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Bengali language Bengali, also known by its endonym and exonym, endonym Bangla (, , ), is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language belonging to the Indo-Iranian languages, Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages, Indo-European language family. ...

authors. For a chronological list, see List of Bengali language authors.

Pre-partition Bengal

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Abdul Hakim Abdul Hakim () is a Muslim male given name, and in modern usage, first name or surname. It is built from the Arabic words '' Abd'', ''al-'' and ''Hakim''. The name means "servant of the All-wise", ''Al-Hakīm'' being one of the names of God in the ...

(1620–1690) * Afzal Ali (16th-century) * Alaol (1606–1680) * Akkhoykumar Boral (1860–1919)

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Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay (anglicized as Bankim Chandra Chatterjee; 26 or 27 June 1838 – 8 April 1894) was an Indian Bengali novelist, poet, essayist and journalist.Staff writer"Bankim Chandra: The First Prominent Bengali Novelist" ''The ...

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Bharatchandra Ray Bharatchandra Ray Gunakor (; 1712–1760) was an 18th-century Bengali and Sanskrit Sakta court poet and song composer. He is mostly known for his poetic work, '' Annadamangal'' or ''Annapurnamangal''.Sen, Sukumar (1991, reprint 2007). ''Bangala ...

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Begum Rokeya Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain (9 December 1880 – 9 December 1932), commonly known as Begum Rokeya, was a prominent Bengali feminist thinker, writer, educator and political activist from British India. She is widely regarded as a pioneer of women' ...

(1880–1932)

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* Daulat Qazi (1600–1638) * Dawlat Wazir Bahram Khan (16th-century) *

Dinesh Chandra Sen Rai Bahadur Dinesh Chandra Sen () (3 November 1866 – 20 November 1939)Sengupta, Subodh Chandra (ed.) (1988) ''Sansad Bangali Charitabhidhan'' (in Bengali), Kolkata: Sahitya Sansad, p.208 was a Bengali writer, educationist and researcher of ...

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Dwijendralal Ray Dwijendralal Ray (19 July 1863 – 17 May 1913), also known as D. L. Ray, was a Bengali poet, playwright, and musician. He was known for his Hindu mythological and nationalist historical plays and songs known as '' Dwijendrageeti'' or the ''Songs ...

(1863–1913)

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* Ekramuddin Ahmad (1872–1940) * Eyakub Ali Chowdhury (1888–1940)

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Girish Chandra Ghosh Girish Chandra Ghosh (28 February 1844 – 8 February 1912) was a Bengali actor, director, and writer. He was largely responsible for the golden age of Bengali theatre.Kundu, Pranay K. ''Development of Stage and Theatre Music in Bengal.'' Publi ...

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Girish Chandra Sen Girish Chandra Sen ( – 15 August 1910) was a Bengali religious scholar and translator. He was a Brahmo Samaj missionary and known for being the first publisher of the ''Qur’an'' into Bengali language in 1886. He was praised by Islamic scho ...

(1835/36-1910) * Gobindachandra Das (1885–1918)

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* Heyat Mahmud (1693–1760)

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Ismail Hossain Siraji Syed Ismail Hossain Siraji (; 1880–1931) was a Bengalis, Bengali royal as well as an author and poet from Sirajganj District, Sirajganj in present-day Bangladesh. He is considered to be one of the key authors of period of the Bengali Muslim reaw ...

(1880–1931) * Ishwar Chandra Gupta (1812–59) *

Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar Ishwar Chandra Bandyopadhyay (26 September 1820 – 29 July 1891), popularly known as Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (), was an Indian educator and social reformer of the nineteenth century. His efforts to simplify and modernise Bengali language, Ben ...

(1820–91)

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Krittibas Ojha Mahakavi Krittibas Ojha (; 1381–1461) was a medieval Bengali people, Bengali poet. His major contribution to Bengali literature and culture was Hindu epic ''Ramayana, Rāmāyaṇa'' in Bengali language, Bengali. His work, the ''Śrīrām Pā̃c ...

(1443-15??)

