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Subimal Misra (20 June 1943 – 8 February 2023) [1] was an Indian Bengali novelist, short story writer, and essayist. He was known as a maverick and audacious experimentalist in contemporary Bengali literature. Many contemporary avant-garde writers have been influenced by Misra's experimental writing style.
Note – From English – In 1992, Hijam Guno Singh got this prize for Manipuri translation of History of Bengali Literature by Sukumar Sen. [54] In 1991, Radhika Mohan Bhagowati got this prize for Assamese translation of The Story of Our Newspapers by Chanchal Sarkar. [55]
The first Bengali translation was made in prose by Nalini Mohan Sanyal in 1939. [1] It was published by Bangiya Sahitya Parishad, with a foreword by the eminent Bengali Scholar Suniti Kumar Chatterjee. However, the work is presently out of print, with the only copy available at the National Library in Kolkata. [2]
Following is the list of recipients of Sahitya Akademi translation prizes for their works written in Bengali. The award, as of 2019, consisted of ₹ 50,000. [ 1 ]
The first Bangla books to be printed were those written by Christian missionaries. Dom Antonio's Brahmin-Roman-Catholic Sambad, for example, was the first Bangla book to be printed towards the end of the 17th century. Bangla writing was further developed as Bengali scholars wrote textbooks for Fort William College. Although these works had ...
The first Bangla novelists were Peary Chand Mitra (1814–1883) and Kali Prasanna Singha (1840–1870). [3] Under the pen name of 'Tekchand Thakur, Peary Chand Mitra wrote the first Bengali novel Alaler Gharer Dulal (1858).
Nityananda Misra (1928 – 22 July 2021 [1]) was an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha , the lower house of the Parliament of India as a member of the Indian National Congress . [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ]
Niaz Zaman is a writer, translator, and academic. She was honored with the Bangla Academy Literary Award in 2016 for her contribution to translation. Trees without Roots [27] is a novel written by Syed Waliullah, Niaz Zaman, and Serajul Islam Choudhury that is grounded on Syed Waliullah’s novel Laal Shalu.