{"count":17752,"next":"http://admin.kavishala.in/sootradhar/authors/?format=json&page=1456","previous":"http://admin.kavishala.in/sootradhar/authors/?format=json&page=1454","results":[{"id":16535,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Nilima Ibrahim ","bio":"\nNeelima Ibrahim (11 October 1921 – 18 June 2002) was a Bangladeshi educationist, littérateur and social worker. She is well known for her scholarship on Bengali literature but even more so for her depiction of raped and tortured women in the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War in her book Ami Birangana Bolchi. She was awarded Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1969, Begum Rokeya Padak  in 1996 and Ekushey Padak in 2000 by the Government of Bangladesh for her contributions to Bangla literature.\nNeelima was born on 11 October 1921 in Bagerhat, Khulna to Zamindar Prafulla Roy Chowdhury and Kusum Kumari Devi. Ibrahim passed her school leaving examination and entrance level examinations from the Khulna Coronation Girls' School in 1937 and from the Victoria Institution in Calcutta in 1939. Later she earned bachelor's degrees in arts and teaching from the Scottish Church College, which was followed by an MA in Bengali literature from the University of Calcutta in 1943. She would also earn a doctorate in Bengali literature from the University of Dhaka in 1959.\nNeelima was a career academic. She taught in respectively the Khulna Coronation Girls' School, Loreto House, the Victoria Institution, and finally at the University of Dhaka, where she was appointed as a lecturer in 1956, and as a professor of Bengali in 1972. She also served as the chairperson  of the Bangla Academy, and as the Vice Chairperson of the World Women's Federation's South Asian Zone.","raw_bio":"Neelima Ibrahim (11 October 1921 – 18 June 2002) was a Bangladeshi educationist, littérateur and social worker. She is well known for her scholarship on Bengali literature but even more so for her depiction of raped and tortured women in the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War in her book Ami Birangana Bolchi. She was awarded Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1969, Begum Rokeya Padak  in 1996 and Ekushey Padak in 2000 by the Government of Bangladesh for her contributions to Bangla literature. Neelima was born on 11 October 1921 in Bagerhat, Khulna to Zamindar Prafulla Roy Chowdhury and Kusum Kumari Devi. Ibrahim passed her school leaving examination and entrance level examinations from the Khulna Coronation Girls' School in 1937 and from the Victoria Institution in Calcutta in 1939. Later she earned bachelor's degrees in arts and teaching from the Scottish Church College, which was followed by an MA in Bengali literature from the University of Calcutta in 1943. She would also earn a doctorate in Bengali literature from the University of Dhaka in 1959. Neelima was a career academic. She taught in respectively the Khulna Coronation Girls' School, Loreto House, the Victoria Institution, and finally at the University of Dhaka, where she was appointed as a lecturer in 1956, and as a professor of Bengali in 1972. She also served as the chairperson  of the Bangla Academy, and as the Vice Chairperson of the World Women's Federation's South Asian Zone.","slug":"nilima-ibrahim","DOB":"1921-10-11","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Bagerhat","url":"/sootradhar/nilima-ibrahim","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:18:22.071238","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":22},{"id":16536,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Qazi Anwar Hussain","bio":"\nQazi Anwar Hussain (19 July 1936 – 19 January 2022) was a Bangladeshi writer who mainly penned spy thriller, detective and adventure based novels, most of which are adaptations translated from or heavily influenced by foreign literature.\nHussain was born on 19 July 1936. His father was scientist and writer, Qazi Motahar Hossain. Hussain grew up in a literary environment. Some of the more famous members of his family included his late brother Qazi Mahbub Husain, sister Zobaida Mirza (professor and author), his older sister Sanjida Khatun (singer and author), his younger sister Fahmida Khatun (singer and author), and sister Mahmuda Khatun (singer). He received his master's in Bengali literature and language from the University of Dhaka. As a graduation gift, he requested a printing press of his father.