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* [[Begum Rokeya]] (Roquia Sakhawat Hussain) Bangla: (বেগম রোকেয়া), (1880–1932), author and social worker
* [[Begum Rokeya]] (Roquia Sakhawat Hussain) Bangla: (বেগম রোকেয়া), (1880–1932), author and social worker
* [[Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay]] (Bengali: বঙ্কিম চন্দ্র চট্টোপাধ্যায় Bôngkim Chôndro Chôţţopaddhae) ('Chattopadhyay' in the original Bengali; 'Chatterjee' as spelt by the British) (1838-1894), poet, novelist, essayist and journalist
* [[Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay]] (Bengali: বঙ্কিম চন্দ্র চট্টোপাধ্যায় Bôngkim Chôndro Chôţţopaddhae) ('Chattopadhyay' in the original Bengali; 'Chatterjee' as spelt by the British) (1838-1894), poet, novelist, essayist and journ
* Bipul Alite Gonsalves (Bengali:Young Writer and Youth Activist bron 1980)


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Revision as of 19:23, 18 May 2010

The Writers listed below were either born in Bangladesh or else published much of their writing while living in that country.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

  • Abdul Ahad (Bengali: আবদুল আহাদ ) (1920-1994)
  • Abdul Hakim (Bangla: আব্দুল হাকিম) (born 1620), poet
  • Akhtaruzzaman Ilias (Bangla: আখতারুজ্জামান ইলিয়াস)(1943-1997), novelist and short story writer
  • Al Mahmud (born 1936), poet

B

  • Begum Rokeya (Roquia Sakhawat Hussain) Bangla: (বেগম রোকেয়া), (1880–1932), author and social worker
  • Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay (Bengali: বঙ্কিম চন্দ্র চট্টোপাধ্যায় Bôngkim Chôndro Chôţţopaddhae) ('Chattopadhyay' in the original Bengali; 'Chatterjee' as spelt by the British) (1838-1894), poet, novelist, essayist and journ

D

H

  • Hasan Azizul Huq (Bangla: হাসান আজিজুল হক) (born 1939), writer
  • Humayun Azad (Bangla: হুমায়ুন আজাদ) (1947-2004) writer and scholar
  • Humayun Ahmed (Bangla: হুমায়ূন আহেমদ) (born 1948), author and playwright
  • Humayun Kabir Dhali, author and journalist

I-J

  • Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (Bengali: ঈশ্বর চন্দ্র বিদ্যাসাগর Ishshor Chôndro Biddashagor) (1820-1891), born Ishwar Chandra Bandopadhyaya (Bengali: ঈশ্বর চন্দ্র বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়, Ishshor Chôndro Bôndopaddhae)
  • Jahanara Imam (Bengali: জাহানারা ইমাম) (1929—1994)
  • Jahir Raihan (Bengali: জহির রায়হান) (1935-1972?)
  • Jasim Uddin (Jasimuddin) (Bangla: জসীমউদ্দীন) (full name Jasimuddin Mollah) (1903-1976)
  • Jahed Sarwar (Bangla: জাহেদ সরওয়ার) (1976-

K

  • Kaykobad (Bangla: কায়কোবাদ) (also spelt Kaikobad) or Mohakobi Kaykobad [Kaykobad the great poet]) pen name of the poet Kazem Ali Quereshi (1857-1951), poet
  • Kazi Nazrul Islam (Bengali: কাজী নজরুল ইসলাম Kazi Nozrul Islam) (1899–1976)

M

  • Manik Bandopadhyay (Bangla: মানিক বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়) born Prabodh Kumar Bandhopadhay (1908-1956) novelist and short-story writer
  • Michael Madhusudan Dutt (Bengali: মাইকেল মধুসূদন দত্ত Maikel Modhushudôn Dôtto) born Madhusudan Dutt (Datta), (1824-1873), poet and dramatist
  • Mir Mosharraf Hossain (Bangla: মীর মশাররফ হোসেন) (1847-1912)
  • Munir Chowdhury also "Munier Chowdhury" (Bengali: মুনীর চৌধুরী) (1925-1971), educator, playwright, literary critic and political dissident

R

  • Rabindranath Tagore (Bengali: রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর (1861–1941), poet, Brahmo religionist, visual artist, playwright, novelist, and composer; winner of the 1913 Nobel Prize in Literature

S

  • Selina Hossain (Bengali: সেলিনা হোসেন) (born 1947), journalist, filmmaker, human rights activist, and author
  • Shahriar Kabir (Bengali: শাহরিয়ার কবীর)
  • Shamsur Rahman (Bangla: শামসুর রাহমান Shamsur Rŭhman) (1929–2006), poet, columnist and journalist
  • Sufia Kamal (Bangla: সুফিয়া কামাল) (1911-1999), poet, writer, organizer, feminist and activist
  • Syed Waliullah (সৈয়দ ওয়ালিউল্লাহ) (1922-1971), novelist, short-story writer and playwright
  • Swadesh Roy (born 1961), journalist, essayist, poet, novelist and short-story writer

See also