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).
Dilara Hashem দিলারা হাশেম | |
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| Born | 25 August 1935 |
| Died | 19 March 2022 (aged 85) Maryland, USA |
| Occupation(s) | Novelist and Broadcaster |
| Awards | Bangla Academy Literary Award |
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.
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
- Bangla Academy Literary Award (1976)[2]
- Shankhachil Sahitya Puraskar
- Uttar Chicago Shitya Puraskar (1997)