Kasem Bin Abu Bakar
Kasem bin Abu Bakr | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Occupation | novelist |
| Notable work | Boiling Rose |
Kasem bin Abu Bakr (Bengali: কাশেম বিন আবু বকর) is an Indian-born Bangladeshi novelist whose novel focuses on Islam-centered love in a rural context.[1]
Biography
He was born in Hooghly, present-day West Bengal, and later moved to Bangladesh. He passed his Matriculation from the Howrah Board in West Bengal. Although he enrolled in intermediate studies, he was unable to complete them due to family pressures arising from being the eldest son.[1]
In his early life, he was a bookseller. He wrote his first novel Futanto Golap in 1978, which took almost a decade to be published.[2]
Qasem bin Abu Bakr has been largely overlooked in Bangladesh's literary circles and mainstream media but has been described by AFP as one of the country's best-selling authors.[3][4][5][6]
References
- ^ a b "Islamic romance novels set hearts aflutter in Bangladesh". Prothom Alo. 26 April 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
- ^ "Hundreds of very common novels and a very common Qassem bin Abu Bakr, yes!". Chittagong Daily. 7 May 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-05-02. Retrieved 2017-05-07.
- ^ কাসেম বিন আবুবাকারের লেখা নিয়ে এবার ইসলামপন্থীদের আপত্তি. BBC News (in Bengali). Retrieved 27 October 2024.
- ^ একজন কাশেম বিন আবু বকর ও আমাদের ঘুণে ধরা সমাজ. bdnews24.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 27 October 2024.
- ^ "A Qasem bin Abu Bakr and Bangladeshi media's hideout". Qawmikantho. 27 April 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-05-03. Retrieved 2017-05-07.
- ^ "Bangladeshi actress' film to faith tale proves smash hit". France 24. AFP. 2017-06-21.