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Literature

Children’s literature

Shaikh Ataur Rahman :(from the previous issue)Other works of this period include Ibrahim Khan’s Chheleder Shahnama (1922), Habibur Rahman’s Hasir Golpo (1917), Kazi Imdadul Huq’s Kamarer Kando (1919), Muhammad Wajed Ali’s Sindabad Sowdagorer Golpo...

Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison

When Toni Morrison received the Pulitzer Prize in 1988 for her fifth novel, Beloved, the award brought her the national recognition many critics and fellow artists believed long overdue. “Ms. Morrison’s versatility and technical...

Poem: Winter dreams

Shahjahan Kabir :  My memories freeze in very cold daysLike frozen water of a riverForgetting its summer flow. The wind blows sharp and hardAlong with gusts and snow.I cannot see other facesAs they are blurredLike...

Poet Md.Mozammel Haque

Mohammed Mozammel Haque (born 1860) was one of the greatest poets in Bengal. He was also a journalist by profession. He was born at Shantipur in the district of Nadia, Pashchimbanga, India. His father’s...

Mohammad Nasiruddin and Saogat

Mohammad Abdul Qayyum :Saogat, an illustrated monthly journal, was edited and published by Mohammad Nasiruddin, from Kolkata in Ogrohayon 1325 BS (1918). It ceased publication in Choitra 1327 BS (March-April 1921). It restarted in...

Poet Bahadur Shah Zafar

Mirza Abu Zafar Sirajuddin Muhammad Bahadur Shah Zafar 06 24 October 1775 – 7 November 1862), also known as Bahadur Shah Zafar Bahadur Shah II, was the last Mughal emperor and a member of...

Poem

In the valley of dreamsAl MahmudOnce we went on a journeythrough a dense opaque fog.Suddenly our path became illuminatedby the flash of light in horizon.The smell of paddy floated in wind.Forests got sonorous with...

Novelist Shahed Ali

Shahed Ali (May 26,1925-November 6 , 2001) was one of the leading short story writers of Bangladesh and is considered to be one of the literary giants of his time in the realm of...

Mir Mosharraf Hosain

Bimal Guha :Mir Mosharraf Hosain (1847-1912) novelist, playwright and essayist, born at Lahinipara in the district of Kushtia on 13 November 1847, was the son of Mir Moazzem Hosain, a zamindar. Mosharraf Hosain learned...

Novelist Leo Tolstoy

C. D. Merriman :(from the previous issue) He was buried at Tula. Leo had a hard time accepting this inevitability of life; the loss of his father was a profound experience to such a...