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Dilara Hashem
দিলারা হাশেম
Born(1935-08-25)25 August 1935
Jessore, British Raj
Died19 March 2022(2022-03-19) (aged 85)
Maryland, USA
Occupation(s)Novelist and Broadcaster
AwardsBangla Academy Literary Award

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).

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 1966 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.

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Hashem died in Maryland on 19 March 2022 at the age of 86.[4]

Works

Novels

  • 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

References

  1. ^ Heil, Alan L., Jr. (2006) Voice of America: A History, Columbia University Press, ISBN 978-0231126755, p. 297
  2. ^ a b "বরেণ্য: দিলারা হাশেম". Jugantor. Retrieved 2020-06-24.
  3. ^ "না ফেরার দেশে চলে গেলেন দিলারা হাশেম". ভিওএ (in Bengali). Retrieved 2022-03-19.
  4. ^ "Novelist Dilara Hashem passes away". The Business Standard. 2022-03-20. Retrieved 2022-03-20.


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