Alaol

Syed Alaol
সৈয়দ আলাওল
Born1607
Jalalpur, Madaripur, Fatehabad, Bengal
Died1680 (aged 72–73)
OccupationPoet

Syed Alaol (Bengali: সৈয়দ আলাওল; 1607 – 1680) was a 17th-century poet of Bengal.[1][2] He has been described as a "bard of middle Bengali literature".[3] His most well-known work is Padmavati, which depicts the story of Padmavati, the Sinhalese princess. He is considered to be one of the most prolific medieval Bengali poets.[2] Since most of his poems combine emotion with intellect, he is called the Pandit Kabi (Pandit of Poets) of medieval Bengali literature.[2] An important Bangladeshi literary prize, the Alaol Sahitya Puroshkar, is named after him.

  1. ^ Datta, Amaresh, ed. (1987). Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: A-Devo. Sahitya Akademi. p. 128. ISBN 978-81-260-1803-1.
  2. ^ a b c Ahmed, Wakil. "Alaol". Banglapedia. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  3. ^ https://scroll.in/article/1006362/the-history-of-the-rohingyas-that-myanmar-refuses-to-acknowledge