Ancient Age

Charyapada

• Main Article : Charyapada

Charyapada is the oldest known Bengali written form. It is actually poems. It was written on 9th century and Harprashad Sastri discovered in the Nepal Royal Court Library in 1907.Its a palm leaf manuscript. Charyapada language is referred to as Alo-Andhari (light and shadow means twilight language). The manuscript has 47 verses, written by different 23 poets, probably lived between the 9th and 11th centuries AD. And came from the various regions of Bengal, Orissa, Assam and Bihar. Some poets were Sarhapa, shabar pa, Luipa, Dombipa, Bhusukupa, kahnapa, Kukkuripa, Minapa, Aryadev, Dhendhanpa. Charyapada is the oldest known Bengali written form. ... Bangla redirects here. ... As a means of recording the passage of time the 9th century was the century that lasted from 801 to 900. ... Events A part of Rome burns, and emperor Commodus orders the city to be rebuilt under the name Colonia Commodiana First year of Chuping era of Chinese Han Dynasty Births 190 is a number Deaths Athenagoras of Athens, Christian apologist Categories: 190 ... Charyapada is the oldest known Bengali written form. ... For other uses, see Bengal (disambiguation). ... , Orissa   (Oriya: ଓଡ଼ିଶା), is a state situated on the east coast of India. ... , Assam (  ) (Assamese: অসম Ôxôm) is a north eastern state of India with its capital at Dispur, a suburb of the city Guwahati. ... For other uses, see Bihar (disambiguation). ...

Middle Age

Early Vaishnab Literature

• Shreekrishna Kirtan
• Main Article : Shreekrishna Kirtana

Shreekrishna Kirtana Kabya was composed by Boru Chandidas. When Charyapada shows us the most ancient example of Bengali language, Shreekrishna Kirtana depicts a new kind of speech style very clearly. According to Suniti Kumar Chatterjee, “The Grammer of the speech of the Shreekrishna Kirtana gives a clue to many of the forms of New Bengali” Shreekrishna Kirtana Kabya was composed by Boru Chandidas. ... The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ... Charyapada is the oldest known Bengali written form. ... Bangla redirects here. ... Chatterji, Suniti Kumar (1890-1977) linguist, educationist, litterateur, was born on 26 October 1890 at Shivpur in Howrah, son of Haridas Chattopadhyay. ...

• Padavali of Vidyapati
• Padavali of Chandidas

Vidyapati (1352? – 1448?) was born in the village of Bisapi, Madhubani district, Bihar state, India. ... Chandidas (Bangla: চন্ডীদাস) (born 1408 CE) refers to (possibly more than one) medieval poet of Bengal. ...

Early Translation from Sanskrit

• Sri Ram Panchali of Krittibas Ojha
• Sri Krishna Vijay of Maladhar Basu

Krittibas Ojha (Bangla: কৄত্তিবাস ওঝা) is a medieval Bengali poet. ...

Mangalkavya

Main article Mangalkavya
Mangalkavyas represent Bengali literature during the middle ages in Bengal. Mangalkavya (Bengali: মঙ্গলকাব্য lit. ...

Biography of Sri Chaitanya

• Chaitanya Bhagabat of Vrindavan Dasa
• Chaitanya Mangal of Jayananda
• Chaitanya Mangal of Lochan Dasa
• Chaitanya Charitamrita of Krishnadasa Kabiraj
• Main Article : Chaitanya Charitamrita

The Chaitanya Charitamrita is the magnum-opus of the Bengali saint/author Krishna Dasa Kaviraja (1496-? CE). The book, a hybrid Bengali and Sanskrit biography, documents the life and precepts of the Vaishnava saint Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (1486 – 1533), who is considered by his followers to be an incarnation of Radha and Krishna combined. Chaitanya is a pivotal figure of the Hindu sect Gaudiya Vaishnavism. The Chaitanya Charitamrita is the biography written by Sri Krishnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, a pivotal figure of the Hindu sect Gaudiya Vaishnavism. ... The Chaitanya Charitamrita is the biography written by Sri Krishnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, a pivotal figure of the Hindu sect Gaudiya Vaishnavism. ... For other uses, see Bengal (disambiguation). ... Sri Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami, a Gaudiya Vaishnava acharya, was born in a Nadiya family of physicians at the village of Jhamatpur, within the district of Barddhaman, near Naihati, in 1496 CE. His father was Sri Bhagiratha, and his mother was Sri Sunanda. ... Bangla redirects here. ... Sanskrit ( , for short ) is a classical language of India, a liturgical language of Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, and Jainism, and one of the 23 official languages of India. ... Vaishnavism is the branch of Hinduism in which Vishnu or one of his avatars (i. ... Caitanya Mahaprabhu (1486-1534) Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (also transliterated Caitanya, IAST ) (Bengali ) (1486 - 1534), was an ascetic Vaishnava monk and social reformer in 16th century Bengal[1], (present-day West Bengal and Bangladesh) and Orissa in India[2]. Chaitanya was a notable proponent for the Vaishnava school of Bhakti yoga (meaning... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article is about the Hindu deity. ... This article discusses the adherents of Hinduism. ... Gaudiya Vaishnavism, (Bengal) Vaishnavism, is a sect of Hinduism founded by Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. ...

