List of Bengali-language authors (alphabetical)
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This article provides an alphabetical list of Bengali language authors. For a chronological list, see List of Bengali language authors.
(Awards & Prizes : N=Nobel, J=Jnanpith, S=Sahitya Akademi, R=Rabindra, B=Bankim, A=Ananda, BS=Bibhuti Sahitya Arghya, NC= National Award for children's literature, V=Vidyasagar, BA=Bangla Academy, Bh=Bhualka)
Bangladesh
A
- Abdullah Abu Sayeed (b.1939)
- Abdullah-Al-Muti (1930–1998)
- Abdul Gaffar Choudhury (b.1934)
- Abdul Mannan Syed (b. 1943) (BA 1981)
- Abdul Hakim (1620–1690)
- Abdul Kadir (1906–84)
- Abdul Karim Sahitya Bisharad (1869–1953)
- Abdur Rouf Choudhury (1929–1996)
- Abu Ishaque (1926–2003) (BA 1963)
- Abu Saleh (b. 1948) (BA 2002)
- Abu Rushd
- Abubakar Siddique (b. 1936)
- Abujafar Shamsuddin (1911–89)
- Abul Fazal[disambiguation needed]
- Abul Kashem (1920–1991)
- Abul Mansur Ahmed (1898–1979)
- Ahmed Sharif (1921–1999)
- Ahmed Sofa (1943–2001)
- Ahsan Habib (1917–1985)
- Ahsan Habib
- Akhteruzzaman Elias (1943–97) (BA 1983, A 1996)
- Akbar Hussain (1917–1980)
- Alaol (1606–1680)
- Alauddin Al-Azad (b. 1932) (BA 1964)
- Al Mahmud
- Ali Imam
- Anwar Pasha (1928–1971)
- Anisul Hoque (b. 1965)
- Aroj Ali Matubbar
- Asad Chowdhury
- A. T. M. Shamsuddin
B
- Bande Ali Mia (1906–82)
- Bashir Al Helal (b.1936)
- Begum Rokeya (1880–1932)
- Benojir Ahmed (1903–1983)
- Bařuā, Bipradās (b.1940) (BA 1991)
D
- Datta, Michael Madhusūdan (1824–73)
- Datta, Haripada (b. 1947)
- Daulat Qazi (1600–1638)
- Dewan Mohammad Azraf (1908–1999)
- Dilara Hashim (b. 1936)
E
- Eyakub Ali Chowdhury (1888–1940)
- Ekhlasuddin Ahmed (b.1940)
F
G
- Girish Chandra Sen (1835/36-1910)
- Gobindachandra Das (1885–1918)
- Golam Mostofa (1897–1964)
- Guṇ, Nirmalendu (BA 1982)
H
- Hasan Azizul Huq (b. 1939) (BA 1970)
- Hasan Khurshid Rumi (b.1959)
- Hasnat Abdul Hye (b.1939) (BA 1977)
- Humayun Ahmed (b. 1948) (BA 1981)
- Humayun Azad (1947–2004) (BA 1996)
I
- Imdadul Haq Milon (b. 1955) (BA 1992)
- Ismail Hossain Siraji (1880–1931)
- Ibrahim Khan
J
- Jagadish Gupta (1886–1957)
- Jahanara Imam (1929–1994)
- Jasimuddin
- Jatin Sarker (b.1936)
- Jibanananda Das (1899–1954) (S 1955)
K
- Kazi Abdul Odud (1894–1970)
- Kazi Nazrul Islam (1898–1976)
- Kaikobad (1857–1951)
