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The second edition was released in 1997, [1] followed by an expanded, refined, and revised third edition in 2011, published by the Bangla Academy. [3] The second edition incorporated portraits of approximately 700 prominent individuals and provided insights into the lives of nearly 1,000 notable Bengali intellectuals and luminaries. [citation ...
The Bangla Academy (Bengali: বাংলা একাডেমি, pronounced [baŋla ækaɖemi]) is the official regulatory body of the Bengali language in Bangladesh.It is an autonomous institution funded by the Government of Bangladesh that fosters the Bengali language, literature and culture, works to develop and implement national language policy and conducts original research in Bengali.
Mohammad Nurul Huda (born 30 September 1949) [1] is a Bangladeshi poet, essayist, literary critic, translator and folklorist. [2] [3] [4] He served as the Director General of Bangla Academy during 2021–2024.
It endeavored to compile standard Bengali dictionary, grammar and terminologies, both philosophical and scientific, to collect and publish old and medieval Bengali manuscripts, and to carry out translation from other language into Bengali and research on history, philosophy and science.
Ghulam Murshid (8 April 1940 – 22 August 2024) was a Bangladeshi author, scholar and journalist based in London. [1] He won a number of awards, including the Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1982 for his contribution to research; [2] the Prothom Alo Book Award in 2007; the IFIC literary prize 2018; and the Ekushey Padak for language and literature in 2021 [3]
On 23 January 2025, Bangla Academy announced a list of 10 awardees. [9] Two days later, the list was suspended. [10] On 29 January, a new list was published excluding the names of three people from the original list. [11] Masud Khan (poetry) Shubhashis Sinha (drama) Salimullah Khan (prose) G H Habib (translation) Mohammad Shahjahan Mia (research)
Teacher, translator, essayist, critic, columnist M. Harunur Rashid (28 December 1939 – 26 November 2024) was a Bangladeshi academic, educational administrator, editor, and translator. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He was a noted writer of Sufism and Sufi literature [ 4 ] and a commentator of social, political, and literary texts.
Rashid Askari’s short story collection Nineteen Seventy One and Other Stories (2011) has been translated into French and Hindi. [22] In 2019, Mehrab Masayeed Habib wrote a novel named Slice of Paradise. It is an English novel based on Dhaka in the 1960s and published by Swore O Publication.