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The Ekushey Book Fair, [a] officially called the Eternal Twenty-first Book Fair, [b] [c] is the largest book fair in Bangladesh. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Organised annually in February by Bangla Academy in Dhaka , the month-long event is free to all.
Tuntunir Boi (Bengali: টুনটুনির বই) or The Tailor Bird's Book is a collection of children's stories by Upendrakishore Raychowdhury published in 1911. The stories are about a clever tailorbird who outsmarts a king, a barber and a cat. [1]
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).
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 ...
Rudra Mohammad Shahidullah (Bengali: রুদ্র মুহম্মদ শহিদুল্লাহ; 16 October 1956 – 21 June 1991) [3] was a Bangladeshi poet [4] [5] noted for his revolutionary and romantic poetry. He is considered one of the leading Bengali poets of the 1970s. [6]
Bangladeshi Folk Literature (Bengali: বাংলাদেশী লোক সাহিত্য) constitutes a considerable portion of Bengali literature.Though it was created by illiterate communities and passed down orally from one generation to another it tends to flourish Bengali literature.
Biletey Bishshotoker Bangla Kobi, Robbani Chowdhury, Agamee Prokasion, Dhaka, 2000; History of Bengali Literature, Rabbani Choudhury, Utso, Dhaka, 2010; Bangla Literature, an English magazine edited by Sayeed Abybakar
Bangalir Itihas: Adiparba is a book on the history of ancient Bengal and Bengalis written by Niharranjan Ray.It was published in 1949 by The Book Emporium.The subject of the book is the history of the Bengalis and the homeland of the Bengalis; especially the past society, culture and economic life.