of modern Bangla literature. His best known work is the autobiographical novel, Pather Panchali: Song of the Road which was later adapted (along with Aparajito, the sequel) into the Apu Trilogy films, directed by Satyajit Ray.
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Zahir Raihan
Zahir Raihan (Bangla: জহির রায়হান) was a Bangladeshi novelist, writer and filmmaker. He is perhaps best known for his documentary Stop Genocide made during the Bangladesh Liberation War.
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He was an active worker of the Language Movement of 1952. The effect of Language Movement was so high on him that he made his legendary film Jibon Theke Neya based on it. In 1971 he joined in the Liberation War of Bangladesh and created documentary films on this great event.
He disappeared on January 30, 1972 while trying to locate his brother, the famous writer Shahidullah Kaiser, who was captured and killed by the Pakistan army. Evidences have been found that he was killed by some armed Bihari collaborators and disguised soldiers of Pakistan Army. -
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (Bengali: শেখ মুজিবুর রহমান Shekh Mujibur Rôhman), (March 17, 1920 – August 15, 1975) was a Bengali politician and statesman who was the founding leader of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. He headed the Awami League and served as the first President of Bangladesh, and later as Prime Minister. He is popularly referred to as Sheikh Mujib (shortened as Mujib or Mujibur, not Rahman), with the honorary title of Bangabandhu (বঙ্গবন্ধু Bôngobondhu, "Friend of Bengal"), and widely revered in Bangladesh as the founding father of the nation. He was assassinated by a group of junior army officers on August 15, 1975, along with most of his family, while acting as President of Bangladesh.
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Ahmed Sofa
Ahmed Sofa (Bangla: আহমদ ছফা) was a well-known Bangladeshi philosopher, poet, novelist, writer, critic, translator. Sofa was renowned for his intellectual righteousness as well as his holistic approach to the understanding of social dynamics and international politics. His career as a writer began in the 1960s. He never married. On 28 July 2001, Ahmed Sofa died in a hospital in Dhaka. He was buried in Martyred Intellectuals' Graveyard.
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Sofa helped establishing Bangladesh Lekhak Shibir (Bangladesh Writers' Camp) in 1970 to organize liberal writers in order to further the cause of the progressive movement.
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Abu Ishaque
Abu Ishaque (Abu Bashar Mohammad Ishaque; Bangla: আবু ইসহাক) was a renowned modern Bangladeshi author and a famous novelist. Ishaque is often categorized with those who wrote the least and showed the best. Three novels - one of which is a detective novel, two collections of short stories and the voluminous Samokalin Bangla Bhashar Obhidhan. He comes forth as a major novelist in contemporary literature with the publication of সূর্য দীঘল বাড়ি [Surya-Dighal Bari, that means A Cursed House] written at the age of only twenty one and till now its mighty presence is felt by readers of Bangla fiction. This was the first successful novel in Bangladeshi literature.
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Bangla Academy Literary Award (1963)
Ekushey Padak (1997)
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Humayun Ahmed
Humayun Ahmed (Bengali: হুমায়ূন আহমেদ; 13 November 1948 – 19 July 2012) was a Bangladeshi author, dramatist, screenwriter, playwright and filmmaker. He was the most famous and popular author, dramatist and filmmaker ever to grace the cultural world of Bangladesh since its independence in 1971. Dawn referred to him as the cultural legend of Bangladesh. Humayun started his journey to reach fame with the publication of his novel Nondito Noroke (In Blissful Hell) in 1972, which remains one of his most famous works. He wrote over 250 fiction and non-fiction books, all of which were bestsellers in Bangladesh, most of them were number one bestsellers of their respective years by a wide margin. In recognition to the works of Humayun, Times of Indi
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মাশুদুল হক Masudul Haque
মাশুদুল হকের জন্ম ও বেড়ে ওঠা ঢাকায়। এক দশকের বেশি সময় ধরে লিখছেন থ্রিলার, সায়েন্সফিকশন ও শিশু-কিশোর সাহিত্য, প্রকাশিত হয়েছে নিয়মিত ভাবে বাংলাদেশ ও ভারত থেকে।
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সাহিত্য-পুরস্কার : এইচএসবিসি-কালিওকলম তরুণ কথাসাহিত্যিক পুরস্কার ২০১৩।
Masudul Haque is a contemporary writer from Bangladesh known for his works on thrillers, Sci-Fi, and children's literature. His works have been published in Bangladesh and India regularly for the last 12 years.
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Satoshi Yagisawa
八木沢 里志 (Satoshi Yagisawa) was born in Chiba, Japan, in 1977. Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, his debut novel, was originally published in 2009 and won the Chiyoda Literature Prize.
