The eighth decade of the twentieth century proved very productive for Haripada Datta (b 1947). Later he passed the last decade across the Atlantic. Returning from there, he publish... Read more
Though biographies and autobiographies are plenty in number in all major languages, biographical novels are not many. The most outstanding biographical novels in English are Lust f... Read more
Nasreen Jahan (b 1964) has established herself as a major novelist in contemporary Bangla fiction. She first revealed her literary inventiveness through some memorable short storie... Read more
Akhtaruzzaman Elias (1943-1997) wrote only two novels – Chilekothar Sepai (The Soldier in an Attic, 1986) and Khoabnama (Dream Epic, 1996) but he has created a permanent plac... Read more
Abu Ishaque (1926-2003) is one of our notable Bangla litterateurs, whose name is categorized with those who wrote the least and showed the best. Three novels – one of which i... Read more
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 on... Read more
Shamsuddin Abul Kalam (1926-1997) deserves to be treated as one of the major novelists of contemporary Bangla literature, though it is true that he is neither widely read nor well... Read more
Shahidul Zahir (1953 – 2008) is one of the least acquainted writers of the country, though the true critics do not fail to identify the gems in him. In his two novels only he... Read more
Satyen Sen (1907-1981) wrote twelve novels along with eight books on history and twenty books of other different categories. The very significant information regarding his authoria... Read more
Rashid Karim (1925 – 2011) has been recognised as a major novelist of Bangla literature for the last four decades. In the year 1939, while he was a student of class eight, he... Read more
