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The poets who built the bridge between the Middle and Modern Ages is the poet of the Ages:Ishwar Chandra Gupta (1812–1859), he is also regarded as the Father of the Modern Bengali Language. Michael Madhusudan Dutt (1824–1873) broke the medieval paradigm and Bengali poetry entered free verse - he is especially popular for his Bengali sonnets.
Nur Qutb Alam wrote poetry in Middle Bengali using the Persian alphabet. [3] Chandidas: c. 14th century Chandidas was the first humanist in Bengali poetry. He asserted "Shobar upor manush shotto tahar upore nai" ("Above all is humanity, none else"). [4] Krittibas Ojha: c. 1381-1461 CE He translated Indian epic the Valmiki Ramayana into Bengali.
This article provides an alphabetical list of Bengali language authors. For a chronological list, see List of Bengali language authors . This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Biggest festival of Bengalis, Pohela Boishakh. The culture of Bengal defines the cultural heritage of the Bengali people native to eastern regions of the Indian subcontinent, mainly what is today Bangladesh and the Indian states of West Bengal and Tripura, where they form the dominant ethnolinguistic group and the Bengali language is the official and primary language.
Charyapada manuscript preserved in the library of Rajshahi College.. The first works in Bengali appeared between 10th and 12th centuries C.E. [2] It is generally known as the Charyapada and are 47 mystic hymns composed by various Buddhist monks, namely; Luipada, Kanhapada, Kukkuripada, Chatilpada, Bhusukupada, Kamlipada, Dhendhanpada, Shantipada and Shabarapada amongst others.
This is a Chronological list of Bengali language authors (regardless of nationality or religion), by the order of their year of birth. Alphabetical order is used only ...
Pak Sar Jamin Sad Bad (Bengali: পাক সার জমিন সাদ বাদ pāk šar jomin šād bād from Urdu: پاک سرزمین شاد باد pāk sarzamīn shād bād "Blessed be the Sacred Land") is a 2004 Bangladeshi Bengali novel, [1] written by Humayun Azad.
In the 1930s, West Bengal was the centre of Indian cinema, and Bengali cinema accounted for a quarter of India's film output in the 1950s. [1] [2] A 2014 industry report noted that while approximately 100 films were produced annually in Bengali. [3] The Bengali film industry, was valued at around ₹120–150 crore in terms of revenue in 2014.