\nHussain would often lock himself in his room for hours at length when writing. He created the spy-thriller series Masud Rana, modeled after James Bond. As of 2008, there were more than 400 books in this series.","raw_bio":"Qazi Anwar Hussain (19 July 1936 – 19 January 2022) was a Bangladeshi writer who mainly penned spy thriller, detective and adventure based novels, most of which are adaptations translated from or heavily influenced by foreign literature. Hussain was born on 19 July 1936. His father was scientist and writer, Qazi Motahar Hossain. Hussain grew up in a literary environment. Some of the more famous members of his family included his late brother Qazi Mahbub Husain, sister Zobaida Mirza (professor and author), his older sister Sanjida Khatun (singer and author), his younger sister Fahmida Khatun (singer and author), and sister Mahmuda Khatun (singer). He received his master's in Bengali literature and language from the University of Dhaka. As a graduation gift, he requested a printing press of his father. Hussain would often lock himself in his room for hours at length when writing. He created the spy-thriller series Masud Rana, modeled after James Bond. As of 2008, there were more than 400 books in this series.","slug":"qazi-anwar-hussain","DOB":"1936-07-19","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Dhaka, Bangladesh","url":"/sootradhar/qazi-anwar-hussain","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:18:22.079663","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":22},{"id":16537,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Qazi Motahar Hossain ","bio":"\nQazi Motahar Hossain (30 July 1897 – 9 October 1981) was a Bangladeshi writer, scientist, statistician, chess player, and journalist.\nHossain was a pioneer educationalist of Bangladesh. He did original research in statistics and pioneered its education in Bangladesh both as a faculty and administrator. As one of the early faculties of University of Dhaka, he was vigorously active in the cultural circles that grew around it. As a Dhaka-centric literary figure in late British India, a period marked by communality and religious sentiment, Hossain and his literary group Shikha distinguished themselves as proponents of communal harmony and rationalism. He was among the sceptical intellectuals who warned of the consequences of the short-lived state of Pakistan. On several occasions, he vocally criticized Pakistani government policies, most importantly on the state language question.\nHossain was born into the aristocratic Qazi family of Bagmara to Qazi Gawharuddin and Tasirunnesa, at his maternal home, Lakshmipur village, in Kushtia District, in the then British India. His family had arrived in Mughal Bengal from Western Asia during the reign of Shah Jahangir, his ancestors were designated as the judges of the court of Delhi, hence the name of the clan is \"Qazi.\" He passed his childhood years at his father's village Bagmara in Rajbari, a district adjacent to Kushtia. He received his earliest education from his father and from the village primary school.","raw_bio":"Qazi Motahar Hossain (30 July 1897 – 9 October 1981) was a Bangladeshi writer, scientist, statistician, chess player, and journalist. Hossain was a pioneer educationalist of Bangladesh. He did original research in statistics and pioneered its education in Bangladesh both as a faculty and administrator. As one of the early faculties of University of Dhaka, he was vigorously active in the cultural circles that grew around it. As a Dhaka-centric literary figure in late British India, a period marked by communality and religious sentiment, Hossain and his literary group Shikha distinguished themselves as proponents of communal harmony and rationalism. He was among the sceptical intellectuals who warned of the consequences of the short-lived state of Pakistan. On several occasions, he vocally criticized Pakistani government policies, most importantly on the state language question. Hossain was born into the aristocratic Qazi family of Bagmara to Qazi Gawharuddin and Tasirunnesa, at his maternal home, Lakshmipur village, in Kushtia District, in the then British India. His family had arrived in Mughal Bengal from Western Asia during the reign of Shah Jahangir, his ancestors were designated as the judges of the court of Delhi, hence the name of the clan is \"Qazi.\" He passed his childhood years at his father's village Bagmara in Rajbari, a district adjacent to Kushtia. He received his earliest education from his father and from the village primary school.","slug":"qazi-motahar-hossain","DOB":"1897-07-30","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Dhaka, Bangladesh","url":"/sootradhar/qazi-motahar-hossain","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:18:22.088724","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":22},{"id":16538,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Qazi Nazrul Islam","bio":"nan","raw_bio":"nan","slug":"qazi-nazrul-islam","DOB":"1899-05-24","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Qazi Nazrul Islam","url":"/sootradhar/qazi-nazrul-islam","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:18:22.103735","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":22},{"id":16539,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Rabeya Khatun ","bio":"Rabeya Khatun (27 December 1935 – 3 January 2021) was a Bangladeshi novelist. She wrote over 50 novels and more than 400 short stories. Her works also include essays, research, religious history and travelogues. She was awarded Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1973, Ekushey Padak in 1993 and Independence Day Award in 2017 by the Government of Bangladesh.\nKhatun died of cardiac arrest on 3 January 2021 at her residence in Gulshan, Dhaka.