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Bande Ali Mia | |
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বন্দে আলী মিঞা | |
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Died | 27 June 1979
Rajshahi, Bangladesh | (aged 73)
Nationality | Bangladeshi |
Occupation(s) | Poet, writer, artist, lyricist |
Awards | full list |
Bande Ali Mia (17 January 1906 – 27 June 1979) [1] was a Bangladeshi poet, lyricist, novelist, dramatist, essayist, children’s writer and journalist. [2] [3] He was awarded the Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1962 and Ekushey Padak in 1988. [4] [5]
Mia was born in Radhanagar, Pabna. He passed the entrance examination in 1923 from the Majumder Academy. He then studied painting at the Indian Art Academy in Calcutta in 1927. [6] He worked as a journalist for the magazine Islam Darshan. He also taught at a Calcutta Corporation School during 1930–1950. [6] His first book, Chor Jamai, was published in 1921 by Calcutta Ashutosh Library. [1] He authored a total of 84 books, most of which feature a rural setting. Another work, Maynamotir Char, was published in 1931 by DM Library in Calcutta. 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.
Mia's poems were included in the curriculum of school level, secondary and higher secondary Bengali literature in Bangladesh. A school, Kobi Bonde Ali High School, was established in 1988. [1]
Bande's noteworthy work include the following. [6]
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verification. (January 2013) |
Bande Ali Mia | |
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বন্দে আলী মিঞা | |
Born | |
Died | 27 June 1979
Rajshahi, Bangladesh | (aged 73)
Nationality | Bangladeshi |
Occupation(s) | Poet, writer, artist, lyricist |
Awards | full list |
Bande Ali Mia (17 January 1906 – 27 June 1979) [1] was a Bangladeshi poet, lyricist, novelist, dramatist, essayist, children’s writer and journalist. [2] [3] He was awarded the Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1962 and Ekushey Padak in 1988. [4] [5]
Mia was born in Radhanagar, Pabna. He passed the entrance examination in 1923 from the Majumder Academy. He then studied painting at the Indian Art Academy in Calcutta in 1927. [6] He worked as a journalist for the magazine Islam Darshan. He also taught at a Calcutta Corporation School during 1930–1950. [6] His first book, Chor Jamai, was published in 1921 by Calcutta Ashutosh Library. [1] He authored a total of 84 books, most of which feature a rural setting. Another work, Maynamotir Char, was published in 1931 by DM Library in Calcutta. 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.
Mia's poems were included in the curriculum of school level, secondary and higher secondary Bengali literature in Bangladesh. A school, Kobi Bonde Ali High School, was established in 1988. [1]
Bande's noteworthy work include the following. [6]