Rudra Mohammad Shahidullah (Bengali: রুদ্র মুহম্মদ শহীদুল্লাহ) was a Bengali poet. Shahidullah was noted for his revolutionary and romantic poetry. He is considered one of the leading Bengali poets of…
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 Eng…
দেব্রীপ্রসাদ চট্টোপাধ্যায় (English: Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya) ভারতের কলকাতায় ১৯১৮ সালে জন্মগ্রহণ করেন। তিনি ছিলেন ভারতের একজন প্রখ্যাত মার্ক্সবাদী দার্শনিক। তিনি প্রাচীন ভারতের দর্শনের বস্তুবাদকে উদ্…
Jibanananda Das (bn: জীবনানন্দ দাশ) is probably the most popular Bengali poet. He is considered one of the precursors who introduced modernist poetry to Bengali Literature, at a period when it was inf…
Sunil Gangopadhyay (Bengali: সুনীল গঙ্গোপাধ্যায়) was a famous Indian poet and novelist. Born in Faridpur, Bangladesh, Gangopadhyay obtained his Master's degree in Bengali from the University of Calcu…
Shamsur Rahman (Bengali: শামসুর রাহমান) was a Bangladeshi poet, columnist and journalist. Rahman, who emerged in the latter half of the 20th century, wrote more than sixty books of poetry and is consi…
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay (Bengali: বঙ্কিম চন্দ্র চট্টোপাধ্যায়) ('Chattopadhyay' in the original Bengali; 'Chatterjee' as spelt by the British) was a Bengali poet, novelist, essayist and journalis…
Kazi Nazrul Islam (Bengali: কাজী নজরুল ইসলাম) was a Bengali poet, musician and revolutionary who pioneered poetic works espousing intense spiritual rebellion against fascism and oppression. His poetry…
Shahaduz Zaman (Bangla: শাহাদুজ্জামান) is a Medical Anthropologist, currently working with Newcastle University, UK. He writes short stories, novels, and non-fiction. He has published 25 books, and hi…
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…
আখতারুজ্জামান ইলিয়াস ছিলেন একজন বাংলাদেশি ঔপন্যাসিক এবং ছোটগল্পকার। তিনি মাত্র দুটি উপন্যাস রচনা করলেও সমালোচকরা তাঁকে একজন শ্রেষ্ঠ বাঙালি ঔপন্যাসিক হিসেবেই বিবেচনা করেন। এই দুটি উপন্যাসের বাইরে ইলিয…
Shahidul Jahir (also spelled Zahir) was a Bangladeshi novelist and short story writer. He was reputed for extraordinary prose style and diciton and considered a genuine founder of post-modern fiction …
Syed Shamsul Haque (Bangla: সৈয়দ শামসুল হক) was a Bangladeshi poet and writer. Haq lived alternately in Dhaka and London. He wrote poetry, fiction, plays - mostly in verse and essays. He, the younges…
Satyajit Ray (Bengali: সত্যজিৎ রায়) was an Indian filmmaker and author of Bengali fiction and regarded as one of the greatest auteurs of world cinema. Ray was born in the city of Calcutta into a Beng…
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 approac…
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, dramati…
Jasimuddin (Bangla: জসীম উদদীন; full name: Jasimuddin Mollah) was a Bengali poet, songwriter, prose writer, folklore collector and radio personality. He is commonly known in Bangladesh as Polli Kobi (…
Mir Abdus Shukur Al Mahmud (best known as Al Mahmud) was a Bangladeshi poet, novelist, and short-story writer. He was considered one of the greatest Bengali poets to have emerged in the 20th century. …
Humayun Azad (Bangla: হুমায়ূন আজাদ) was a Bangladeshi author and scholar. He earned BA degree in Bengali language and literature from University of Dhaka. He obtained his PhD in linguistics from the …
Hāfez (حافظ) (Khwāja Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfeẓ-e Shīrāzī) was a Persian poet whose collected works (The Divan) are regarded as a pinnacle of Persian literature and are to be found in the homes of mo…
Purnendu Patri (sometimes Anglicised as Purnendu Pattrea) was an Indian poet, writer, editor, artist, illustrator, and film director. He was best known for his poems and stories, particularly for his …
Mahrin Ferdous is a Bangladeshi novelist, short story writer, translator, and feature writer whose work spans both adult and children’s literature. Her writing often explores surrealism and magic real…