As a religious text, the Chaitanya Charitamrita is the main theological resource for Gaudiya Vaishnava Theology and is divided into three sections, Adi-lila, Madhya-lila and Antya-lila.

Later Vaishnab Literature

• Padavali of Balaram Dasa
• Padavali of Jnandasa
• Padavali of Govinda Dasa Kabiraj

Later Mangal Kabya

• Dharmamangal Kabya

Translation of Mahabharata

• Kabindra Parameswara
• Srikar Nandi
• Kashiram Das

Muslim Poets of 17th Century

• Doulat Qaji
• Alaol

Alaol is arguably the greatest of the medieval poets of Bengal. ...

Works of Raigunakar Bharatchandra

• Annada Mangal
• Bidya Sundar

Shakta Padavali

• Ramprasad Sen
• Kamalakanta Bhattacharya

Ramprasad Sen (Bangla: রামপ্রসাদ সেন) (1720-1781) was a Bengali song-writer and singer of Hindu devotional songs, specially Shyamasangit (Songs devoted to the goddess Kali). ...

Baul Gaan

• Lalon Fakir

This article or section should be merged with Lalon Lalon Fokir was born in 1774 in an obscure village in the district of Kushtia in greater Bengal (now in located in the nation of Bangladesh). ...

Early Modern Age

Essay

• Srirampur Mission
• Fort William College
• Ram Mohun Roy
• Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
• Rajnarayan Basu
• Akshay Kumar Datta
• Peary Chand Mitra
• Kaliprasanna Sinha
• Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
• Rabindranath Tagore

Fort William College was an academy and learning center of oriental studies, set up by then British India Governor General Lord Wellesley. ... Indian reformer Ram Mohan Roy died in Bristol, England, where this statue of him stands. ... Indian postal stamp on Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (Bangla: ঈশ্বর চন্দ্র বিদ্যাসাগর) (1820-1891) (born Ishwar Chandra Bandopadhyay) was a Bengali polymath. ... Rajnarayan Basu (Bengali: রাজনারায়ণ বসু) (1826-1899) was a writer and intellectual of the Bengal Renaissance. ... Akshay Kumar Datta (also spelt Akshay Kumar Dutta) (15 July 1820 - 18 May 1886) was born in Chupi in Bardhaman. ... Peary Chand Mitra (1814-1883), a member of Derozio’s renowned Young Bengal group, author and journalist, played a leading role in the Bengal renaissance with the introduction of simple Bengali prose which everybody could understand. ... Kaliprasanna Singha is remembered for his two immortal contributions to Bengali literature viz. ... Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (Chattopadhyay in the original Bengali; Chatterjee as spelt by the British) was an Indian poet and author, most famous as the composer of Vande Mataram. ... (Bengali: , IPA: ) (7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941), also known by the sobriquet Gurudev, was a Bengali poet, Brahmo Samaj philosopher, visual artist, playwright, novelist, and composer whose works reshaped Bengali literature and music in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. ...

Poetry

• Ishwar Chandra Gupta
• Rangalal Banerjee
• Michael Madhusudan Dutt
• Hemchandra Banerjee
• Nabin Chandra Sen
• Biharilal Chakravarti
• Rabindranath Tagore
• Kazi Nazrul Islam
• Satyendranath Dutta
• Mohitlal Majumdar
• Jatindranath Sengupta

Ishwar Chandra Gupta (Bengali: ) (March, 1812-January 23, 1859), was a Bengali poet and writer. ... Michael Madhusudan Dutt (Datta), (Bengali: ) (1824-1873), born Madhusudan Dutt, is a famous 19th century Bengali poet and dramatist. ... (Bengali: , IPA: ) (7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941), also known by the sobriquet Gurudev, was a Bengali poet, Brahmo Samaj philosopher, visual artist, playwright, novelist, and composer whose works reshaped Bengali literature and music in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. ... Nazrul playing a flute, Chittagong, 1926 Kazi Nazrul Islam (Bangla: কাজী নজরুল ইসলাম) (b. ... Satyendranath Dutta (also spelt as Satyendranath Datta or Satyendra Nath Dutta) (Bengali: ) (1882-1922), a Bengali poet, is considered the magician of rhymes (or chhonder jadukar in Bengali). ... Jatindranath Sengupta(1887-1954), was a Bengali poet and writer. ...