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* Michael Madhusudan Dutt (1824–73) *

Mohammad Lutfur Rahman Mohammad Lutfur Rahman (1889-1936), a Bengali author, was born in Magura District. Life Mohammad Lutfur Rahman, was a teacher and afterwards went to Kolkata and established a helping house for women named, ‘Naritirtha’. He published a magaz ...

(1889–1936) * Muhammad Muqim (18th-century)

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* Nabinchandra Sen (1847–1909) * Nabinkali Devi (fl. 1886) *

Nur Qutb Alam Nūr Qut̤b ʿĀlam (, ) was a 14th-century Bengali Islamic scholar, author and poet. Based in the erstwhile Bengali capital Hazrat Pandua, he was the son and successor of Alaul Haq, a senior scholar of the Bengal Sultanate. He is noted for his ...

(died 1416)

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* Pramatha Chowdhury (1868–1946) *

Prabhat Kumar Mukhopadhyay Prabhat Kumar Mukhopadhyay (3 February 1873–5 April 1932) was a Bengali writer. He was born at Dhatrigram in present-day Purba Bardhaman district, West Bengal at his maternal uncle's house. His native place was Gurap in Hooghly district ...

(1873–1932)

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Rabindranath Tagore Rabindranath Thakur (; anglicised as Rabindranath Tagore ; 7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941) was a Bengalis, Bengali polymath who worked as a poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer, and painter of the Bengal Renai ...

(1861–1941) * Rahimunnessa (1763–1800) * Rajanikanta Sen (1865–1910)

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* Sarasibala Basu (1886–1929) * Satyendranath Dutta (1882–1922) *

Satyendranath Tagore Satyendranath Tagore (1 June 1842 – 9 January 1923) was an Indian civil servant, poet, composer, writer, social reformer and linguist from Calcutta, Bengal. He was the first Indian who became an Indian Civil Service officer in 1863. He was a ...

(1842–1923) * Shah Muhammad Saghir (14th-century) * Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay (1876–1938) * Sheikh Fazlul Karim (1882–1936) * Sukumar Ray (1887–1923) * Swami Nigamananda (1880–1935) *

Swami Vivekananda Swami Vivekananda () (12 January 1863 – 4 July 1902), born Narendranath Datta, was an Indian Hindus, Hindu monk, philosopher, author, religious teacher, and the chief disciple of the Indian mystic Ramakrishna. Vivekananda was a major figu ...

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Swarnakumari Devi Swarnakumari Devi (1855 or 1856 – 1932), also known as Swarnakumari Tagore, Swarnakumari Ghosal, Svarṇakumārī Debī and Srimati Svarna Kumari Devi, was an Indian Bengali writer, editor, essayist, poet, novelist, playwright, composer, an ...

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Syed Sultan Syed Sultan ( – 1648) was a medieval Bengali Muslim writer and poet. He is best known for his magnum opus, the ''Nabibangsha'' (1584), which was one of the first translations of the Qisas Al-Anbiya into Bengali language. His literary works have b ...

(1550–1648)

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* Troilokyanath Mukhopadhyay (1847–1919)

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* Upendrakishore Ray (1863–1915)

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* Zainuddin (15th-century)

West Bengal

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Abanindranath Tagore Abanindranath Tagore (Bengali language, Bengali: অবনীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর; 7 August 1871 – 5 December 1951) was an Indian painter who was the principal artist and creator of the Indian Society of Oriental Art in ...

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Abul Bashar Abul Bashar () is a popular Indian Bengali writer from the state of West Bengal in India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest ...

(b. 1951) * Achintyakumar Sengupta (1903–76) * Amiya Bhushan Majumdar (1918–2001) * Amiya Chakravarty (1901–86) * Anil Ghorai (b. 1957) *

Annadashankar Roy Annada Shankar Ray (15 March 1904 – 28 October 2002) was an Indian poet and essayist in Bengali. He also wrote some Odia poetry. He wrote several Bengali poems criticising the Partition of India. Most notable is "''Teler shishi bhaanglo bole ...

