Dilara Hashem

Dilara Hashem (also Dilara Hashim ; Bengali : দিলারা হাশেম , Dilārā Hāśem ; * 1936 ) is a Bengali radio editor and writer from Bangladesh .

Life

Hashem studied English at the University of Dhaka , where she completed her Master of Arts degree.

As a student , she began working for various radio stations . Hashem has worked in the editorial area at Radio Dhaka , at a news agency in Karachi , Pakistan and at the BBC . She then became a broadcast editor at VOA Bangla broadcast ( Voice of America in Bangladesh) in Dhaka, where she quickly made a career. Her longstanding feature programs "Matir Gan, Manusher Gan" ("Songs of the Soil, Songs of People" ), a series on popular country and folk music in the USA , and "Life in America" were very popular.

Hashem was also active as a singer of traditional Bengali folk songs and made appearances on radio and television in Pakistan and Bangladesh.

Regardless of her involvement in radio, Hashem began her writing career, writing novels , poems and plays in the Bengali language. As a writer, she was recognized by the public and her work received good reviews. In her literary work she dealt critically with the politically unstable Bengali society; For example, her debut novel Ghar Mon Janala (1965) - a story about the struggle for existence of the middle class and their feelings of frustration - is one of the most important books of the 1960s in East Pakistan . The book was very successful and appeared in Russian in Moscow and, as one of the first Bangladeshi books, in Chinese in Beijing in 1996 .

Hashem has received several high literary awards and is considered one of the most important Bengali writers. She continues to work for VOA Bangla broadcast and, for example, hosted a radio broadcast about an event in Washington ( USA ) in the context of the weekly VOA series "Hello Washington" in February 2008 , at which Bengali society and culture as well as Bengali books were presented.

Awards

• Bangla Academy Award for Literature (1976, Bangla Academy, Dhaka)
• Shankhachil Sahitya Puraskar (1994, North American Literary Society, New York City)
• Cultural and Literary Inc (1995, Chicago)
• Annannya Literature Award (1998, Dhaka)
• 'Chokh' ' Literary Award (2000, Kolkata)
• Bango Smmelan (Indian) Award (2000, New Jersey for Special Contribution in Bangla Literature)
• Sarojini Naidu - Gold Medal for Literature (2003)
• Alakto - Gold Medal for Literature (2004)

Works

The books were published in Bengali. German translations of the titles are included here, but Hashem's works have not yet appeared in German.

Novels

• Ghar Mon Janala ( Houses, Hearts and Windows , 1965)
• Ekoda Ebong Ananto ( Once and Forever , 1975)
• Stabdhatar Kane Kane ( Whispering to the Silence , 1977)
• Amlokir Mou ( The Sweetest of the Bitter , 1978)
• Badami Bikeler Galpo ( Tales of a Brown Afternoon , 1983);
• Kaktaleya ( coincidence , 1985)
• Mural (1986)
• Shankho Korat ( In the Dilemma , 1995)
• Anukta Padaboli ( Unspoken Verses , 1998)
• Sador Andor ( outer and inner part , 1998)
• Setu ( bridge , 2000)
• Rahugrash (2003)
• Sesh Rater Songlap ( late night talks , 2003)

Poetry

• Manabir Shuck Dukkha (2003)

Web links

• Official website of Dilara Hashem
• Short Bios: "Dilara Hashim" → Dilara Hashim: Catalog of works and awards, on the online literature portal Bangladeshinovels.com (English)
• "Dilara Hashim's Amlokir Mou " - Short biography of Dilara Hashim and a review of Amlokir Mou on the online literature portal Bangladeshinovels.com (English)
• Literature: “Dilara Hashem. At home and abroad " , Interview by Niaz Zaman with Dilara Hashem, New Age newspaper , Dhaka, March 12, 2005 (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} VOA Bangla Brodcasters → Dilara Hashem, Broadcaster , on VOA News Online (English)
2. ^ Alan L. Heil: Voice of America. A history . Columbia University Press, New York a. a. 2003, ISBN 0-231-12674-3 , p. 297. (English)
3. ↑ Bangla Literature ( Memento of the original from March 20, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. → Second phase (1958–1970) at www.munshigonj.com (English) 
4. ↑ "Hello Washington: Bangla Book Fair, Bengali Culture and the Responsibilities of the Bengalis" by Dilara Hashem, Washington, February 27, 2008, on VOA News Online (English)