- Khondakar Ashraf Hossain
L
- Lalon Shah (1774–1890)
M
- Mahbubul Alam (1898–1981)
- Mahbub Ul Alam Choudhury (b.1927)
- Mahmud Nurul Momen (b. 1961)
- Manju Sarkar (b.1953
- Mir Mosharraf Hossain
- Mohammad Barkatullah (1898–1974)
- Mohammad Lutfur Rahman (1889–1936)
- Mohammad Nurul Huda (b.1949) (BA 1988)
- Mohammad Rafiq
- Moinul Ahsan Saber (b.1958)
- Mokbula Manzoor (b.1938)
- Motaher Hussain Chowdhury (1903–1956)
- Muhammad Mohar Ali (1932–2007)
- M. R. Akhtar Mukul (1929–2004)
- Mufazzal Haider Chaudhury (1926–1971)
- Muhammad Habibur Rahman (b.1935)
- Muhammad Shahidullah (1885–1969)
- Muhammed Zafar Iqbal (b.1952)
- Munier Chowdhury (1925–1971)
- Muntasir Mamun
N
- Nurul Momen (Sobriquet:- Natyaguru) (1908–1990)
- Nasreen Jahan (b. 1964) (BA 2000)
- Nilima Ibrahim (1921–2002)
P
- Panna Kaiser (b.1947)
Q
- Qazi Anwar Hussain
- Qazi Imdadul Haq
- Qazi Mahbub Hussain
- Qazi Motahar Hossain (1897–1981)
- Qazi Nazrul Islam
R
- Rabeya Khatun (b.1935) (BA 1973)
- Rafiq Azad
- Rahat Khan (b.1940) (BA 1973)
- Rakib Hasan
- Rashid Haider
- Rashid Karim (b.1925) (BA 1972)
- Razia Khan (BA 1975)
- Rezauddin Stalin
- Rizia Rahman(b.1939) (BA 1978)
- Rudra Mohammad Shahidullah (1956–1992)
S
- Salimullah Khan
- Sardar Fazlul Karim
- Sarder Jayenuddin (1918–1986)
- Selim Al-Deen (1949–2008)
- Selina Hossain (b.1947) (BA 1980)
- Sezan Mahmud (b.1967)("NC 1988")
- Sen, Dinesh Chandra (1866–1939)
- Sen, Nabīn Chandra (1847–1909)
- Sen, Satyen (1907–81) (BA 1970)
- Shah Muhammad Sagir (?)
- Shahadat Hussain (1893–1953)
- Shahed Ali (b.1925)
- Shahid Akhand (b.1935)
- Shahidul Zahir (1953–2008)
- Shahidullah Kaiser (1926–1971) (BA 1962)
- Shahriyar Kabir
- Shamsuddin Abul Kalam (1926–97)
- Shamsunnahar Mahmud (1908–1964)
- Shamsur Rahman (BA 1969)
- Shawkat Ali (b. 1935) (BA 1968)
- Shawkat Hussain
- Shaukat Osman (1917–98) (BA 1962)
- Sheikh Fazlul Karim (1882–1936)
- Sirajul Islam Chowdhury
- Sufia Kamal (1911–99)
- Syed Ali Ahsan
- Syed Abul Maksud
- Syed Emdad Ali (1880–1956)
- Syed Manzoorul Islam
- Syed Mujtaba Ali (1904–74) (A 196)
- Syed Shamsul Haque (1934)
- Syed Sultan (1550–1648)
- Syed Waliullah (1922–71)
- Sumonto Aslam
T
- Tahmima Anam (b.1975)
- Taslima Nasrin (b.1962) (A 1992, A 2000)
Z
- Zahir Raihan (1935–1972)
West Bengal
A
- Abul Bashar (b.1951) (A 1988)
B
- Bāgchī, Jatīndra Mohan (1878–1948)
