Jahanara Arzu

Jahanara Arzu
জাহানারা আরজু
Born (1932-11-17) 17 November 1932 (age 91)
Manikganj, Bengal Presidency, British India
NationalityBangladeshi
Occupation(s)Poet, editor
SpouseA K M Nurul Islam
Children
  • Md Ashfaqul Islam
  • Minara Zahan
AwardsEkushey Padak

Jahanara Arzu (born 17 November 1932) is a Bangladeshi poet. She was awarded Ekushey Padak in 1987 by the Government of Bangladesh for her contribution to Bengali literature.[1] Arzu and Sufia Kamal were the founding editors of Sultana, the first women's weekly published from East Bengal on 14 January 1949.[2][3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference husband was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Islam, Sirajul (2012). "Women". In Islam, Sirajul; Ahmed, Lilyma (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  3. ^ "Literary contribution of Sufia Kamal". The New Nation. June 27, 2014. Archived from the original on November 7, 2017. Retrieved June 11, 2016.