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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 when chronological order cannot be ascertained. The list also marks the winners of major international and national awards:
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.
Pages in category "Bengali-language writers" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 246 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Abdul Karim Sahitya Bisharad, littérateur and historian of Bangla literature; Jagadish Chandra Bose was a polymath with interests in biology, physics, botany and writing science fiction. Raj Chandra Bose was an Indian American mathematician and statistician best known for his work in design theory
However, the list starts with early Bengali poets to be followed by those who are identified not only with Indian sub-continent before partition in 1947, but also as founders of Bengali poetry. The list also contains separate sub-lists of "rhyme composers" and "song writers". Finally, there are two sub-sets of woman poets and poets in exile. [1]
Bengali novels occupy a major part of Bengali literature.Despite the evidence of Bengali literary traditions dating back to the 7th century, the format of novel or prose writing did not fully emerge until the early nineteenth century.
Pages in category "Bengali writers" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 339 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
The earliest extant work in Bengali literature is the Charyapada, a collection of Buddhist mystic songs in Old Bengali dating back to the 10th and 11th centuries. The timeline of Bengali literature is divided into three periods: ancient (650–1200), medieval (1200–1800) and modern (after 1800).