| Dilara Hashem | |
| Native Name: | দিলারা হাশেম |
| Native Name Lang: | bn |
| Birth Date: | 25 August 1935 |
| Birth Place: | Jessore, British Raj |
| Death Place: | Maryland, US |
| Awards: | Bangla Academy Literary Award |
| Occupation: | Novelist and broadcaster |
Dilara Hashem (Bengali: দিলারা হাশেম; 25 August 1935 – 19 March 2022) was a Bangladeshi author and novelist.[1] [2] She was a recipient of the Bangla Academy Literary Award (1976).[3]
She had a dual career as an eminent author and international broadcaster. As a writer, she maintained a steady literary output for four decades, with many volumes of novels, memoirs, short stories, and poetry.
Her 1965 debut novel Ghor Mon Janala (Home, Heart, Window) was a major success. The book garnered critical and popular praise and became a feature film in Bangladesh (1983). It was further published in Russian in Moscow and Chinese in Beijing.
Hashem died in Maryland on 19 March 2022 at the age of 86.[4]