Before Syed Waliullah’s (1922-1971) Lalshalu (1948), the history of novels of Bangladesh was not very significant. No doubt, there were attempts by a good number of writers, but only a few c... Read more
The number of translation of Bangla fiction in English has increased enormously in the present decades. English versions of the novels of Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay, Rabindranath Tagore, Sa... Read more
Rizia Rahman (1939-2019) is one of the most significant writers of Bangladesh who have enriched our fiction with their worthwhile endeavour. Rokter Okshor (Blood Words, 1978) and Bong Theke... Read more
Categorising Monju Sarkar (b 1953) in the trend of popular fiction writers is not to disgrace him. We must admit that he does possess the power to see into the depth of life and to present h... Read more
Shawkat Ali (1936-2018), a major contemporary writer of Bangladesh, has been contributing to Bangla fiction enormously for the last four decades. Both in novels and short stories he has esta... Read more
A politician and journalist Abujafar Shamsuddin (1911-1989) is considered as one of the pioneer fictionists of Bangladesh. Though his debut novel Parityakto Swami (The Forsaken Husband) was... Read more
‘If I am asked, “What is or what should be your philosophy of life?” I’ll simply reply, “This universe is the expression of unadulterated and unfathomable love. That ‘love’ is the single rea... Read more
Moinul Ahsan Saber (b 1958) ranks among the popular trend of Bangladeshi novels. But he has authored some books that can be categorised as serious fiction. His pen has proved potential in bo... Read more
Ahmad Mostafa Kamal (b. 1969) has already earned a reputation in the literary world of Bangladesh for bagging two major awards. His fourth volume of short stories named ‘Ghorvorti Manush Oth... Read more
Imdadul Haq Milon (b 1955) is one of the most popular writers of contemporary Bangla fiction. His popularity is mainly for his love-stories. A huge number of his novels deal with human love... Read more
