Among the contemporary fiction writers of popular track in Bangladesh, the name of Ahmad Sofa (1943-2001) is seldom included. In his thirty years of authorial life as a novelist, Sofa was ne... Read more
Abubakar Siddique (1936-2023) is one of the most prominent poets of Bangladesh. More than ten volumes of verses have been added to his credit. The books of poetry that brought him the acquai... Read more
TREE WITHOUT ROOT Syed Waliullah Translated by: Qaisar Saeed, Anne-Marie Thibaud, Jeffrey Giban and Malik Khayyam. Published by: Chatto and Windus Ltd 42 William IV Street, London W.C.2 Firs... Read more
WARP AND WOOF Selina Hossain Translator: Amanullah Ahmed Published by: Bangla Academy, Dhaka-1000 First Edition: May 1999 Abdul Hashem, the fisherman from Kuakata whenever he has leisure, ha... Read more
THE SHARK THE RIVER AND THE GRENADES Selina Hossain Translated by: Abedin Quader Published by: Bangla Academy, Dhaka First Edition: April 1987 As she was the youngest of twelve children, her... Read more
The King and the Serpents Shaukat Osman Translated by: Roshaida Khatun Kartik, 1392, November, 1985 Bangla Academy, Dhaka. A band of prisoners – twenty or maybe twenty-two in number... Read more
THE ABORTED ISLAND Abu Rushd Translated by: The Author Published by: Bangla Academy, Dhaka First Edition: November 1985 As the news was published in the dailies and broadcast through the rad... Read more
SANGSHAPTAK Shahidulla Kaisar Translated by: Shahruk Rahman Bangla Academy, Dhaka-1000 August 2001 The air was thick with suppressed excitement. The baad juma majlis, gathered in front of th... Read more
Rifles Bread and Women Anwar Pasha Translated by: Kabir Chowdhury Jaistha, 1383 Bangla Academy, Dhaka DAWN descended on Bangladesh. Sudipta always woke up from his sleep early in the morning... Read more