(1904–2002) * Arun Mitra (1909–2000) *

Ashapoorna Devi Ashapurna Devi (8 January 1909 – 12 July 1995), also Ashapoorna Devi or Ashapurna Debi, was a prominent Indian novelist and poet in Bengali. In 1976, she was awarded the Jnanpith Award and Padma Shri by the Government of India, D.Litt. by ...

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Ashutosh Mukherjee Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee (anglicised, originally Asutosh Mukhopadhyay, also anglicised to Asutosh Mookerjee) (29 June 1864 – 25 May 1924) was a Bengali mathematician, lawyer, jurist, judge, educator, and institution builder. A unique figure i ...

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Atin Bandyopadhyay Atin Bandyopadhyay or Atin Banerjee (1934–2019) was an Indian writer of Bengali literature. Early life Atin Bandyopadhyay was born in 1934 in a Rarhi Kulin Brahmin family from Sammandi, Bikrampur, Dhaka. He spent his childhood in a joint fam ...

(1934–2019)

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* Balai Chand Mukhopadhyay (1899–1979) * Bani Basu (b. 1939) * Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay (1894–1950) * Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay (1894–1987) *

Bijon Bhattacharya Bijon Bhattacharya (17 July 1906 – 19 January 1978) was an Indian actor from West Bengal associated with Bengali theatre and films. He was an eminent playwright and dramatist. Personal life Bhattacharya was born in 1906 at Faridpur (now in ...

(1917–78) * Bimal Kar (1921–2002) * Bimal Mitra (1912–91) *

Binoy Majumdar Binoy Majumdar (; 17 September 1934 – 11 December 2006) was a Bengali poet who received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2005. Biography Binoy Majumdar was born in Myanmar (then Burma) on 17 September 1934. His family later moved to what is now ...

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Bishnu Dey Bishnu Dey (July 18, 1909 – December 3, 1982) was a leading Bengali poet, writer, essayist, academician, art appreciator, and connoisseur in the era of modernism and post-modernism. Modern Bengali poetry originated between the two World W ...

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Buddhadeb Bosu Buddhadeva Bose (;2 September 1908 – 14 August 1974), also spelt Buddhadeb Bosu, was an Indian Bengali writer of the 20th century. Frequently referred to as a poet, he was a versatile writer who wrote novels, short stories, plays and essays ...

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Buddhadeb Guha Buddhadeb Guha (29 June 1936 – 29 August 2021) was an Indian Bengali language fiction writer, singer and painter. Career Born in Calcutta, Guha studied at St. Xavier's College of the University of Calcutta. He spent his early years in vari ...

(b. 1936)

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* Dakshinaranjan Mitra Majumder (1877–1957) *

Dibyendu Palit Dibyendu Palit (; 5 March 1939 – 3 January 2019) was a Bengali novelist, poet, and short-story writer. His oeuvre consists of some forty novels, twenty-five short-story collections, ten poetry collections and several essays. He was senior ass ...

(b. 1939) * Dinesh Das (1913–85)

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* Ekram Ali (b. 1950)

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* Hemendrakumar Roy (1888–1963)

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* Jagadish Gupta (1886–1957) * Jatindramohan Bagchi (1878–1948) * Jatindranath Sengupta (1880–1954) *

Jibanananda Das Jibanananda Das (17 February 1899 – 22 October 1954) was a Bengali poet, writer, novelist and essayist in the Bengali language. Popularly called "Rupashi Banglar Kabi'' ('Poet of Beautiful Bengal'), Das is the most read Bengali poet after Rab ...

(1899–1954) *

Joy Goswami Joy Goswami ( ; born November 10, 1954) is an Indian poet, novelist, and short story writer. Goswami writes in Bengali and is widely considered as one of the most important poets in the post- Jibanananda Das era of Bengali poetry. His work add ...

(b. 1954)

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* Kalidas Roy (1889–1975) *

Kamal Kumar Majumdar Kamal Kumar Majumdar () (17 November 1914 – 9 February 1979) was a major fiction-writer of the Bengali language. The novel ''Antarjali Jatra'' is considered his most notable work. Early life Majumdar was the son of Prafullachandra Majumdar an ...

