The Bangla Academy is an autonomous institution funded by the Bangladesh government to foster the Bengali language, literature and culture, to develop and implement national language policy and to do original research in the Bengali language. Established in 1955, it is located in Burdwan House in Ramna, Dhaka, within the grounds of the University of Dhaka and Suhrawardy Udyan. The Bangla Academy hosts the annual Ekushey Book Fair.
The Bangla Academy Literary Award, is given by the Bangla Academy of Bangladesh in recognition of creative genius in advancement and overall contribution in the field of Bengali language and literature.
Aminul Islam is a poet and essayist from Bangladesh. He has written 25 books including 20 books of poetry. He has been involved in creative writing for some 25 years. Aminul Islam is a popular poet and essayist of contemporary Bengali literature in Bangladesh. He is regarded as a powerful Bengali poet with poetic thought and language of his own. He has attained fame and popularity as a literary researcher as well.
Bimal Guha is a Bangladeshi poet. He appeared on the Bangladesh literary scene in the 1970s. His themes revolve around the war of liberation and the eternal subjects of love, nature, motherland, mother-tongue, tradition, and modernity.
Shahid Quadri was a Bangladeshi poet and writer. For his poetry, he was awarded Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1973 and Ekushey Padak in 2011. His notable poems include "Uttoradhikar", "Tomake Obhibadon Priyotoma", "Kothao Kono Krondon Nei" and "Amar Chumbongulo Poucchey Dao".
Purabi Basu is a Bangladeshi short-story writer, pharmacologist and activist. She won Anannya Literary Award in 2005 and Bangla Academy Literary Award in 2013. As of 2005, she has been working as a senior executive at Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, a drug company based in New York.
Harun-or-Rashid is a Bangladeshi academic. He is a former vice-chancellor of Bangladesh National University.
Panna Kaiser is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former member of Jatiya Sangsad selected for the women's reserved seats during 1996–2001. She was awarded 2021 Bangla Academy Literary Award in the research on liberation war category.
Rashed Rouf is a Bangladeshi novelist, editor and journalist. He was awarded the Bangla Academy Literary Award in 2017. As of 2019, Rouf is an associate editor of Dainik Azadi, a Bengali-language daily newspaper.
Great Malay Nusantara is a literary association in Malaysia. Founded in 2011 on the initiative of the famous Malaysian poet, S.E.A. Write Award winner, Malaysian National Laureate Ahmad Kamal Abdullah. The goal of the organization is to promote the Malay language and Malay literature in the world, to develop contacts and cooperation between the writers of Nusantara countries.
Raja Rajeswari Setha Raman is a Malaysian poet and translator. Tamil by ethnicity. She is also a lecturer of the Teacher Education Institute, Malay Language Campus.
Abul Kashem Fazlul Haq is a Bangladeshi writer, essayist, translator, critic, columnist and activist. He is a former professor of Bengali language and literature at the University of Dhaka. He is the convener of Rashtrabhasha Bangla Rokkha Komiti. He received Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1981.
Rabiul Hussain was a Bangladeshi poet and architect. He was one of the trustees of the Bangladesh Liberation War Museum. He was awarded Bangla Academy Literary Award in 2009 for poetry. In recognition of his contribution to Bengali language and literature, the government of Bangladesh awarded him the country's second highest civilian award Ekushey Padak in 2018.
The Mazharul Islam Poetry Award, is given by the Bangla Academy of Bangladesh in recognition of creative genius in advancement and overall contribution in the field of Poetry. It was introduced in 2010 to honor the memory of Bangladeshi poet, folklorist, and academic Mazharul Islam.
Afzal Ali was a medieval Bengali poet. He is best known for his magnum opus, Nasihatnama. Abdul Karim Sahitya Bisharad claims that he belongs to the 16th-century, although Banglapedia places him in the 17th century.
Mashrur Arefin is a Bangladeshi writer, novelist, poet, translator and banker. He is known for his Bengali translation of Homer’s Iliad and Franz Kafka's stories, and his novels, August Abchchaya and Althusser (2020). He received the BRAC Bank-Samakal Literature Award for his translation of Franz Kafka's stories in 2013, he won the Gemcon Shahitya Puroshkar 2020 for his first novel August Abchhaya. and he received IFIC Bank Literary Award 2019 for the novel August Abchaya.
Anjir Liton is a Bangladeshi Poet and Children's Writer. He is the Director General of Bangladesh Children's Academy. He won Bangla Academy Literary Award for His Children's Writing in 2020 for his contribution to children's literature.
Sadhana Ahmed is a Bangladeshi playwright, screenwriter, performing artist and a fellow of Bangla Academy in Bangladesh. She was awarded Bangla Academy Literary Award (2021) by the Government of Bangladesh.
Faruque Ahmed is a British Bengali community historian and literary critic based out of Enfield, United Kingdom. Born to Terabun Nissa and Kutub Ali in the village of Gouaspur, Golapganj, Sylhet, Ahmed received his education from Madan Mohan College. He migrated to United Kingdom in 1989 as a scriptwriter, lyricist and playwright. Ahmed has been involved in Bengali literary and cultural activities in Bangladesh and in the UK for over three decades now.
