Bengali literature

E30574
literature national literature

Bengali literature is the body of literary works—poetry, novels, short stories, drama, and essays—produced in the Bengali language, renowned for its rich humanism, lyrical style, and influential figures such as Rabindranath Tagore.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Bengali literature canonical 7
BengaliProseTradition 1
Tagore’s short fiction canon 1

Statements (84)

Predicate Object
instanceOf literature ⓘ
national literature ⓘ
culturalSphere Bengali culture ⓘ
hasCharacteristic humanism ⓘ
lyrical style ⓘ
political engagement ⓘ
social realism ⓘ
spiritual themes ⓘ
hasGenre drama ⓘ
essay ⓘ
novel ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
short story ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn Bangladeshi literature ⓘ
Bengali nationalism ⓘ
Indian literature ⓘ
world literature ⓘ
hasMajorAward Bangla Academy Literary Award ⓘ
Rabindra Puraskar ⓘ
Sahitya Akademi Award ⓘ
surface form: Sahitya Akademi Award for Bengali
hasMajorCenter Dhaka ⓘ
Calcutta ⓘ
surface form: Kolkata

Santiniketan ⓘ
surface form: Shantiniketan
hasMajorInstitution Bangla Academy ⓘ
Sahitya Akademi ⓘ
Visva-Bharati University ⓘ
hasNobelLaureateAuthor Rabindranath Tagore ⓘ
hasNotableAuthor Al Mahmud ⓘ
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay ⓘ
Begum Rokeya ⓘ
Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay ⓘ
Humayun Ahmed ⓘ
Humayun Azad ⓘ
Jasimuddin ⓘ
Jibanananda Das ⓘ
Kazi Nazrul Islam ⓘ
Mahasweta Devi ⓘ
Manik Bandopadhyay ⓘ
Michael Madhusudan Dutt ⓘ
Rabindranath Tagore ⓘ
Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay ⓘ
Satyajit Ray ⓘ
Shakti Chattopadhyay ⓘ
Shamsur Rahman ⓘ
Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay ⓘ
Sukumar Ray ⓘ
Sunil Gangopadhyay ⓘ
Syed Shamsul Haque ⓘ
Tarashankar Bandyopadhyay ⓘ
hasPeriod Bengali Renaissance ⓘ
surface form: Bengali Renaissance literature

early modern Bengali literature ⓘ
medieval Bengali literature ⓘ
modern Bengali literature ⓘ
postmodern Bengali literature ⓘ
hasTranslationInto English ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
many world languages ⓘ
includesTradition Baul songs ⓘ
Mangalkavya ⓘ
Vaishnava Padavali poetry ⓘ
folk ballads of Mymensingh ⓘ
panchali narrative verse ⓘ
language Bengali language ⓘ
languageMovementConnection Language Movement in East Bengal ⓘ
surface form: Bengali Language Movement in East Pakistan
notableWorkIn Anandamath ⓘ
Bishad Sindhu ⓘ
Devdas ⓘ
Gitanjali ⓘ
Lalsalu ⓘ
Pather Panchali ⓘ
Shesher Kobita ⓘ
Srikanta ⓘ
primaryRegions People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ
surface form: Bangladesh

Barak Valley ⓘ
surface form: Barak Valley in Assam

Indian state of Tripura ⓘ
Indian state of West Bengal ⓘ
recognizedFor exploration of rural life ⓘ
exploration of urban modernity ⓘ
innovative narrative techniques ⓘ
rich poetic tradition ⓘ
role in anti-colonial movements ⓘ
role in language movements ⓘ
region Bengal ⓘ
writingSystem Bengali script ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bengal → knownFor → Bengali literature ⓘ
Bengali people → associatedWith → Bengali literature ⓘ
Lokrahitya → literaryTradition → Bengali literature ⓘ
Krishna Charitra → literaryTradition → Bengali literature ⓘ
this entity surface form: BengaliProseTradition
Bengali modernism → field → Bengali literature ⓘ
Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay → movement → Bengali literature ⓘ
Sukumar Ray → movement → Bengali literature ⓘ
Mini → includedIn → Bengali literature ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tagore’s short fiction canon
Kadambari Devi → associatedWith → Bengali literature ⓘ