Drama

• Michael Madhusudan Dutt
• Dinabandhu Mitra
• Girish Chandra Ghosh
• Rabindranath Tagore
• Dwijendralal Roy
• Bijon Bhattacharya

Michael Madhusudan Dutt (Datta), (Bengali: ) (1824-1873), born Madhusudan Dutt, is a famous 19th century Bengali poet and dramatist. ... Dinabandhu Mitra (Bengali: ) (1830-1873) the Bengali dramatist, was born in 1830 at Chouberia in Nadia, and was the son of Kalachand Mitra. ... Girish Chandra Ghosh (1844-8 February 1912) was a famous Bengali musician, poet, playwright, novelist, and actor. ... (Bengali: , IPA: ) (7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941), also known by the sobriquet Gurudev, was a Bengali poet, Brahmo Samaj philosopher, visual artist, playwright, novelist, and composer whose works reshaped Bengali literature and music in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. ... Bijon Bhattacharya in Nabanna Bijon Bhattacharya (1917-78) was a prominent theatre and film personality from Bengal. ...

Novel/ Short Story

• Peary Chand Mitra
• Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
• Rabindranath Tagore
• Saratchandra Chatterjee
• Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay
• Tarashankar Bandopadhyaya
• Manik Bandopadhyay
• Kamal Kumar Majumdar

Peary Chand Mitra (1814-1883), a member of Derozio’s renowned Young Bengal group, author and journalist, played a leading role in the Bengal renaissance with the introduction of simple Bengali prose which everybody could understand. ... Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (Chattopadhyay in the original Bengali; Chatterjee as spelt by the British) was an Indian poet and author, most famous as the composer of Vande Mataram. ... (Bengali: , IPA: ) (7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941), also known by the sobriquet Gurudev, was a Bengali poet, Brahmo Samaj philosopher, visual artist, playwright, novelist, and composer whose works reshaped Bengali literature and music in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. ... Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay (Bangla: শরত্চন্দ্র চট্টোপাধ্যায় Shôrotchôndro Chôţţopaddhae), also known as Sharat Chandra Chatterjee (15 September 1876 - 16 January 1938) was a popular Bengali novelist of early 20th century India. ... Bibhutibhushan Bandhopadhyay Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay (Bengali: Bibhutibhushon Bôndopaddhae; last name also rendered as Banerjee or Banerji) was a Bengali novelist and writer. ... Tarashankar Bandopadhyaya, one of the three great Bandopadhyaya of post-Tagore era of Bengali literature was born in 1898. ... Manik Bandopadhay (Bangla: মানিক বন্দোপাধ্যায়) (1908-1956) is one of the most influential novelists in Bangla literature. ...

Modern Age

Essay

• Budhhadeb Basu
• Sudhindranath Dutta
• P. Lal
• Annadashankar Roy
• Nirad C. Chaudhuri
• Abdur Rouf Choudhury

Sudhindranath Dutta (Bangla: সুধীন্দ্রনাথ দত্ত) (1901-1960) was a Bengali Indian post-modern poet, essayist, journalist and critic. ... Purusottama Lal, born 1929 in the state of Punjab in India, is a poet, essayist, translator, professor and publisher. ... Annadashankar Roy (1904), was a renowned Bengali author. ... Nirad C. Chaudhuri (Bangla: নীরদ চন্দ্র চৌধুরী Nirod Chôndro Choudhuri) (23 November 1897 – 1 August 1999) was a Bengali Indian writer and a commentator on culture. ... Abdur Rouf Choudhury Abdur Rouf Choudhury (1929-1996) was a Bengali writer Choudhury was born on 1st March, 1929, in Habiganj District, Bangladesh (then part of Assam) where his father Azhar Choudhury, a land owner, and his mother Nazmun Nesa Choudhury, a house wife resided. ...