\nKhatun was born on 27 December 1935 to Maulavi Mohammad Mulluk Chand and Hamida Khatun in Bikrampur in the then Bengal Presidency, British India (now in Munshiganj District, Bangladesh). She was the second of their three children. Khatun grew up in the Shantinagar area in Dhaka. She passed the entrance examination from Armanitola School in 1948.\nOn 23 July 1952, she married Fazlul Haque (1930–1990). He was the editor of the Cinema magazine. He directed President, the first film for children in Bangladesh.","raw_bio":"Rabeya Khatun (27 December 1935 – 3 January 2021) was a Bangladeshi novelist. She wrote over 50 novels and more than 400 short stories. Her works also include essays, research, religious history and travelogues. She was awarded Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1973, Ekushey Padak in 1993 and Independence Day Award in 2017 by the Government of Bangladesh. Khatun died of cardiac arrest on 3 January 2021 at her residence in Gulshan, Dhaka. Khatun was born on 27 December 1935 to Maulavi Mohammad Mulluk Chand and Hamida Khatun in Bikrampur in the then Bengal Presidency, British India (now in Munshiganj District, Bangladesh). She was the second of their three children. Khatun grew up in the Shantinagar area in Dhaka. She passed the entrance examination from Armanitola School in 1948. On 23 July 1952, she married Fazlul Haque (1930–1990). He was the editor of the Cinema magazine. He directed President, the first film for children in Bangladesh.","slug":"rabeya-khatun","DOB":"1935-12-27","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Dhaka, Bangladesh","url":"/sootradhar/rabeya-khatun","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:18:22.112206","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":22},{"id":16540,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Rafiq Azad","bio":"Rafiq Azad (born Rafiqul Islam Khan; February 14, 1941 – March 12, 2016) was a Bangladeshi poet, editor and writer. He is credited with 45 collections of poetry including Prakriti O Premer Kabita, Asambhaber Paye, Sahasra Sundar, Haturir Nichae Jiban, Khub Beshi Durea Noy, Khamakaro Bahaman Hey Udar Amiyo Batas and others. He is most well known for his poem \"Bhaat De Haramjada\" (Give me food, bastard) which was written during the famine of 1974. The poet participated in the war against the Pakistani occupation forces in 1971 Liberation War and was awarded ‘Notable Freedom Fighter Award” in 1997. He received Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1984 and national award Ekushey Padak in 2013, for his contribution to Bangla language and literature.\nAzad was born on February 14, 1941, in the remote village of Guni in Tangail district, a central region of Bangladesh. He was the youngest of three children of Salimuddin Khan and Rabeya Khan. He earned his bachelor's and master's in Bengali literature from University of Dhaka in 1965 and 1967, respectively.\nAzad was widely regarded as one of the most prolific young poets in the post-Liberation War period. He had 45 books to his credit, including an autobiography. His first book of poetry, Ashombhober Paye, was published in 1973. Since then, he had experimented with language and poetic form, where surrealistic approach was conspicuous.\nHe described himself as a 'lover of humans, nature and romance'. He depicted love, romance, poverty, sufferings, injustice, urban and rural life through his poems.  Many of his love poems, including ‘He Doroja’ and ‘Bhalobashar Shonga’(Definition of Love), have been used and quoted many times in movies, TV dramas and other media in Bangladesh. He became widely famous when his controversial poem “Bhaat De Haramjada” was published in 1974. At the time the country was going through its worst famine. It was an angry poem about a starving man lashing out in impotent rage- “Bhat De Haramzada, Noile Manchitro Khabo” (“give me food, bastard! Or I will engulf your map, your geography!”). The indication was -if the newly independent country cannot even feed its own people, then what good is the liberation? The poet quickly became the center of a controversy. The Sheikh Mujib administration found the poem to be incendiary and an attack on the ruling party, while his readership hailed it as a rebellious and courageous outburst. In an attempt to settle the debate, Azad explained to the administration, by writing a long analysis of how his poem only reflected the great literary tradition of Bengal and the poem intended no animosity toward the government.","raw_bio":"Rafiq Azad (born Rafiqul Islam Khan; February 14, 1941 – March 12, 2016) was a Bangladeshi poet, editor and writer. He is credited with 45 collections of poetry including Prakriti O Premer Kabita, Asambhaber Paye, Sahasra Sundar, Haturir Nichae Jiban, Khub Beshi Durea Noy, Khamakaro Bahaman Hey Udar Amiyo Batas and others. He is most well known for his poem \"Bhaat De Haramjada\" (Give me food, bastard) which was written during the famine of 1974. The poet participated in the war against the Pakistani occupation forces in 1971 Liberation War and was awarded ‘Notable Freedom Fighter Award” in 1997. He received Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1984 and national award Ekushey Padak in 2013, for his contribution to Bangla language and literature. Azad was born on February 14, 1941, in the remote village of Guni in Tangail district, a central region of Bangladesh. He was the youngest of three children of Salimuddin Khan and Rabeya Khan. He earned his bachelor's and master's in Bengali literature from University of Dhaka in 1965 and 1967, respectively. Azad was widely regarded as one of the most prolific young poets in the post-Liberation War period. He had 45 books to his credit, including an autobiography. His first book of poetry, Ashombhober Paye, was published in 1973. Since then, he had experimented with language and poetic form, where surrealistic approach was conspicuous. He described himself as a 'lover of humans, nature and romance'. He depicted love, romance, poverty, sufferings, injustice, urban and rural life through his poems.  