Abul Bashar

{{Short description|Indian writer}}

{{Other uses|Abul Bashar (disambiguation)}}

{{BLP sources|date=October 2021}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}}

{{Use Indian English|date=June 2015}}

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| birth_place = Islampur, Murshidabad, West Bengal

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| language = Bengali

| nationality = Indian

| education = Commerce Graduate,

| alma_mater = University of Calcutta

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| subject = Commerce

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  • (Phool Bou) Jhor Uprano Dalpala Vanga aar ek ritu.
  • (Madhabsundori)

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Abul Bashar ({{langx|bn|আবুল বাশার}}) is a popular Indian Bengali writer from the state of West Bengal in India. He was born in 1951 in Tekaraipur, Islampur, Domkal, Murshidabad district. Bashar won Banga Bhushan in 2019. Bashar was chief guest for Inauguration at Kolkata International Book Fair in 2025.{{Cite news |date=2017-08-23 |title=I was threatened when I had first written against triple talaq: Abul Bashar |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/relationships/love-sex/i-was-threatened-when-i-had-first-written-against-triple-talaq-abul-bashar/articleshow/60186693.cms |access-date=2025-05-23 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}

Select bibliography

  • Agnibalaka
  • Phool Bou 1988
  • Marusvarga 1991
  • Bhorer Proshuti
  • Saidabai
  • Simar
  • Mati chere jai
  • Surer Sampan
  • Vetore Aste Dao
  • Sporser Baire
  • Akaslina
  • Jol, Mati, Aguner Upakkhayan
  • Madhabsundori
  • Naram Hridoyer Chinho
  • Pobitro Asukh
  • Paanikayed
  • Anna Nakshi
  • Dharmer Grahon
  • Suchitra Sen
  • Ekti Khame Bhora Kahini
  • Bhor Poati Tara

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Awards

  • Ananda Purashkar, (1988)
  • Sahitya-Shiromoni Purashkar (1993)
  • Bankim Smriti Purashkar (2008).{{Cite web|title=Abul Bashar {{!}} Seagull Books|url=https://www.seagullbooks.org/our-authors/b/abul-bashar/|access-date=2021-10-02|website=seagullbooks.org}}
  • Banga Bhushan, (2022)
  • Guild Lifetime Literary Award,(2025)

References

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  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20071031024905/http://www.simindia.com/abul/abul1.htm A list of books by Abul Bashar]

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Category:Bengali writers

Category:Bengali-language writers

Category:People from Murshidabad district

Category:1951 births

Category:Living people

Category:University of Calcutta alumni

Category:20th-century Indian novelists

Category:Novelists from West Bengal

Category:Writers from West Bengal

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