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[edit] Ancient Age

[edit] Charyapada

Charyapada is the oldest known Bengali written form. It is actually poems. It was written on 9th century and Harprashad Sastri discovered in the Nepal Royal Court Library in 1907.Its a palm leaf manuscript. Charyapada language is referred to as Alo-Andhari (light and shadow means twilight language). The manuscript has 47 verses, written by different 23 poets, probably lived between the 9th and 11th centuries AD. And came from the various regions of Bengal, Orissa, Assam and Bihar. Some poets were Sarhapa, shabar pa, Luipa, Dombipa, Bhusukupa, kahnapa, Kukkuripa, Minapa, Aryadev, Dhendhanpa.

[edit] Middle Age

Main Article: Middle Bengali Literature

[edit] Early Vaishnab Literature

Shreekrishna Kirtana Kabya was composed by Boru Chandidas. When Charyapada shows us the most ancient example of Bengali language, Shreekrishna Kirtana depicts a new kind of speech style very clearly. According to Suniti Kumar Chatterjee, “The Grammar of the speech of the Shreekrishna Kirtana gives a clue to many of the forms of New Bengali”


[edit] Early Translation from Sanskrit

  • Sri Ram Panchali of Krittibas Ojha
  • Sri Krishna Vijay of Maladhar Basu

[edit] Mangalkavya

Main article Mangalkavya
Mangalkavyas represent Bengali literature during the middle ages in Bengal.

[edit] Biography of Sri Chaitanya

The Chaitanya Charitamrita is the magnum-opus of the Bengali saint/author Krishna Dasa Kaviraja (1496-? CE). The book, a hybrid Bengali and Sanskrit biography, documents the life and precepts of the Vaishnava saint Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (1486 – 1533), who is considered by his followers to be an incarnation of Radha and Krishna combined. Chaitanya is a pivotal figure of the Hindu sect Gaudiya Vaishnavism.

As a religious text, the Chaitanya Charitamrita is the main theological resource for Gaudiya Vaishnava Theology and is divided into three sections, Adi-lila, Madhya-lila and Antya-lila.

[edit] Later Vaishnab Literature

  • Padavali of Balaram Dasa
  • Padavali of Jnandasa
  • Padavali of Govinda Dasa Kabiraj

[edit] Later Mangal Kabya

  • Dharmamangal Kabya

[edit] Translation of Mahabharata

  • Kabindra Parameswara
  • Srikar Nandi
  • Kashiram Das

[edit] Muslim Poets of 17th Century

[edit] Works of Raigunakar Bharatchandra

  • Annada Mangal
  • Bidya Sundar

[edit] Shakta Padavali

[edit] Baul Gaan

[edit] Early Modern Age

[edit] Essay

[edit] Poetry

[edit] Drama

[edit] Novel/ Short Story

[edit] Modern Age

[edit] Essay

[edit] Poetry

[edit] Drama

[edit] Novel / Short Story

[edit] Periodicals

  • Digdarshan
  • Kabita Pratimase
  • Samachar Darpan
  • Bibhab
  • Bangal Gegeti
  • Bhashanagar
  • Bhasabandhan
  • Brahman Sebadhi
  • Ratrir Chorus
  • Sangbad Koumudi
  • Parikatha
  • Samachar Chandrika
  • Tatvabodhini Patrika
  • Bibidhartha Sangraha
  • Sangbad Prabhakar
  • Bangadarshan
  • Masik Patrika
  • Somprakash
  • Bharati
  • Bangabasi
  • Hitbadi
  • Sadhana
  • Sahitya
  • Sanjibani
  • Shanibarer Chithi
  • Prabasi
  • Sabujpatra
  • Desh
  • Kallol
  • Kabita
  • Krittibas
  • Kabisammelan
  • Abar esechhi fire
  • Suryatrishna
  • Uttarsuri
  • Ekak
  • Gangotri
  • Anyadin
  • Kalpratima
  • Bakcharcha
  • Diba Ratrir Kavya
  • Kavitayug
  • Ghorsawar
  • Indrani
  • Anjas
  • Hillol
  • Patranu

[edit] Modern Bangladeshi Literature

[edit] Younger Generation

[edit] Poetry

[edit] Drama

  • Bratya Basu

[edit] Novel

  • Tilottama Majumdar
  • Sanjam Pal

[edit] Short Story

  • Nabakumar Basu