Bengali literature

Bengali literature
বাংলা সাহিত্য
Bengali literature; বাংলা সাহিত্য
Bengali literature
	By category ; Bengali language
Bengali language authors
	Chronological list – Alphabetic List
Bengali writers
	Writers – Novelists – Poets
Forms
	Novel – Poetry – Science Fiction
Institutions and awards
	Literary Institutions ; Literary Prizes
	Related Portals; Literature Portal ; India Portal ; Bangladesh Portal
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Bengali literature (Bengali: বাংলা সাহিত্য, romanized: Bangla Sahityô) denotes the body of writings in the Bengali language and which covers Old Bengali, Middle- Bengali and Modern Bengali with the changes through the passage of time and dynastic patronization or non-patronization.^[1] Bengali has developed over the course of roughly 1,300 years. If the emergence of the Bengali literature supposes to date back to roughly 650 AD, the development of Bengali literature claims to be 1600 years old. The earliest extant work in Bengali literature is the Charyapada, a collection of Buddhist mystic songs in Old Bengali dating back to the 10th and 11th centuries. The timeline of Bengali literature is divided into three periods: ancient (650–1200), medieval (1200–1800) and modern (after 1800). Medieval Bengali literature consists of various poetic genres, including Hindu religious scriptures (e.g. Mangalkavya), Islamic epics (e.g. works of Syed Sultan and Abdul Hakim), Vaishnava texts (e.g. biographies of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu), translations of Arabic, Persian and Sanskrit texts, and secular texts by Muslim poets (e.g. works of Alaol). Novels were introduced in the mid-19th century. Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore is the best known figure of Bengali literature to the world. Kazi Nazrul Islam, notable for his activism and anti-British literature, was described as the Rebel Poet and is now recognised as the National poet of Bangladesh.

^ Azad, Humayun (2016). Koto Nodi Sorobor Ba Bangla Vashar Jibonee (The History of Bangla Language) (in Bengali) (2nd ed.). Dhaka, Bangladesh: Agami Prokashoni. ISBN 9789840414215.

[1] Azad, Humayun (2016). Koto Nodi Sorobor Ba Bangla Vashar Jibonee (The History of Bangla Language) (in Bengali) (2nd ed.). Dhaka, Bangladesh: Agami Prokashoni. ISBN 9789840414215.

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Bengali literature বাংলা সাহিত্য

Bengali literature
By category Bengali language
Bengali language authors
Chronological list – Alphabetic List
Bengali writers
Writers – Novelists – Poets
Forms
Novel – Poetry – Science Fiction
Institutions and awards
Literary Institutions Literary Prizes
Related Portals Literature Portal India Portal Bangladesh Portal
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