Bande Ali Mia

{{Infobox person

| name = Bande Ali Mia

| native_name = বন্দে আলী মিঞা

| native_name_lang = bn

| image = BandeAliMiaPic.jpg

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1906|01|17|df=y}}

| birth_place = Pabna, East Bengal and Assam, British India

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1979|06|27|1906|01|17|df=y}}

| death_place = Rajshahi, Bangladesh

| nationality = Bangladeshi

| occupation = Poet, writer, artist, lyricist

| awards = full list

}}

Bande Ali Mia (17 January 1906 – 27 June 1979){{cite news |author=Ahmed Humayun Kabir Topu |date=2013-01-17 |title=Poet Bonde Ali's 107th birth anniversary today |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-265459|newspaper=The Daily Star |access-date=2013-01-17}} was a Bangladeshi poet, lyricist, novelist, dramatist, essayist, children’s writer and journalist.{{Cite news |url=http://www.thedailynewnation.com/news/149309/my-favourite-poet-bande-ali-mia-azad-miah|title=My favourite poet Bande Ali Mia Azad Miah|work=The New Nation|language=en|access-date=2019-04-04|date=2017-09-29}}{{Cite web |title=মরমি কবি বন্দে আলী মিয়া |url=https://www.jugantor.com/todays-paper/editorial/320012/মরমি-কবি-বন্দে-আলী-মিয়া |access-date=2022-09-14 |website=Jugantor |language=en}} He was awarded the Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1962 and Ekushey Padak in 1988.{{cite web|url=http://banglaacademy.org.bd/?page_id=1315|script-title=bn:পুরস্কারপ্রাপ্তদের তালিকা|language=bn|trans-title=Winners list|access-date=2 April 2019|publisher=Bangla Academy}}{{cite news|url= http://www.moca.gov.bd/site/page/c706da0c-29ee-4f0f-95d9-fa6705e19001/|script-title=bn:একুশে পদকপ্রাপ্ত সুধীবৃন্দ|access-date=3 April 2019|publisher=Government of Bangladesh|language=bn|trans-title=Ekushey Padak winners list}}

Early life and career

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. He worked as a journalist for the magazine Islam Darshan. He also taught at a Calcutta Corporation School during 1930–1950. His first book, Chor Jamai, was published in 1921 by Calcutta Ashutosh Library. 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.

Legacy

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.

Awards

Bangla Academy Literary Award (1962)
President's Award (1965)
Pride of Performance Award (1967) by Pakistani Government
Uttara Sahitya Majlis Padak (1977)
Ekushey Padak (1988)

Works

Bande's noteworthy work include the following.{{cite book |last=Haque |first=Mahbubul |year=2012 |chapter=Mia, Bande Ali |chapter-url= http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Mia,_Bande_Ali |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last=Jamal |editor2-first=Ahmed A. |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=Asiatic Society of Bangladesh}}

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