Many of his love poems, including ‘He Doroja’ and ‘Bhalobashar Shonga’(Definition of Love), have been used and quoted many times in movies, TV dramas and other media in Bangladesh. He became widely famous when his controversial poem “Bhaat De Haramjada” was published in 1974. At the time the country was going through its worst famine. It was an angry poem about a starving man lashing out in impotent rage- “Bhat De Haramzada, Noile Manchitro Khabo” (“give me food, bastard! Or I will engulf your map, your geography!”). The indication was -if the newly independent country cannot even feed its own people, then what good is the liberation? The poet quickly became the center of a controversy. The Sheikh Mujib administration found the poem to be incendiary and an attack on the ruling party, while his readership hailed it as a rebellious and courageous outburst. In an attempt to settle the debate, Azad explained to the administration, by writing a long analysis of how his poem only reflected the great literary tradition of Bengal and the poem intended no animosity toward the government.","slug":"rafiq-azad","DOB":"1941-02-14","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Dhaka, Bangladesh","url":"/sootradhar/rafiq-azad","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:18:22.121496","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":22},{"id":16541,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Rahat Khan ","bio":"\nRahat Khan (19 December 1940 – 28 August 2020) was a Bangladeshi journalist and litterateur. He wrote more than 32 novels. He won Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1973 and Ekushey Padak in 1996 by the Government of Bangladesh.\nKhan was born on 19 December 1940 in Kishoreganj. He wrote his first story as a student in class three. In his words, \"One day a kite pounced on a small tortoise before our eyes. The event shocked me very much and made me tearful. I don't know why but I wrote a story on it and thus my authorial life began.\" Khan completed a degree in economics and philosophy at Ananda Mohan College. He earned his MA from the Department of Bangla Language and Literature at the University of Dhaka in 1961. For the next eight years he taught Bangla at various colleges, including Jagannath College in Dhaka.\nIn 1969, Khan joined the Bangla-language daily newspaper The Daily Ittefaq as assistant editor. He would spend over four decades at the paper, eventually becoming its editor.","raw_bio":"Rahat Khan (19 December 1940 – 28 August 2020) was a Bangladeshi journalist and litterateur. He wrote more than 32 novels. He won Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1973 and Ekushey Padak in 1996 by the Government of Bangladesh. Khan was born on 19 December 1940 in Kishoreganj. He wrote his first story as a student in class three. In his words, \"One day a kite pounced on a small tortoise before our eyes. The event shocked me very much and made me tearful. I don't know why but I wrote a story on it and thus my authorial life began.\" Khan completed a degree in economics and philosophy at Ananda Mohan College. He earned his MA from the Department of Bangla Language and Literature at the University of Dhaka in 1961. For the next eight years he taught Bangla at various colleges, including Jagannath College in Dhaka. In 1969, Khan joined the Bangla-language daily newspaper The Daily Ittefaq as assistant editor. He would spend over four decades at the paper, eventually becoming its editor.","slug":"rahat-khan","DOB":"1940-12-18","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Dhaka, Bangladesh","url":"/sootradhar/rahat-khan","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:18:22.127915","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":22},{"id":16542,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Rashid Askari ","bio":"\n\nHarun-Ur-Rashid Askari (born 1 June 1965), known as Rashid Askari, is a Bengali-English writer, fictionist, columnist, translator, media personality, and an academic in Bangladesh. He was the 12th vice-chancellor of Islamic University, Bangladesh in Kushtia. Among post-1990s Bangladeshi writers, he is easily on par with the major ones who gained identical and impressive mastery over both Bangla and English.