Dilara Hashem (; 25 August 1935 – 19 March 2022) was a Bangladeshi author and novelist. She was a recipient of the

Bangla Academy Literary Award The Bangla Academy Literary Award (; ''Bangla Academy Shahitya Puroshkar'') is given by the Bangla Academy of Bangladesh in recognition of creative genius in advancement and overall contribution in the field of Bengali language and literature. ...

(1976). She had a dual career as an eminent author and international broadcaster. As a writer, she maintained a steady literary output for four decades, with many volumes of novels, memoirs, short stories, and poetry. Her 1965 debut novel ''Ghor Mon Janala'' (''Home, Heart, Window'') was a major success. The book garnered critical and popular praise and became a feature film in Bangladesh (1983). It was further published in Russian in Moscow and Chinese in Beijing. 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)

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