Writers from Bangladesh

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Bangladeshi Writers of all time. This list of famous Bangladeshi Writers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity. Visit the rankings page to view the entire list of Bangladeshi Writers.

1. #1

   

   Sri Chinmoy

   1931 - 2007

   HPI 64.1536 langs

   Indian writer and guru

2. #2

   

   Mahasweta Devi

   1926 - 2016

   HPI 60.4438 langs

   Indian Bengali fiction writer and socio-political activist

3. #3

   

   Begum Rokeya

   1880 - 1932

   HPI 59.5237 langs

   Bengali feminist writer and social reformerand establishing women rights in the Bengal during the British India.

4. #4

   

   Chittaranjan Das

   1869 - 1925

   HPI 58.9925 langs

   Indian politician, poet and author and leader of the Bengali Swaraj Party (1870-1925)

5. #5

   

   Taslima Nasrin

   b. 1962

   HPI 58.4854 langs

   Poet, columnist, novelist

6. #6

   

   Kamini Roy

   1864 - 1933

   HPI 57.1925 langs

   British India's first female graduate, Bengali poet, social activist and feminist writer

7. #7

   

   Humayun Ahmed

   1948 - 2012

   HPI 55.0117 langs

   author, poet, dramatist and film director (1948–2012)

8. #8

   

   Ahmed Sofa

   1943 - 2001

   HPI 54.3715 langs

   Bangladeshi writer, thinker, novelist, poet, and public intellectual (1943–2001)

9. #9

   

   Sufia Kamal

   1911 - 1999

   HPI 54.3318 langs

   Bangladeshi writer

10. #10

    

    Shankha Ghosh

    1932 - 2021

    HPI 54.2916 langs

    Indian poet (1932-2021)