\nAskari was born in Askarpur, Mithapukur, Rangpur in erstwhile East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) in 1965 to M. A. Mannan, an English teacher and headmaster, and Setara Begum, a housewife. Rashid passed the secondary school and higher secondary certificate examinations in 1980 and 1982. He \"obtained Honours and Master's degrees in English from Dhaka University with distinction, and a PhD in Indian English Literature from the University of Poona\".","raw_bio":"Harun-Ur-Rashid Askari (born 1 June 1965), known as Rashid Askari, is a Bengali-English writer, fictionist, columnist, translator, media personality, and an academic in Bangladesh. He was the 12th vice-chancellor of Islamic University, Bangladesh in Kushtia. Among post-1990s Bangladeshi writers, he is easily on par with the major ones who gained identical and impressive mastery over both Bangla and English. Askari was born in Askarpur, Mithapukur, Rangpur in erstwhile East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) in 1965 to M. A. Mannan, an English teacher and headmaster, and Setara Begum, a housewife. Rashid passed the secondary school and higher secondary certificate examinations in 1980 and 1982. He \"obtained Honours and Master's degrees in English from Dhaka University with distinction, and a PhD in Indian English Literature from the University of Poona\".","slug":"rashid-askari","DOB":"1965-06-01","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Vice-Chancellor","url":"/sootradhar/rashid-askari","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:18:22.145882","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":22},{"id":16543,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Rashid Haider","bio":"Rashid Haider (15 July 1941 – 13 October 2020) was a Bangladeshi author and novelist. He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2014 and Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1984 by the Government of Bangladesh.  He was the author of more than 70 books throughout his career.\nHaider was born on 15 July 1941 at Dohapara village in Pabna in  the  then Bengal Presidency, British India. He graduated in Bangla from the University of Dhaka.\nHaider began journalism through the magazine Chitrali since 1961. He was a member of the Pakistan Writers' Guild in 1964. He was a member of Nagorik Natya Sampradaya, founded by his brother Zia Haider. Rashid wrote Toilo Shonkot, and acted in Baki Itihash, the first play by Nagorik.\nHaider was married to Anisa Akhter and they had two daughters. Hema& khama","raw_bio":"Rashid Haider (15 July 1941 – 13 October 2020) was a Bangladeshi author and novelist. He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2014 and Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1984 by the Government of Bangladesh.  He was the author of more than 70 books throughout his career. Haider was born on 15 July 1941 at Dohapara village in Pabna in  the  then Bengal Presidency, British India. He graduated in Bangla from the University of Dhaka. Haider began journalism through the magazine Chitrali since 1961. He was a member of the Pakistan Writers' Guild in 1964. He was a member of Nagorik Natya Sampradaya, founded by his brother Zia Haider. Rashid wrote Toilo Shonkot, and acted in Baki Itihash, the first play by Nagorik. Haider was married to Anisa Akhter and they had two daughters. Hema& khama","slug":"rashid-haider","DOB":"1941-07-15","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Dhaka, Bangladesh","url":"/sootradhar/rashid-haider","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:18:22.158016","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":22},{"id":16544,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Rashid Karim ","bio":"\nRashid Karim (14 August 1925 – 26 November 2011) was a Bangladeshi novelist.\nKarim completed his BA from Calcutta Islamia College. His family moved to Dhaka after the partition in 1947. He began writing at fourteen and published his first story in 1942. After a long break, Karim resumed writing in 1961, and his first novel, Uttam Purush, earned him the prestigious Adamjee Award. His fame peaked with the publication of his epic novel Amar Jato Glani in 1973, and he continued to write and publish regularly thereafter. Karim battled paralysis for nineteen years and died in Dhaka on 26 November 2011.\nKarim was born in Kolkata, West Bengal in 1925. He completed his BA from the Calcutta Islamia College (now Maulana Azad College), an affiliated college of the University of Calcutta. After the partition of the sub-continent in 1947, his family moved to Dhaka.","raw_bio":"Rashid Karim (14 August 1925 – 26 November 2011) was a Bangladeshi novelist. Karim completed his BA from Calcutta Islamia College. His family moved to Dhaka after the partition in 1947. He began writing at fourteen and published his first story in 1942. After a long break, Karim resumed writing in 1961, and his first novel, Uttam Purush, earned him the prestigious Adamjee Award. His fame peaked with the publication of his epic novel Amar Jato Glani in 1973, and he continued to write and publish regularly thereafter. Karim battled paralysis for nineteen years and died in Dhaka on 26 November 2011. Karim was born in Kolkata, West Bengal in 1925. He completed his BA from the Calcutta Islamia College (now Maulana Azad College), an affiliated college of the University of Calcutta. After the partition of the sub-continent in 1947, his family moved to Dhaka.","slug":"rashid-karim","DOB":"1925-08-14","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"British India","url":"/sootradhar/rashid-karim","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:18:22.173153","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":22},{"id":16545,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Rezauddin Stalin","bio":"Rezauddin Stalin (Bengali: রেজাউদ্দিন স্টালিন; born 22 November 1962) is a Bangladeshi poet and a television personality of Bangladesh.