(1914–79) * Kamini Roy (1864–1933) * Kumud Ranjan Mullick (1883–1970)

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* Leela Majumdar (1908–2007)

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Mahasweta Devi Mahasweta Devi (14 January 1926 – 28 July 2016)
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Malay Roy Choudhury Malay Roy Choudhury (29 October 1939 – 26 October 2023) was an Indian Bengali poet, playwright, short story writer, essayist and novelist who founded the Hungryalist movement in the 1960s. Early life and education Malay Roy Choudhury was ...

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Mani Shankar Mukherjee Mani Sankar Mukherjee (commonly known as ''Sankar'' in both Bengali and English-language literature) is an Indian writer in the Bengali language, who also served as the Sheriff of Kolkata. He grew up in Howrah of West Bengal. Personal life Sank ...

(b. 1933) * Manik Bandopadhyay (1908–56) * Mohit Chattopadhyay (b. 1934) * Moniruddin Khan (b. 1974) *

Moti Nandi Moti Nandi, or Moti Nandy ( ; 10 July 1931 – 3 January 2010) was a Bengali writer and journalist. Career Moti Nandy was from Kolkata Kolkata, also known as Calcutta ( its official name until 2001), is the capital and largest city of t ...

(1931–2010) * Mohitolal Majumdar (1888–1952) * Maniklal Sinha (1916–1994)

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* Nabanita Dev Sen (b. 1938) * Nabarun Bhattacharya(1948–2014) *

Narayan Debnath Narayan Debnath (25 November 1925 – 18 January 2022) was an Indian comics artist, writer and illustrator. He created the Bengali comic strips '' Handa Bhonda'' (1962), '' Bantul the Great'' (1965) and '' Nonte Phonte'' (1969). He holds the re ...

(b. 1926) *

Narayan Gangopadhyay Narayan Gangopadhyay (born Taraknath Gangopadhyay; 4 February 1918 – 8 November 1970) was an Indian writer and academic, noted for his contributions to modern Bengali literature. He wrote novels, short stories, essays, plays, and children's l ...

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Narayan Sanyal Narayan Sanyal (26 April 1923 – 7 February 2005) was an Indian writer of modern Bengali literature as well as a civil engineer. Biography Narayan Sanyal was born in Hindmotor to Chittasukh Sanyal and Basantalata Devi. His name was initial ...

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Narendranath Mitra Narendranath Mitra (30 January 1916 – 14 September 1975) was an Indian writer and poet, best known for his short stories in the Bengali-language. Several of his works have been adapted into films, such as Mahanagar directed by Satyajit Ray. ...

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Nihar Ranjan Gupta Nihar Ranjan Gupta (, pen name: ''Banbhatta'' (বানভট্ট); 6 June 1911 – 20 February 1986) was an Indian dermatologist and a popular Bengali novelist. He is the creator of the fictional detective character Kiriti Roy. Some of his ...

(1911–86) * Nirad C. Chaudhuri (1897–1999) * Nirupama Devi (1883–1951)

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* Prabir Ghosh (b. 1945) *

Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar (21 May 1921 – 21 October 1990), also known by his spiritual name Shrii Shrii Ánandamúrti (Ánanda Múrti meaning "Bliss Embodiment"), and known as Bábá ("Father") to his disciples, was a spiritual guru, philos ...

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Premendra Mitra Premendra Mitra (4 September 1904 – 3 May 1988)Samsad Bengali Charitabhidhan Vol.II edited Anjali Bose, Published by Sagitta Samsad, Kolkata, Edition January,2019,Page-240 was an Indian poet, writer and film director in the Bengali language. ...

(1904–88) * Priyanath Mukhopadhyay (1855–1947) *

Protiva Bose Protiva Bose (also spelled Pratibha Basu; ) (March 13, 1915 – 13 October 2006) was a singer and one of the most prolific and widely read Bengali writers of novels, short stories, and essays. Biography She was born in a village near Dhaka in ...

