Nobel Literature Prize winner Mario Vargas Llosa dies in Peru
Peruvian writer and Nobel literature laureate Mario Vargas Llosa died on Sunday at the age of 89, his family announced, ending the era of Latin America鈥檚 literary golden generation...
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DISCOURSES OF NATIONAL LITERATURE: Exclusion of indigenous people鈥檚 literature
THE fifteenth amendment of the Bangladesh Constitution mentions, 鈥楾he state shall take steps to protect and develop the unique local culture and tradition of the tribes, minor races, ethnic sects, and communities鈥�. The suffix 鈥榓divasi (indigenous peoples)鈥� is not in the constitution. The 鈥楽mall Ethnic Groups Cultural Institutions Act, 2010 broadly defines the term...
Akhtaruzzaman Elias鈥檚 birth anniv today
Today is the 82nd anniversary of birth of eminent novelist, short story writer Akhtaruzzaman Elias, who is often considered as one of the finest writers in modern Bangla literature...
Bangla Academy Literary Award-2024 announced
The winners of the Bangla Academy Literary Award 2024 were announced on Thursday...
Manik Bandopadhyay鈥檚 death anniv today
Today is the 68th anniversary of death of novelist, short story writer Manik Bandopadhyay, who is often considered as one of the finest writers in modern Bangla literature...
DU Persian dept holds orientation, farewell programme
The Department of Persian Language and Literature of the University of Dhaka held an orientation and farewell programme of the new and outgoing students of the department at the Teacher-Student Centre auditorium of the university on Wednesday...
Hasan Azizul Haque a prolific writer on 1947 partition: discussion
Writers and poets said on Monday that Hasan Azizul Haque wrote a lot on the 1947 partition of India which writings were successful aesthetically in Bangla literature, especially his short-stories...
Abdul Karim Sahitya Bisharad birth anniv today
The 153rd anniversary of the birth of writer and collector of medieval Bangla literature, Abdul Karim Sahitya Bisharad, will be observed today...
Han Kang bags Nobel in literature as first South Korean
Author Han Kang on Thursday became the first South Korean to win the Nobel Prize in Literature for work characterised by the correspondence between mental and physical torment...
Syed Mujtaba Ali birth anniv today
Today is 120th anniversary of the birth of one of the prominent writers in Bangla literature Syed Mujtaba Ali...
Ironies of the Hasina regime
AN IRONY points to the gap between what is said and what is implied, or what is expected and what happens in reality. It is a rhetorical technique that is widely used in literature. It creates dramatic effects by presenting contrasts or opposites. What is called dramatic irony is often used in tragedy to illustrate a character鈥檚 ignorance of happenings on one hand and tragic consequences on the other...
Slow train is coming, but still a silhouette
BOB Dylan, one of the greatest singer-song writers of all times, who won Nobel prize for literature in 2016, wrote and sang a song in 1979 which goes:...
Albanian novelist Ismail Kadare dies
Acclaimed Albanian novelist Ismail Kadare -- an eternal bridesmaid for a Nobel literature prize -- died of a heart attack on Monday, his editor and a Tirana hospital told AFP....
Kazi Nazrul Islam: voice of commoners
KAZI Nazrul Islam, one of the eminent poets of the Bangla literature, composed poems and songs mostly. The number of his poems would go beyond 500 and the songs 2,500. He also wrote three novels and at least three collections of stories. Some essays were part of his literal pursuit, too. However, his poems and songs are valued as gems of the Bangla literature...
Two-day Hasan Azizul Haque literature fair begins in Rajshahi
A two-day Hasan Azizul Haque literature fair began in Rajshahi on Friday...
Four bag Kali o Kalam lit award
Four young writers and researchers received Kali o Kalam Tarun Kabi o Lekhak Puraskar 2023 at an awards ceremony held at the Bengal Shilpalay at Dhanmondi in the capital on Saturday....