Poetry

• Jibananada Das
• Budhhadeb Basu
• Bishnu Dey
• Sudhindranath Dutta
• Sukanta Bhattacharya
• Biswadeb Mukhopadhyay
• Amiya Chakravarty
• Manindra Gupta
• Arun Mitra
• Premendra Mitra
• Subhas Mukhopadhyay
• Nirendranath Chakravarty
• Sunil Gangopadhyay
• Shankha Ghosh
• Shakti Chattopadhyay
• Utpal Kumar Basu
• Binoy Majumdar
• Debarati Mitra
• Ranajit Dash
• Krishna Basu
• Subroto Sarkar
• Joy Goswami
• Amitabha Gupta
• Subodh Sarkar
• Sanjukta Bandopadhyay
• Mallika Sengupta
• Joydev Basu
• Bhaskar Chakraborty

• chitra lahiri

This is the most widely known portrait of Jibanananda Das. ... Bishnu Dey (18 July 1909—3 December 1982) was a prominent Bengali poet, prose writer, movie critique in the era of modernism, post-modernism. ... Sudhindranath Dutta (Bangla: সুধীন্দ্রনাথ দত্ত) (1901-1960) was a Bengali Indian post-modern poet, essayist, journalist and critic. ... Sukanta Bhattacharya (1926) was one of the most honored poets of Bangla literature. ... Arun Mitra was born in November of 1909 in Jashore, now in Bangladesh. ... Premendra Mitra (1904), a renowned Bengali poet, novelist, later, a thriller and science fiction writer. ... Subhas Mukhopadhyay (Bangla: সুভাষ মুখোপাধ্যায় Shubhash Mukhopaddhae) (February 12, 1919 - July 8, 2003) was one of the foremost Bengali poets of the 20th century. ... Nirendranath Chakravarty(1924) is a popular contemporary Bengali Poet. ... Sunil Gangopadhyay was born on September 7, 1934 at Faridpur in what is now Bangladesh. ... Shankha Ghosh (Bangla: শঙ্খ ঘোষ) (1932-) is an Bengali Indian poet and critic. ... Shakti Chattopadhay (Bangla: শক্তি চট্যোপাধ্যায়) (25 november 1934) was a Bengali poet. ... Binoy Majumdar (born 1933, Calcutta, India), a brilliant and controversial Bengali poet of the mid-twentieth century, is noted for his somewhat offbeat poetic ouevre. ... Joy Goswami (Bengali: ) (born 1954) is an Indian poet. ... Subodh Sarkar, [সুবোধ সরকার] a major Bengali poet, writer and editor of India, and a Reader in English literature at City College, Kolkata, was born in 1958 at Krishnanagar. ... Mallika Sengupta [মল্লিকা সেনগুপ্ত] is an important Bengali poet and writer of contemporary India. ...

Drama

• Utpal Dutt
• Shambhu Mitra
• Manoj Mitra
• Mohit Chattopadhyay
• Debashis Majumdar
• Shnaoli Mitra

To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Mohit Chattopadhyaya (also spelled Mohit Chattopadhyay) is a famous Bengali Indian Playwright, screenplay writer, dramatist & poet. ...

Novel / Short Story

• Atin Bandopadhyay
• Sharadindu Bandopadhyay
• Abul Bashar
• Bani Basu
• Samaresh Basu
• Jagdish Chandra Bose
• Harsha Dutta
• Hemlal Dutta
• Nabarun Bhattacharya
• Sanjib Chattopadhyay
• Abdur Rouf Choudhury
• Ashapoorna Devi
• Mahasweta Devi
• Nabaneeta Dev Sen
• Bimal Kar
• Sunil Gangopadhyay
• Budhhadeb Guha
• Manindra Gupta
• Bhumendra Guha
• Amiya Bhushan Majumdar
• Kamal Kumar Majumdar
• Samaresh Majumdar
• Amar Mitra
• Bimal Mitra
• Premendra Mitra
• Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay
• Satyajit Ray
• Debesh Roy
• Jagadananda Roy
• Kabita Sinha
• Shankar
• Mallika Sengupta