- Banaphul – nom-de-plume of Balāi Chānd Mukhopādhyāy
- Bandyopādhyāy, Atīn (b. 1934) (Bh 1993, B 1998, S 2001)
- Bandyopādhyāy, Bibhūti Bhūṣhaṇ (1894–1950) (R 1951 posthumous)
- Bandyopādhyāy, Mānik (1908–56)
- Bandyopādhyāy, Śhachīndranāth (b. 1920) ( B 1988, BS 1995)
- Bandyopādhyāy, Śharadindu (1899–1970) (R 1967)
- Bandyopādhyāy, Tārāśhańkar (1898–1971) (R 1955, S 1956, J 1966)
- Bařāl, Akṣhay Kumār (1860–1919)
- Basu, Bāṇī (b. 1939) (A)
- Basu, Buddhadeb (1908–74) (S 1967, R 1974)
- Basu, Manoj (1901–87) (S 1966)
- Basu, Pratibhā (1915–2006)
- Basu, Rāj Śhekhar (1880–1960) (R 1955, S 1958)
- Basu, Samareśh (1924–88) (S 1980, A)
- Basu, Sarasibala (1886–1929)
- Basu, Śhańkarī Prasād (S 1978)
- Bhāduřī, Satīnāth (1906–65) (R)
- Bhaṭṭāchārya, Bijan (1917–78)
- Bhaṭṭāchārya, Kṣhitīndra Nārāyaṇ (1909–90) (V)
- Bhaṭṭāchārya, Nabāruṇ (b. 1948) (S 1997, B)[1]
- Bhaṭṭāchārya, Sukānta (1926–47)
- Biśhī, Pramathanāth (1902–85) (R 1960, V 1982)[2]
C
- Chakrabartī, Amiya ( S 1963)
- Chakrabartī, Nīrendranāth (b. 1924) ( S 1974)
- Chakrabartī, Śhibrām (1902–80)
- Chaṭṭopādhyāy, Bańkim Chandra (1838–94)
- Chaṭṭopādhyāy, Mohit (b.1934)
- Chaṭṭopādhyāy, Sandīpan (S 2002)
- Chaṭṭopādhyāy, Sañjīb
- Chaṭṭopādhyāy, Śhakti (1933–95) (S 1983)
- Chaṭṭopādhyāy, Śharat Chandra (1876–1938)
- Chaudhurī, Nīrad Chandra (1897–1999) ( S-En 1975, A 1989,V 1997)
- Chaudhurī, Pramatha (1868–1946)
- Chaudhurī, Ramāpada (b. 1922) (R 1971, S 1988)
D
- Dāśgupta, Alok Rañjan (S 1992)[3]
- Dās, Kamal (S 1982)
- Dās, Dineśh (1913–85)
- Datta, Satyendranāth (1882–1922)
- Datta, Sudhīndranāth (1901–60)
- Datta, Utpal
- De, Biṣhṇu (1909–82) (S 1965, J 1971)
- Debnāth, Nārāyaṇ (b.1926)
- Deb-Sen, Nabanītā (b. 1938) (S 1999)
- Devī, Āśhāpūrṇā (1909–95) (R 1966, J 1976)
- Devī, Jyotirmayī (1894–1988) (R 1973)
- Devī, Mahāśhwetā (b. 1926) (S 1979, J 1996)
- Devī, Maitreyī (S 1976)
- Devī, Rādhārāṇī (1903–89) (R 1986)
- Devī, Swarṇakumārī (1855–1931)
- Dhar, Dhīrendra Lāl (1913–91) (V, Mouchak)
E
- Ekram Ali (b.1950– )
G
- Gańgopādhyāy, Nārāyaṇ (1918–70)
- Gańgopādhyāy, Śhyāmal (S 1993)
- Gańgopādhyāy, Sunīl (b. 1934) (B 1982, S 1985, BS 1994, A)
- Ghoṣh, Giriśh Chandra (1844–1912)
- Ghařāi, Anil (b.1957)
- Ghoṣh, Santoṣh Kumār (S 1972)
- Ghoṣh, Śhańkha (S 1977)
- Ghoṣh, Subodh (1909–80)
- Goswāmī, Jay (b. 1954) (S 2000)
