Literature Desk :
Poet Bande Ali Mia was born in Pabna. He passed the Entrance examination in 1923 from the Majumder Academy. He then studied painting at the Indian Art Academy in Kolkata in 1927. He worked as a journalist for the magazine Islam Darshan. He also taught at a Kolkata Corporation School during 1930-1950.
His first book, Char Jamai was published in 1927 by Kolkata Ashutosh Library. He authored a total of 84 books, most of which feature a rural setting. Another work, Mainamotir Char was published in 1931 by DM Library in Kolkata.
He was the editor of the periodicals Bikash and Bhorer Alo. Later he worked as a script-writer at Rajshahi Radio Station until his death in 1979.
Bande Ali Mia’s poems were included in the curriculum of school level, Secondary and Higher Secondary Bengali Literature in Bangladesh. In 1988, his admirers established the Kobi Bonde Ali High School.
His noteworthy works include the following:
Poetry: Mainamatir Char (1930), Anurag (1932), Padmanadir Char (1953), Madhumatir Char (1953), Dharitri (1975), Yaram (1981)
Novels : Basanta Jagrata Dvare (1931), Shes Lagna (1941), Aranya Godhuli (1949), Nidbhrasta (1958), Taser Ghar (1954)
Play: Masnad (1931)
Juvenile literature : Char Jamai (1927), Meghkumari (1932), Bagher Ghare Ghoger Basa (1932), Sonar Harin (1939), Shiyal Panditer Pathshala (1956), Kunchbaran Kanya (1961), Sat Rajyer Galpa (1977), Kamal Ataturk (1937), Sharat Chandra and Chhotoder Nazrul (1958). n
Awards: Bangla Academy Award (1962), President’s Award (1965), Uttara Sahitya Majlis Padak (1977), Ekushey Padak (1988)
Poet Bande Ali Mia was born in Pabna. He passed the Entrance examination in 1923 from the Majumder Academy. He then studied painting at the Indian Art Academy in Kolkata in 1927. He worked as a journalist for the magazine Islam Darshan. He also taught at a Kolkata Corporation School during 1930-1950.
His first book, Char Jamai was published in 1927 by Kolkata Ashutosh Library. He authored a total of 84 books, most of which feature a rural setting. Another work, Mainamotir Char was published in 1931 by DM Library in Kolkata.
He was the editor of the periodicals Bikash and Bhorer Alo. Later he worked as a script-writer at Rajshahi Radio Station until his death in 1979.
Bande Ali Mia’s poems were included in the curriculum of school level, Secondary and Higher Secondary Bengali Literature in Bangladesh. In 1988, his admirers established the Kobi Bonde Ali High School.
His noteworthy works include the following:
Poetry: Mainamatir Char (1930), Anurag (1932), Padmanadir Char (1953), Madhumatir Char (1953), Dharitri (1975), Yaram (1981)
Novels : Basanta Jagrata Dvare (1931), Shes Lagna (1941), Aranya Godhuli (1949), Nidbhrasta (1958), Taser Ghar (1954)
Play: Masnad (1931)
Juvenile literature : Char Jamai (1927), Meghkumari (1932), Bagher Ghare Ghoger Basa (1932), Sonar Harin (1939), Shiyal Panditer Pathshala (1956), Kunchbaran Kanya (1961), Sat Rajyer Galpa (1977), Kamal Ataturk (1937), Sharat Chandra and Chhotoder Nazrul (1958). n
Awards: Bangla Academy Award (1962), President’s Award (1965), Uttara Sahitya Majlis Padak (1977), Ekushey Padak (1988)