\nHe is deputy director of the Nazrul Institute.\nand 16 more to name.\n","raw_bio":"Rezauddin Stalin (Bengali: রেজাউদ্দিন স্টালিন; born 22 November 1962) is a Bangladeshi poet and a television personality of Bangladesh. He is deputy director of the Nazrul Institute. and 16 more to name. ","slug":"rezauddin-stalin","DOB":"1962-11-22","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Jessore","url":"/sootradhar/rezauddin-stalin","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:18:22.181409","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":22},{"id":16546,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/sootradhar_author/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Rizia Rahman","bio":"Rizia Rahman (28 December 1939 – 16 August 2019) was a Bangladeshi novelist. She had a number of novels and short stories to her credit. Her works cut across all genres. She was best known for the novel Bong Theke Bangla. She was the recipient of Bangla Academy Literary Award (1978). As of 2018, she had published more than 50 novels and short story collections during her long career.\r\nRizia Rahman was born on 28 December 1939 in Bhabanipur, Kolkata. Her family moved to Bangladesh, then known as East Bengal, after the 1947 Partition of India. She began writing stories at the age of 8 and was published for the first time when she was 12. Her stories and poems appeared in newspapers such as Satyajug and Sangbad. Rahman studied at the University of Dhaka and graduated with a Master of Social Sciences in Economics.\r\nRahman published her first collection of short stories, Agni Shakkora, while studying at the University of Dhaka. Her novel Bong Theke Bangla was published in 1978 to critical acclaim, exploring the evolution of Bangladesh's nationality and language. Her fourth novel, Rokter Okkhor, was inspired by an article called \"The Prostitutes of Dhaka\" which was published in Bichitra. She was unable to conduct research for the book by visiting brothels herself, relying instead on weekly reports from a male journalist to gain an understanding of a sex worker's living conditions. It created a huge stir in Bangladesh upon publication because of its frank depiction of prostitution in the country. In a 2016 translation of the book named Letters of Blood, Rahman said, \"I received a lot of praise for the book, but also had to endure an equal amount of abuse.\"","raw_bio":"Rizia Rahman (28 December 1939 – 16 August 2019) was a Bangladeshi novelist. She had a number of novels and short stories to her credit. Her works cut across all genres. She was best known for the novel Bong Theke Bangla. She was the recipient of Bangla Academy Literary Award (1978). As of 2018, she had published more than 50 novels and short story collections during her long career.\r Rizia Rahman was born on 28 December 1939 in Bhabanipur, Kolkata. Her family moved to Bangladesh, then known as East Bengal, after the 1947 Partition of India. She began writing stories at the age of 8 and was published for the first time when she was 12. Her stories and poems appeared in newspapers such as Satyajug and Sangbad. Rahman studied at the University of Dhaka and graduated with a Master of Social Sciences in Economics.\r Rahman published her first collection of short stories, Agni Shakkora, while studying at the University of Dhaka. Her novel Bong Theke Bangla was published in 1978 to critical acclaim, exploring the evolution of Bangladesh's nationality and language. Her fourth novel, Rokter Okkhor, was inspired by an article called \"The Prostitutes of Dhaka\" which was published in Bichitra. She was unable to conduct research for the book by visiting brothels herself, relying instead on weekly reports from a male journalist to gain an understanding of a sex worker's living conditions. It created a huge stir in Bangladesh upon publication because of its frank depiction of prostitution in the country. In a 2016 translation of the book named Letters of Blood, Rahman said, \"I received a lot of praise for the book, but also had to endure an equal amount of abuse.\"","slug":"rizia-rahman","DOB":"1939-12-28","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"British India","url":"/sootradhar/rizia-rahman","tags":"","created":"2023-12-27T18:54:37.488283","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":22}],"description":"<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 24px;\"> The Great Poets and Writers in Indian and World History! </p>","image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/sootradhar_description/black.jpg"}