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In academia, it is also now referred to as Bangladeshi Writing in English (BWE). [1] Early prominent Bengali writers in English include Ram Mohan Roy, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, Begum Rokeya, and Rabindranath Tagore. In 1905, Begum Rokeya (1880–1932) wrote Sultana's Dream, one of the earliest examples of feminist science fiction. [2]
The Writers listed below were either born in Bangladesh or else published much of their writing while living in that country. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Mahfuz Anam (Bengali: মাহফুজ আনাম; born 18 June 1950) is a leading Bangladeshi journalist and public intellectual. He is the editor and publisher of The Daily Star, which is the largest English newspaper in the country. Anam is one of the most influential journalists in Bangladesh.
The compiled notes were published as a book on 12 June 2012 by The University Press Limited. [ 5 ] The book was named by Rehana and prefaced by Hasina. [ 6 ] It has since been translated into fourteen languages.
Known for his translations from Bengali into English, Haq is a recipient of Bangla Academy Literary Award (2013) in the category of translation. He is a former professor of English at the University of Dhaka. [3] In the liberation war of Bangladesh, he fought against Pakistani Army "as a freshly commissioned subaltern in command of a company". [3]
The University Press Limited, commonly abbreviated as UPL, is an academic publishing house based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] UPL was established in 1975 as a successor to Oxford University Press ' Dhaka branch where Mohiuddin Ahmed was chief executive.
Sharmistha (spelt as Sermista in English) was Dutt's first attempt at blank verse in Bengali literature. Kaliprasanna Singha organised a felicitation ceremony for Madhusudan to mark the introduction of blank verse in Bengali poetry. His famous epic, quoted as the only epic of Bengali kind, Meghnadbad-Kabya is also totally written in blank verse.
The term Bangla is a major name for both the Bengal region and the Bengali language. The origins of the term Bangla are unclear, with theories pointing to a Bronze Age proto-Dravidian tribe, [15] and the Iron Age Vanga Kingdom. [16] The earliest known usage of the term is the Nesari plate in 805 AD.