- Guha, Buddhadeb (b. 1936) (BS 1995)
- Guha, Nareśh (S 1995)
- Gupta, Īśhwar Chandra
- Gupta, Jagadīśh
- Gupta, Nīhār Rañjan (1911–86)
K
- Kar, Bimal (b. 1921) (S 1975, A)
L
- Lāhiřī Chaudhurī, Dhṛitikānta (A 2007)
M
- Majumdār, Amiya Bhūṣhaṇ(1918–2001) (S 1986)
- Majumdār, Binay (1934–2006) (S 2005)
- Majumdār, Līlā (1908–2007) (R 1969, BS 1993, NC, V)
- Majumdār, Mohit Lāl
- Majumdār, Samareśh (b. 1944) (S 1984, A)
- Mallik, Kumud Rañjan (1883–1970)
- Mitra, Aruṇ (1909–2000) (R 1979, S 1987)
- Mitra, Bimal (1912–91) (R 1964)
- Mitra, Gajendra Kumār (1908–94) (S 1959, R 1964, BS 1989)
- Mitra, Narendranāth (1916–75)
- Mitra, Premendra (1904–88) (S 1957, R 1958)
- Mitra Majumdār, Dakṣhiṇā Rañjan (1877–1957)
- Mukhopādhyāy, Āśhutoṣh (1920–89)
- Mukhopādhyāy, Balāi Chānd (1899–1979) (R 1962)
- Mukhopādhyāy, Bibhūti Bhūṣhaṇ (1894–1987) (R 1972)
- Mukhopādhyāy, Maṇi Śhańkar
- Mukhopādhyāy, Prabhāt Kumār
- Mukhopādhyāy, Śhīrṣhendu (b. 1935) (V 1985, S 1998)
- Mukhopādhyāy, Subhāṣh (1919–2003) (S 1964, J 1991)
- Mukhopādhyāy, Trailokyanāth
N
- Nandī, Mati (S 1991)
- Nigamananda Saraswati Dev (1880–1935)
O
- Ojhā, Kṛittibās (1443-15??)
P
- Pālit, Dibyendu (b.1939) (A 1984, S 1998)
- Patrī, Pūrņendu (1931–97)(V)
R
- Rājguru, Śhaktipada (b.1922)
- Rāy, Annadā Śhańkar (1904–2002) (S 1962, V 1980)
- Rāy, Bhārat Chandra
- Rāy, Debeśh (S 1990)
- Rāy, Dwijendralāl (1863–1913)
- Rāy, Hemendra Kumār (1888–1963)
- Rāy, Kālidās (1889–1975)
- Rāy, Kāminī
- Samir Roychoudhury (1933)
- Malay Roy Choudhury (1939–)
- Rāy, Maṇīndra (b.1919) (S 1969)
- Rāy, Praphulla (b. 1934) (Bh, B, S 2003)
- Rāy, Sańkarṣhaṇ (b. 1928) (R)
- Rāy, Satyajit (1921–92)
- Rāy, Sukumār (1887–1923)
- Rāy, Tārāpada (b.1936) (BS 1996)
- Rāy Chaudhurī, Upendra Kiśhor (1863–1915)
S
- Sankar, pseudonym of Mani Shankar Mukherjee or Mukhopādhyāy, Maṇi Śhańkar, b. 1938
- Sānyāl, Nārāyan (1924–2005) (R 1969, B 2000)
- Sen, Sukumār (1900–92) (R, A, V)
- Sengupta, Achintya Kumār (1903–76) (R 1975)
- Sengupta, Jatīndranāth
- Sengupta, Śhachīn (1891–1961)
- Sheikh Wajed Ali
- Syed Kawsar Jamal (b.1950)
- Syed Mustafa Siraj (b. 1930) (S 1994)
T
- Ṭhākur, Abanīndranāth (1871–1951)
- Ṭhākur, Rabīndranāth (1861–1941) (N 1913)
V
- Vidyāsāgar, Īśhwar Chandra (1820–91)
- Vivekānanda, Swāmī (1863–1902)
- Vattacharja Chandan (1944– )