(1915–2006)

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* Rajsekhar Bose (1880–1960)

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* Sachin Sengupta (1891–1961) *

Samaresh Majumdar Samaresh Majumdar (10 March 1944 – 8 May 2023) was an Indian Bengali language writer from West Bengal. Early life and education Majumdar was born on 10 March 1944 in Gairkata, Jalpaiguri district in the then British India. He spent his ch ...

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Samir Roychoudhury Samir Roychowdhury ( Bengali: সমীর রায়চৌধুরী) (1 November 1933 – 22 June 2016), one of the founding fathers of the Hungry Generation (also known as Hungryalism or Hungrealism (1961–1965)), was born at Panihat ...

(b. 1933) * Sandipan Chattopadhyay (1933–2005) * Sanjib Chattopadhyay (b. 1936) *

Satyajit Ray Satyajit Ray (; 2 May 1921 – 23 April 1992) was an Indian film director, screenwriter, author, lyricist, magazine editor, illustrator, calligraphy, calligrapher, and composer. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest and most influ ...

(1921–92) * Shamik Ghosh (b. 1983) * Shankha Ghosh (1932–2021) *

Shakti Chattopadhyay Shakti Chattopadhyay (25 November 1933 – 23 March 1995) was an Indian poet and writer who wrote in Bengali. He is known for his realistic depictions of rural life. He was a green poet, many of his poems raised the issue of nature in crisis. ...

(1933–95) * Shaktipada Rajguru (b. 1922) *

Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay (30 March 1899 – 22 September 1970) was an Indian Bengali language, Bengali-language writer. He was actively involved with Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali cinema as well as Bollywood. The creator of the Bengali dete ...

(1899–1970) * Shibram Chakraborty (1902–80) *

Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay (; born 2 November 1935) is a Bengali author from India. He has written stories for both adults and children. He is known for creating the relatively new fictional sleuths Barodacharan and Shabor Dasgupta. Life Shi ...

(b. 1935) * Subhas Mukhopadhyay (1919–2003) *

Subodh Ghosh Subodh Ghosh (14 September 1909 – 10 March 1980) was a noted Indian author of Bengali literature and a journalist associated with the Kolkata-based daily newspaper ''Anandabazar Patrika''. His best known work, ''Bharat Premkatha'', is about t ...

(1909–80) * Sudhindranath Dutta (1901–1960) *

Sudhir Chakravarti Sudhir Chakravarti (19 September 1934 – 15 December 2020) was a Bengalis, Bengali educationist and essayist. He made a vast contribution in Bengal's Folklore, folk culture development and research. Early life and career Sudhir Chakravarti or ...

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Sukanta Bhattacharya Sukanta Bhattacharya (; 15 August 1926 – 13 May 1947) was a Bengali poet. He was called "Young Nazrul" and ''Kishore Bidrohi Kobi'' (), a reference to Kazi Nazrul Islam, for his similar rebellious stance against the British Raj and the socia ...

(1926–47) * Sukumar Sen (1900–92) *

Sunil Gangopadhyay Sunil Gangopadhyay or Sunil Ganguly (September 7, 1934 – October 23, 2012) was an Indian poet, novelist, short story writer, and critic. He played a key role in modernizing Bengali poetry and co-founded the 1953 Avant-garde, avant-gra ...

(1934–2012) * Syed Kawsar Jamal (b. 1950) *

Syed Mustafa Siraj Syed Mustafa Siraj (; 14 October 1930 – 4 September 2012) was an Indian author. In 1994, he received the Sahitya Akademi Award for his novel '' Aleek Manush'' (''Mythical Man''), considered his most lauded work. In 2005, his short story "Ran ...

(b. 1930)

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* Tarapada Roy (b. 1936) * Tarashankar Bandopadhyaya (1898–1971)

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Utpal Dutt Utpal Dutt (; 29 March 1929 – 19 August 1993) was an Indian actor, director, and writer-playwright. He was primarily an actor in Bengali theatre, where he became a pioneering figure in Modern Indian theatre, when he founded the "Little The ...

