An eyewitness survivor of mass killings orchestrated by the Pakistan Army in 1971, Parvez Elahi Chowdhury (b. 1955) authored ‘Ekatturer Protiddhoni’ (Memoirs based on the personal experiences of the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971), a firsthand account of events that culminated in the deaths of his police officer father and two elder brothers in Lalmonirhat,…

Nahar Monica, born in Bangladesh, is a novelist, poet and short story writer. She works for the provintial government health sector in Quebec. The issues of Bangladeshi Diaspora are predominant among the various themes in Nahar Monica’s writings. The topics may be known , the characters may be familiar, but her mastery of style and…

Muhammad Bazlush Shahid, a poet and fictionist, has also skills in translating. In the formative years of his literary odyssey, Shahid’s talent was acknowledged with an award in a school-level patriotic poetry competition, hosted by the Bangla Academy. Later, he assumed the helm of the literary section in the weekly publication, ‘Prakash’. His first novel ‘Trisiter…

Mostafa Akand, a Bangladeshi Canadian writer and social work professional, mostly writes in Bengali focusing on social and human psychology in Toronto-based Bengali weeklies and on Facebook. The two Bengali books to his credit are “Kemon Desh Canada o Onnanno Proshongo”(How is Canada as Country and other  Issues, essays) and “Dur Akasher Tan” (The Attraction…

Monis Rafiq, born in Bangladesh, studied in English Language and Literature and taught at colleges for 12 years. After quitting his teaching job in 2006, he completely involved himself in magazine editing, social research, film making and research on films. A former Fellow of Bangladesh Film Achieve, Monis directed three documentaries and two short fiction…

ML Gani alias Mohammad Lokman Gani, started writing for the first time while in the seventh grade. A short story called ‘Rickshawala’ was published in 1977. Besides short stories, he also writes columns on contemporary issues in newspapers. He is the author of the ‘Canada Ovibashoner Tookitaki’ series published continuously in the first Bengali language online…

Poet Mehrub Rahman’s volumes of poetry include ‘Ghorke Korbo Shorgo’, ‘Shesh Shraboner Shesh Bikèle’, ‘Ami Kritodas’, ‘Nashtobij’, ‘Surjodoyer Pathshala’, ‘Shobdo Niye Khela, ‘Nil Bish Nil Ojogor’, ‘Amar Kobita Amar Bhuvon’, ‘Shonirbachito Kobita’ (Selected Poems), ‘Kobita Somogro 1’ (Poetry Collection 1), ‘Butterfly Thunder’ ( Canadian Anthology of Poetry),  ‘Bhalobashar Antarale’, ‘Subasito Chandon’, ‘Potakar Lal Suryo Shokhe…

Manosi Saha, a writer, teacher, organizer, and performer from Kingston, Canada, writes for various magazines and newspapers from Bangladesh and North America. Currently, she is serving as the secretary of Bangladesh Writers Club, Canada. Manosi highlighted the importance of translated literature at the International Festival of Authors (TIFA) 2020, Canada’s largest and longest-running literary festival….

Laboni Islam was born in Canada to Bangladeshi parents. She is a member of the League of Canadian Poets and a graduate of the University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies Creative Writing Program. Her poem “Lunar Landing, 1966” was shortlisted for the CBC Poetry Prize (2017). She is the author of the chapbooks Light…

K. Gandhar Chakravarty is a poet, scholar, and musician. His poems have been published internationally and some have been translated into Bengali, the mother tongue of his most immediate ancestors. Author of Kolkata Dreams (2009) and Maple Vedas (2010) Gandhar explores the liminal space of being Indo-Canadian in his poetry books. Gandhar is also published scholar in the field of…