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千葉県生まれ。日本大学芸術学部を卒業する。2008年、『森崎書店の日々』で東京都千代田区が主催する第3回ちよだ文学賞を受賞し、デビュー。2010年、同作が菊池亜希子主演で映画化される。神田伯剌西爾によく訪れ、コーヒーを嗜む。趣味はギター。 -
Satyen Sen
সেন, সত্যেন (১৯০৭-১৯৮১) সাহিত্যিক, সাংবাদিক, রাজনীতিক। ১৯০৭ সালের ২৮ মে মুন্সিগঞ্জ জেলার টঙ্গিবাড়ি উপজেলার সোনারঙ গ্রামে তাঁর জন্ম। তাঁর পিতৃব্য ক্ষিতিমোহন সেন ছিলেন পশ্চিমবঙ্গের বিশ্বভারতী বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের ভূতপূর্ব আচার্য।
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সত্যেন সেন সোনারঙ হাইস্কুল থেকে এন্ট্রান্স পাস (১৯২৪) করে কলকাতা যান এবং সেখানকার একটি কলেজ থেকে এফ.এ ও বি.এ পাস করে কলকাতা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ে এমএ (ইতিহাস) শ্রেণীতে ভর্তি হন। কিন্তু যুগান্তর দলের সদস্য হিসেবে সন্ত্রাসবাদী রাজনীতির সঙ্গে সম্পৃক্ত থাকার কারণে তিনি ১৯৩১ সালে গ্রেফতার হয়ে কারাবরণ করেন এবং জেলে থেকেই বাংলা সাহিত্যে এম.এ পাস করেন। জেল থেকে মুক্তিলাভের (১৯৩৮) পর বিক্রমপুরে ফিরে তিনি কৃষক আন্দোলনে যোগ দেন এবং আমৃত্যু বামপন্থী আন্দোলনের সঙ্গে যুক্ত ছিলেন। এক পর্যায়ে তিনি বাংলাদেশের কমিউনিস্ট পার্টির নেতা নির্বাচিত -
Manindra Gupta
মণীন্দ্র গুপ্তর জন্ম ১৯২৬ সালে অবিভক্ত বাংলার বরিশালের গৈলা গ্রামে। কৈশোর কাটিয়েছেন অসমের বরাক উপত্যকায় মামার বাড়িতে। একই সঙ্গে কবি, প্রাবন্ধিক, কথাসাহিত্যিক ও চিত্রশিল্পী মণীন্দ্রবাবু দ্বিতীয় বিশ্বযুদ্ধে ব্রিটিশ ভারতীয় সেনাবাহিনীতে যোগ দেন।
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কবিতা লিখেছেন ১৯৪০-এর দশক থেকে। প্রথম কবিতার বই ‘নীল পাথরের আকাশ’ প্রকাশিত হয় অনেক পরে, ১৯৬৯ সালে। লিখতে এসেই পাঠকের নজর কাড়েন তিনি। বাংলা কবিতার তৎকালীন অভিমুখের সম্পূর্ণ বিপরীতেই অবস্থান করছিল তাঁর রচনা। এর পরে প্রকাশিত হয় ‘মৌপোকাদের গ্রাম’, ‘লাল স্কুলবাড়ি’, ‘ছত্রপলাশ চৈত্যে দিনশেষে’, ‘শরৎমেঘ ও কাশফুলের বন্ধু’ অত্যাদি কাব্যগ্রন্থ। ১৯৯১-এ বের হয় তাঁর আলোড়ন তোলা প্রবন্ধ গ্রন্থ ‘চাঁদের ওপিঠে’।
১৯৯১-এ প্রকাশিত হয় আত্মজীবনী ‘অক্ষয় মালবেরি’-র প্রথম খণ্ড। তিন খণ্ডে বিন্যস্ত এই লিখন বাংলা সাহিত্যের এক উল্ল -
Kallol Lahiri
চলচ্চিত্র বিষয়ে অধ্যাপনা, তথ্যচিত্র নির্মাণ, ফিল্ম, টেলিভিশন ধারাবাহিক ও ওয়েব সিরিজের চিত্রনাট্য রচনা এবং তার ফাঁকে ফাঁকে নিজের ব্লগে নানা স্বাদের লেখালেখি-এইসব নিয়েই কল্লোল লাহিড়ী। প্রকাশিত উপন্যাস গোরা নকশাল (২০১৭)। ইন্দুবালা ভাতের হোটেল(২০২০)। নাইনটিন নাইনটি আ লাভ স্টোরি (২০২২)। ঘুমিয়ে পড়ার আগে (২০২৪)। স্মৃতিগদ্য গ্রন্থ বাবার ইয়াশিকা ক্যামেরা (২০২১)। লেখক গোরা নকশাল এবং ইন্দুবালা ভাতের হোটেল উপন্যাস দুটির জন্য দুহাজার একুশ সালে ভূমধ্যসাগর পত্রিকার 'শ্রীমতী সাধনা সেন সম্মান'-এ সম্মানিত।
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Mainus Sultan
মঈনুস সুলতানের জন্ম ১৯৫৬ সালে, সিলেট জেলার ফুলবাড়ী গ্রামে। তাঁর পৈতৃক নিবাস মৌলভীবাজার জেলার কুলাউড়া উপজেলায়। তিনি যুক্তরাষ্ট্রের ইউনিভার্সিটি অব ম্যাসাচুসেটস থেকে আন্তর্জাতিক শিক্ষা বিষয়ে পিএইচডি। খণ্ডকালীন অধ্যাপক ছিলেন ইউনিভার্সিটি অব ম্যাসাচুসেটস এবং স্কুল অব হিউম্যান সার্ভিসেসের। ছিলেন ইউনিভার্সিটি অব সাউথ আফ্রিকার ভিজিটিং স্কলার। শিক্ষকতা, গবেষণা ও কনসালট্যান্সির কাজে বহু দেশ ভ্রমণ করেছেন। তাঁর ‘জিম্বাবুয়ে : বোবা পাথর সালানিনি’ গ্রন্থটি প্রথম আলো বর্ষসেরা বই হিসেবে পুরস্কৃত হয়। ২০১৪ সালে ভ্রমণসাহিত্যে সামগ্রিক অবদানের জন্য পান বাংলা একাডেমি পুরস্কার। প্রাচীন মুদ্রা, সূচিশিল্প, পাণ্ডুলিপি, ফসিল ও পুরোনো মানচিত্র সংগ্রহের নেশা আছে মঈনুস সুলতানের।
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