(1929–93)

Bangladesh

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* Abdullah Abu Sayeed (b. 1939) * Abdullah-Al-Muti (1930–1998) *

Abdul Gaffar Choudhury Abdul Gaffar Choudhury (12 December 1934 – 19 May 2022) was a Bangladeshi-born British writer, journalist, columnist, political analyst and poet. He wrote the lyrics to "Amar Bhaier Rokte Rangano", a widely celebrated song commemorating the ...

(b. 1934) * Abdul Mannan Syed (b. 1943) *

Abdul Kadir Abd al-Qadir or Abdulkadir () is a male Muslim given name. It is formed from the Arabic words '' Abd'', ''al-'' and '' Qadir''. The name means 'servant of who can do everything'. ''Al-Qādir'' is one of the names of Allah in the Qur'an, which ...

(1906–84) * Abdul Karim Sahitya Bisharad (1869–1953) * Abdur Rouf Choudhury (1929–1996) * Abu Ishaque (1926–2003) * Abu Rushd * Abubakar Siddique (b. 1936) * Abujafar Shamsuddin (1911–89) * Abul Kashem (1920–1991) *

Abul Mansur Ahmed Abul Mansur Ahmad (, ; born Ahmad Ali Farazi, 3 September 1898 – 18 March 1979) was a Bangladeshi politician, lawyer, journalist and writer. Ahmad began as an Indian National Congress worker in Bengal. He participated in the Khilafat Movement ...

(1898–1979) * Ahmed Sharif (1921–1999) * Ahmed Sofa (1943–2001) * Ahsan Habib (1917–1985) * Ahsan Habib (cartoonist) * Akhteruzzaman Elias (1943–97) * Akbar Hossain (1917–1981) *

Alauddin Al-Azad Alauddin Al-Azad (6 May 1932 – 3 July 2009) was a modern Bangladeshi author, novelist, and poet. Early life and education Azad was born in Dhaka. He Passed Secondary School Certificate and Higher Secondary School Certificate in 1947 and 194 ...

(b. 1932) * Al Mahmud * Ali Imam * Anwar Pasha (1928–1971) * Anisul Hoque (b. 1965) * Aroj Ali Matubbar * Asad Chowdhury * A. T. M. Shamsuddin

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* Baby Halder (b. 1973) *

Bande Ali Mia Bande Ali Mia (17 January 1906 – 27 June 1979) was a Bangladeshi poet, lyricist, novelist, dramatist, essayist, children’s writer and journalist. He was awarded the Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1962 and Ekushey Padak in 1988. Early life ...

(1906–82) * Bashir Al Helal (b. 1936) * Benojir Ahmed (1903–1983) * Bipradash Barua (b. 1940)

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* Datta, Haripada (b. 1947) *

Dewan Mohammad Azraf Dewan Mohammad Azraf (; 1908–1999) was a Bengali philosopher, teacher, author, politician, journalist and activist. In 1993, he was honoured as a National Professor in Bangladesh. He was also a supporter of the Bengali Language Movement. For ...

(1908–1999) * Dilara Hashem (b. 1936)

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* Ekhlasuddin Ahmed (b. 1940)

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* Farrukh Ahmed

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* Golam Mostofa (1897–1964) * Nirmalendu Goon

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Hasan Azizul Huq Hasan Azizul Huq (2 February 1939 – 15 November 2021) was a Bangladeshi short-story writer and novelist. He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 1999, Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1970 and Independence Award in 2019. Early life and education Azi ...

(b. 1939) * Hasnat Abdul Hye (b. 1939) *

Humayun Ahmed Humayun Ahmed ( Help:IPA/Bengali, �umajuːn aɦmed 13 November 1948 – 19 July 2012) was a Bangladeshi novelist, Playwdramatist, screenwriter, filmmaker, songwriter, scholar, and academic. His breakthrough was his debut novel ''Nondito Noro ...

