Ekram Ali Explained

Ekram Ali (Bengali: একরাম আলি; born 1 July 1950)^[1] is an Indian Bengali poet and critic.

Life

Ali was born in Teghoria (Dist. Birbhum, West Bengal) of a Bengali Muslim parentage. Before he came to Kolkata and took up journalism in a Bengali daily newspaper- Aajkaal, Ekram was brought up in Birbhum.

Poetry

• Atijeebito [অতিজীবিত] (1983).
• Ghanakrishna Aalo [ঘনকৃষ্ণ আলো] (1988) and (sristi edition:2000) .
• Aandhar Taranga [আঁধারতরঙ্গ] (1991).
• Baanraajpur [বাণরাজপুর] (2000) .
• Ekram Alir Kobita [একরাম আলির কবিতা] (2001).
• Ekram Alir Shreshtha Kobita [একরাম আলির শ্রেষ্ঠ কবিতা] (2008) .
• Pralaykatha [প্রলয়কথা] (2009).
• Andhar poridhi [আঁধার পরিধি] (2013).
• Bautir kobita [বাউটির কবিতা] (2014).
• Kobita sangraha [কবিতা সংগ্রহ] (2017) .
• bipanna Granthipunja [বিপন্ন গ্রন্থিপুঞ্জ] (2017).
• Pora Matir Ghori [পোড়া মাটির ঘড়ি] (2020).

Memoir

• Dhulopaye [ধুলোপায়ে] (2015, 2019)
• Harrison Road [হ্যারিসন রোড] (2020)

Novel

• Digonter Ektu Age [দিগন্তের একটু আগে] (2015)

Essays

• Musalman Bangalir Lokachar [মুসলমান বাঙালির লোকাচার] (2006).
• Apollor paakhi [অ্যাপোলোর পাখি] (2008) .
• Bedonatur Alokrekha [বেদনাতুর আলোকরেখা] (2020) .

Biography

• Atish Dipankar [অতীশ দীপংকর] (1997)

Awards

• Birendra Puraskar for 'Ghanakrishna Alo' in 1990.
• Paschim Banga Bangla Academy Award for 'Dulopaye' in 2016.

External links

• Muse India - Ekram Ali's Profile
• samowiki - Ekram Ali
• poemhunter.com poems
• poemhunter.com bio
• Voices from Bengal Modern Bengali Poetry in English Translation 2nd Revised Edition | Manabendra Bandyopadhyay, Sukanta Chaudhuri, Swapan Majumdar. page-119

Notes and References

1. Book: Putt, Kartik Chandra . 1999 . Who's who of Indian Writers, 1999: A-M . . 358 . 8126008733 . May 4, 2015.