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Prothom Protishruti is the most acclaimed work of Ashapurna Devi, [3] and is considered to be one of the foremost novels in Bengali literature. [4] It was selected for Rabindra Puraskar for 1965 and Jnanpith Award for 1976. [5] [6] Critic Mukul Guha praised the novel for its 'realistic dialogue' and 'charming narration'. [4]
Gitanjali ( Bengali: গীতাঞ্জলি, lit. ''Song offering'') is a collection of poems by the Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore. Tagore received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913, for its English translation, Song Offerings, making him the first non-European and the first Asian & the only Indian to receive this honour.
Barnaparichay is a Bengali primer written by 19th century Indian social reformer Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar. It was first published in 1855. This is considered as "The Most Influential Primer of Bengal". The primer had two parts. This reflected Vidayasagar's knowledge, expertise and background as a Sanskrit scholar. The success of the first part of the primer inspired Vidyasagar to work on the ...
Khandana Bhava–Bandhana, [a] Sri Ramakrishna Aratrikam, [1] or Sri Ramakrishna Arati [2] ("Breaker of this world’s chain"), [3] is a Bengali song composed by Hindu monk Swami Vivekananda. [4] [5] The song, dedicated to the 19th-century saint Ramakrishna, [6] was composed in 1898. [7] [8] Khandana Bhava-Bandhana is a prayer song based on ...
Na Hanyate ( transl. It Doesn't Die) is a novel written in 1974 in Bengali by Maitreyi Devi, an Indian poet and novelist who was the protégée of the great Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore. [1] [2] The writer received Sahitya Akademi Award for this novel in 1976. [3] She wrote the novel in response to Romanian philosopher Mircea Eliade 's book ...
Sahaj Path ( Bengali: সহজ পাঠ) is a Bengali language learning book, written by Rabindranath Tagore. [1] In two of its edition this book describes the basics of Bengali language and literature. The first edition (প্রথম ভাগ) has the preliminary ideas of Bengali alphabet, their structures, pronunciation; while the ...
The Bengali language evolved as a distinct language over the course of time. Early. Though some archaeologists claim that some 10th-century texts were in Bengali, it is not certain whether they represent a differentiated language or whether they represent a stage when Eastern Indo-Aryan languages were differentiating.
Between 1898 and 1902, transliterated excerpts from his diary were published in leading Bengali journals like Bangadarshan, Udbodhan, Hindu Patrika, Shaitya Patrika and Janmabhumi. The first four volumes were published in 1902, 1904, 1908 and 1910 respectively and the fifth volume in 1932, delayed because of M's health problems. [10]