Kazi Nazrul Islam was born on May 24, 1899, and died on August 29, 1976. He was a Bengali poet, writer, journalist, lyricist, and musician. He was later honored as the national poet of Bangladesh.
Taslima Nasrin was born on August 25, 1962. She is a writer, doctor, feminist, and activist from Bangladesh and Sweden. She is known for writing about women’s rights and criticizing Islam.
Dilara Hashem (born as Khanom, August 25, 1935, to March 19, 2022) was a Bangladeshi author and novelist. She was one of the first Bengali writers to receive the Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1976 for her work in literature. Her well-known books include Ekada Ebang Ananta, Stabdhatar Kane Kane, Amlakir Mou, Badami Bikeler Galpa, Kaktaliya, Shangkha Karat, Anukta Padabali, Sadar Andar, and Setu.
Humayun Azad (28 April 1947 – 12 August 2004) was a Bangladeshi poet, novelist, short-story writer, critic, linguist, columnist, and professor at Dhaka University. He wrote more than 70 works. In 1986, he was given the Bangla Academy Literary Award for his work in Bengali linguistics.
Tahmima Anam (Bengali: তাহমিমা আনাম) was born on October 8, 1975. She is a writer, novelist, and columnist who was born in Bangladesh and later became a British citizen. Her first novel, A Golden Age, was published in 2007 and won the Best First Book award at the 2008 Commonwealth Writers’ Prizes.
Monica Ali CBE FRSL (Bengali: মনিকা আলী; born 20 October 1967) is a British writer with Bangladeshi and English heritage. In 2003, she was chosen as one of the “Best of Young British Novelists” by Granta based on an unpublished manuscript. Her first novel, Brick Lane, was published later that year.
Kurban Said is a false name used by the author of the book Ali and Nino. The book was first published in 1937 in German by an Austrian publisher named E.P. Tal.
Elchin Safarli (Azerbaijani: Elçin Səfərli, Russian: Эльчин Сафарли) was born on March 12, 1984, in Baku, Azerbaijani Soviet Socialist Republic, part of the Soviet Union. He is an Azerbaijani novelist and journalist who has written and published ten novels in Russian. A composer named Asya Sultanova has turned some of his work into music.
Afag Masud (Azerbaijani: Afaq Məsud) was born on June 3, 1957, in Baku. She is an Azerbaijani writer and playwright. She has received the title of People’s Writer and Honored Art Worker.
Alaviyya Babayeva Hanifa Kizi (August 12, 1921 – September 23, 2014) was a writer, translator of modern Russian literature, and publicist.