(b. 1948) * Humayun Azad (1947–2004)

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* Imdadul Haq Milon (b. 1955)

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* Jagadish Gupta (1886–1957) *

Jahanara Imam Jahanara Imam (3 May 1929 – 26 June 1994) was a Bangladeshi writer and political activist. She is known for her efforts to bring those accused of committing war crimes in the Bangladesh Liberation War to trial. She has been called "Shaheed Jan ...

(1929–1994) * Jasimuddin * Jatin Sarker (b. 1936)

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* Kazi Abdul Odud (1894–1970) *

Kazi Nazrul Islam Kazi Nazrul Islam (24 May 1899 – 29 August 1976) was a Bengalis, Bengali poet, short story writer, journalist, lyricist and musician. He is the national poet of Bangladesh. Nazrul produced a List of works by Kazi Nazrul Islam, large body of ...

(1898–1976) * Khondakar Ashraf Hossain

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* Mahbubul Alam (1898–1981) * Mahbub Ul Alam Choudhury (b. 1927) *

Mir Mosharraf Hossain Mir Syed Mosharraf Hossain (; 13 November 1847– 19 December 1911) was a Bengali writer, novelist, playwright, and essayist. He is considered to be the first major writer to emerge from the Shia society of Bengal, and one of the finest prose ...

* Mohammad Barkatullah (1898–1974) * Mohammad Nurul Huda (b. 1949) * Mohammad Rafiq (b. 1943) * Moinul Ahsan Saber (b. 1958) * Mokbula Manzoor (b. 1938) * Motaher Hussain Chowdhury (1903–1956) * Muhammad Mohar Ali (1932–2007) * M. R. Akhtar Mukul (1929–2004) * Mufazzal Haider Chaudhury (1926–1971) * Muhammad Asadullah Al-Ghalib (b. 1948) *

Muhammad Habibur Rahman Muhammad Habibur Rahman (3 December 1928 – 11 January 2014) was a Chief Justice of Bangladesh Supreme Court in 1995. He was the Chief Adviser of the 1996 caretaker government which oversaw the Seventh parliamentary elections in Bangladesh. ...

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Muhammad Shahidullah Muhammad Shahidullah (; 10 July 1885 – 13 July 1969) was a Bengali people, Bengali linguist, philologist, educationist, and writer. He played vital role in Language movement of 1952 he was the first to establish logic about Why Bengali should ...

(1885–1969) * Muhammed Zafar Iqbal (b. 1952) *

Munier Chowdhury Abu Naeem Mohammad Munier Choudhury (27 November 192514 December 1971) was a Bangladeshi educationist, playwright, literary critic and political dissident. He was a victim of the mass killing of Bangladeshi intellectuals in 1971. Early life an ...

(1925–1971) * Muntasir Mamun

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Nurul Momen Nurul Momen (25 November 1908 – 16 February 1990) was a Bangladeshi playwright, educator, director, broadcast personality, orator, humorist, dramatist, academician, satirist, belletrist, essayist, columnist, translator and poet.Bangla Natyasha ...

(Sobriquet:- Natyaguru) (1908–1990) * Nasreen Jahan (b. 1964) *

Nilima Ibrahim Neelima Ibrahim (11 October 1921 – 18 June 2002) was a Bangladeshi educationist, littérateur and social worker. She is well known for her scholarship on Bengali literature but even more so for her depiction of raped and tortured women in the ...

(1921–2002)

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Qazi Anwar Hussain Qazi Anwar Hussain (19 July 1936 – 19 January 2022) was a Bangladeshi writer of spy thrillers, detective novels, and adventure-based literature, many of which were adaptations or heavily influenced by foreign works. Early life and education ...

* Qazi Imdadul Haq *

Qazi Motahar Hossain Qazi Motahar Hossain (30 July 1897 – 9 October 1981) was a Bangladeshi writer, scientist, statistician, chess player, and journalist. Hossain was a pioneer educationalist of Bangladesh. He did original research in statistics and pioneered ...

