Polli Kobi Jasim Uddin
Bimal Guha :Jasim Uddin (1903-1976), poet and litterateur, was born on 1st January in 1903 at his maternal uncle’s home in Tambulkhana, Faridpur. His father Ansar Uddin Mollah was a teacher at school. Jasim...
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Novelist Shawkat Osman
Syed Azizul Huq :Shawkat Osman (1917-1998), educationist, novelist, short story writer, was born on 2nd January in 1917 in Hughli, West Bengal, India. His real name was Sheikh Azizur Rahman; Shawkat Osman was his...
Poet, essayist Khondakar Ashraf Hossain
Literature Desk :Khondakar Ashraf Hossain (4 January 1950-16 June 2013) was a leading post-modernist poet, essayist, translator and editor of Bangladesh. Early life and educationHe was born in Joynagar village in Jamalpur Sadar upazila...
POEM: Numbers
-Gazi Abdulla-hel BaquiNumbers are one and numeral within ten,Mathematics of life is solved by these symbols,When dropped from mouth and poured from pen,Numbers come flowing like living falls. With numerical value numbers vibrate,Their mystical...
Writer, scholar J R R Tolkien
Wayne G Hammond :JR R Tolkien, in full John Ronald Revel Tolkien, (born January 3, 1892, Bloemfontein, South Africa-died September 2, 1973 Bournemouth, Hampshire, England), English writer and scholar who achieved fame with his...
Poet Kumudranjan Mallik
Wakil Ahmed :Kumudranjan Mallik (1883-1970), poet and educationist, was born on 3rd March 1883 in the district of Burdwan. His father was Purnachandra Mallik. Kumudranjan passed the BA examination in 1905 with Distinction and...
Novelist J D Salinger
Literature Desk :With his landmark novel Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger (1919-2010) was an influential 20th-century American writer. He was a literary giant. His landmark novel, The Catcher in the Rye, set a...
Children’s writer Ekhlasuddin Ahmed
Literature Desk :Ekhlasuddin Ahmed (15 December 1940-24 December 2014) was a Bangladeshi children’s writer. He was awarded the Ekushey Padak, one of the highest civilian awards in Bangladesh, in 2000. Ahmed was born in...
Poet, writer Mahbub-ul-Alam Chowdhury
Nasrin Akhter :Mahbub-ul-Alam Chowdhury (1927-2007) was a poet, journalist, writer and activist of the Bengali Language Movement and also composer of the first poem on 21 February 1952.As an instant reaction to the police...
Novelist Sarder Jayenuddin
Mohammad Daniul Huq :Sarder Jayenuddin (1918-1986) fiction writer, was born in a peasant family in the village of Kamarhati in Pabna. His real name was Muhammad Jayenuddin Biswas. After Matriculating from Khalilpur High School...
Novelist F Scott Fitzgerald
Literature Desk :Novelist F Scott Fitzgerald (24 September 1896-21 December 1940) born at 1st Paul, Minnesota, is known for his turbulent personal life and his famous novel The Great Gatsby.Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (known...
Litterateur, educationist Roquiah Sakhawat Hossain
Shahida Akhter :Loquiah Sakhawat Hossain, (1880-1932) litterateur, educationist, social reformer, played a pioneering role in awakening Muslim women. She was born on 9 December 1880 into a landed family of Pairaband in Rangpur. Zahiruddin...