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Dilara Hashem (Bengali: দিলারা হাশেম; 25 August 1935 – 19 March 2022) was a Bangladeshi author and novelist.[1][2] She was a recipient of the Bangla Academy Literary Award (1976).[3]
Dilara Hashem | |
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দিলারা হাশেম | |
| Born | 25 August 1935 Jessore, British Raj |
| Died | 19 March 2022 (aged 85) Maryland, US |
| Occupation(s) | Novelist and broadcaster |
| Awards | Bangla Academy Literary Award |
She had a dual career as an eminent author and international broadcaster. As a writer, she maintained a steady literary output for four decades, with many volumes of novels, memoirs, short stories, and poetry.
Her 1965 debut novel Ghor Mon Janala (Home, Heart, Window) was a major success. The book garnered critical and popular praise and became a feature film in Bangladesh (1983). It was further published in Russian in Moscow and Chinese in Beijing.
Hashem died in Maryland on 19 March 2022 at the age of 86.[4]
Works
editNovels
edit- Ghar Mon Janala (Houses, Hearts and Windows, 1965)
- Ekoda Ebong Ananto (Once and Ever, 1975)
- Stabdhatar Kane Kane (Whispering to Silence, 1977)
- Amlokir Mou (The Sweet from the Bitterest, 1978)
- Badami Bikeler Galpo (Stories of a Brown Afternoon, 1983);
- Kaktaleya (Coincident, 1985)
- Mural (1986)
- Shankho Korat (Horns of a Dilemma 1995)
- Anukta Padaboli (Unspoken Verses, 1998)
- Sador Andor (Outer and Inner Part, 1998)
- Setu (Bridge, 2000)
Awards
edit- Bangla Academy Literary Award (1976)[2]
- Shankhachil Sahitya Puraskar
- Uttar Chicago Shitya Puraskar (1997)
References
edit- ^ Heil, Alan L. (2003). Voice of America: A History. Columbia University Press. p. 297. ISBN 978-0-231-12675-5.
- ^ a b বরেণ্য: দিলারা হাশেম. Jugantor (in Bengali). 2 March 2020. Retrieved 2020-06-24.
- ^ না ফেরার দেশে চলে গেলেন দিলারা হাশেম. VOA (in Bengali). Retrieved 2022-03-19.
- ^ "Novelist Dilara Hashem passes away". The Business Standard. 2022-03-20. Retrieved 2022-03-20.
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