Abul Bashar (Bengali: ) is a Bengali writer from the state of West Bengal in India. ... Bani Basu (b. ... Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose (Bengali: জগদীশ চন্দ্র বসু Jôgdish Chôndro Boshu) (November 30, 1858 – November 23, 1937) was a Bengali physicist from undivided India, who pioneered the investigation of radio and microwave optics. ... Abdur Rouf Choudhury Abdur Rouf Choudhury (1929-1996) was a Bengali writer Choudhury was born on 1st March, 1929, in Habiganj District, Bangladesh (then part of Assam) where his father Azhar Choudhury, a land owner, and his mother Nazmun Nesa Choudhury, a house wife resided. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Mahasweta Devi (born 1926 in Dacca now known as Bangladesh) is an Indian writer. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Sunil Gangopadhyay was born on September 7, 1934 at Faridpur in what is now Bangladesh. ... Famous Bengali writer. ... Bimal Mitra was a very prominent Bengali writer who wrote several novels. ... Premendra Mitra (1904), a renowned Bengali poet, novelist, later, a thriller and science fiction writer. ... Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay (Bengali: ) (born 2 November 1935) is a famous writer in Bengali language. ... Satyajit Ray (Bengali:  ) (May 2, 1921–April 23, 1992) was a Bengali Indian filmmaker and polymath. ... Jagadananda Roy was an eminent Bengali science fiction writer in the 19th century. ... Shankar is a common name in India. ... Mallika Sengupta [মল্লিকা সেনগুপ্ত] is an important Bengali poet and writer of contemporary India. ...

Periodicals

• Digdarshan
• Kabita Pratimase
• Samachar Darpan
• Kaurab
• Bangal Gegeti
• Bhashanagar
• Bhasabandhan
• Brahman Sebadhi
• Ratrir Chorus
• Sangbad Koumudi
• Parikatha
• Samachar Chandrika
• Tatvabodhini Patrika
• Bibidhartha Sangraha
• Sangbad Prabhakar
• Bangadarshan
• Masik Patrika
• Somprakash
• Bharati
• Bangabasi
• Hitbadi
• Sadhana
• Sahitya
• Sanjibani
• Shanibarer Chithi
• Prabasi
• Sabujpatra
• Desh
• Kallol
• Kabita
• Krittibas
• Kabisammelan

Sangbad Prabhakar was a very infuential weekly newspaper in 19th century Bengal. ... In Hinduism, Bharati (Sanskrit: भारती) is a goddess of knowledge and education. ... A Sadhana is a ritualistic meditation practice from Hindu and Buddhist spiritual traditions which is followed in order to achieve a form of spiritual purification or enlightenment. ... Kallol refers to one of the most influential literary movements in Bangla literature, which can be approximately placed between 1925-1935. ... Kabita is a Bengali language film starring Kamal Haasan in the lead role of the protagonist. ... Cover of 50 Years of Krittibas: An Anthology, which appeared in 2003 Krittibas is a Bengali poetry magazine that first appeared in Kolkata in 1953. ...

Modern Bangladeshi Literature

• Shamsur Rahman
• Sufia Kamal
• Hasan Azizul Huq
• Akhtaruzzaman Ilias
• Humayun Azad
• Abdur Rouf Choudhury
• Humayun Ahmed
• Imdadul Haque Milon
• Mohammed Zafar Iqbal

Shamsur Rahman (Bangla: শামসুর রাহমান) is a Bangladeshi poet. ... Picture taken by Mufti Munir, Adhunica. ... Hasan Azizul Huq is a Bangladeshi writer, notable for his short stories. ... Akhtaruzzaman Elias (Bangla: আখতারুজ্জামান ইলিয়াস) was a notable Bangladeshi author. ... Humayun Azad (Bangla: হুমায়ুন আজাদ) (Rari Khal, Bangladesh, 28 April 1947 - Munich, Germany, 11 August 2004) was a prolific Bangladeshi author and scholar. ... Abdur Rouf Choudhury Abdur Rouf Choudhury (1929-1996) was a Bengali writer Choudhury was born on 1st March, 1929, in Habiganj District, Bangladesh (then part of Assam) where his father Azhar Choudhury, a land owner, and his mother Nazmun Nesa Choudhury, a house wife resided. ... Humayun Ahmed Humayun Ahmed (Bangla: হুমায়ূন আহেমদ) (born 1948) is the most famous contemporary Bengali fictionist and playwright who has been writing for over thirty five years. ...

Younger Generation

Poetry

• Sibasish Mukhopadhyay
• Mandakranta Sen
• Subhro Bandyopadhyay
• Srijato
• Rudrasankar
• Binayak Bandyopadhyay
• Sanjam Pal
• Rahul Purakayastha
• paramita munsi
• Masuduzzaman
• Bijoy Singha

Sibasish Mukhopadhyay (born 17 October 1963 in Hooghly, West Bengal, India), is a noted poet of the Bengali. ... Shrijato (born 21 December 1975 in Kolkata), is a popular poet of the Bengali younger generation. ...

Drama

• Bratya Basu

Novel

• Tilottama Majumdar
• Sanjam Pal

Short Story

• Nabakumar Basu