(1897–1981) * Qazi Nazrul Islam

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* Rabeya Khatun (b. 1935) * Rafiq Azad * Rahat Khan (b. 1940) * Rakib Hasan * Rashid Askari (b.1965) * Rashid Haider * Rashid Karim (b. 1925) * Razia Khan * Rezauddin Stalin * Rizia Rahman(b. 1939) * Romena Afaz (1926–2003) * Rudra Mohammad Shahidullah (1956–1992)

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Salimullah Khan Salimullah Khan (, ; born 18 August 1958) is a Bangladeshi writer, academic, teacher and public intellectual. Khan explores national and international politics and culture using Marxist and Lacanian theories. Informed and influenced by Ahmed S ...

* Sardar Fazlul Karim * Sarder Jayenuddin (1918–1986) * Selim Al-Deen (1949–2008) *

Selina Hossain Selina Hossain (born 14 June 1947) is a Bangladeshi novelist. Her major works include ''Hangor Nodi Grenade'' (1976) and ''Poka Makorer Ghor Boshoti'' (1996). She earned all major national awards – Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1980, Ekushey ...

(b. 1947) * Sezan Mahmud (b. 1967)("NC 1988") * Sen, Satyen (1907–81) *

Shah Muhammad Sagir Shah Muhammad Sagir () was one of the earliest Bengali Muslim poets, if not the first. Life Shah Muhammad Sagir was a poet of the 14/15th century, during the reign of the Sultan of Bengal Ghiyasuddin Azam Shah. He was born to a Fakir family in C ...

(?) * Shahadat Hussain (1893–1953) * Shahed Ali (b. 1925) * Shahid Akhand (b. 1935) * Shahidul Zahir (1953–2008) * Shahidullah Kaiser (1926–1971) * Shahriyar Kabir * Shamsuddin Abul Kalam (1926–97) * Shamsunnahar Mahmud (1908–1964) * Shamsur Rahman * Shaukat Osman (1917–98) * Sirajul Islam Chowdhury * Sufia Kamal (1911–99) *

Syed Ali Ahsan Syed Ali Ahsan (; 26 March 1922 – 25 July 2002) was a Bangladeshi poet, writer and university academic. He was awarded Ekushey Padak (1982) and Independence Day Award (1987) by the Government of Bangladesh. In 1987, he was selected as the Nati ...

* Syed Abul Maksud * Syed Emdad Ali (1880–1956) *

Syed Manzoorul Islam Syed Manzoorul Islam (born 18 January 1951) is a Bangladeshi critic, writer and a former professor of Dhaka University. As a literary critic, he has written criticism on writers including Michael Madhusudan Dutt, Kazi Nazrul Islam, Sudhindranat ...

* Syed Mujtaba Ali (1904–74) *

Syed Shamsul Haque Syed Shamsul Haq (27 December 1935 – 27 September 2016) was a Bangladeshi writer. He was awarded Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1966 (the youngest among all to receive it), Ekushey Padak in 1984 and Independence Day Award in 2000 by the Gov ...

(1934) *

Syed Waliullah Syed Waliullah (August 15, 1922 – October 10, 1971) was a Bangladeshi novelist, short-story writer and playwright. He was notable for his debut novel, '' Lalsalu'' (translated in English with the title ''"Tree Without Roots"''). He was awarded ...

(1922–71)

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* Tahmima Anam (b. 1975) *

Taslima Nasrin Taslima Nasrin (born 25 August 1962) is a Bangladeshi- Swedish writer, physician, feminist, secular humanist, and activist. She is known for her writings on the oppression of women and criticism of Islam; some of her books are banned in Bangl ...

(b. 1962)

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* Wasi Ahmed (b. 1954)

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Zahir Raihan Mohammad Zahirullah (19 August 1935 – disappeared 30 January 1972), known as Zahir Raihan, was a Bangladeshi novelist, writer and filmmaker. He is most notable for his documentary '' Stop Genocide'' (1971), made during the Bangladesh Liberatio ...

(1935–1972)

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Bengali Bengali or Bengalee, or Bengalese may refer to: *something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia * Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region * Bengali language, the language they speak ** Bengali alphabet, the w ...