Bengali Queer Literature
Bengali Queer Literature (Script error: The function "langx" does not exist.), also known as Bengali LGBTQ Literature,[1] is a collective term for literature produced by or for the LGBTQ community in Bengali language. This is one of the least explored topics and an emerging field of Bengali literature.
History
Novel
Indira (1873), a Bengali novel written by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, is frequently recognized as a pioneering work of queer literature in India. Indira and Subhashini, the protagonists, were seen in the novel as having a passionate and potentially lesbian relationship.[2] However, Krishnagopal Mallick's Byuhaprabesh (Entering the Maze) was first time created a unique stir in Bengali queer literature.[3][4]
Later, the problems, ups and downs, and continuity of queer life can be understood in Bengali novels of Nabanita Dev Sen's Bamabodhini (1997),[5] Kamal Chakraborty's Brahma Bhargab Puran (2011),[6] Tilottama Majumder's Chander Gaye Chand (2013) and Swapnamay Chakraborty's Holde Golap (2015).[7][8]
See also
- Bengali literature
- Gay literature
- Lesbian literature
- Transgender literature
- List of LGBT writers
References
- ↑ "কমল চক্রবর্তী থেকে স্বপ্নময়, নবনীতা – 'ছক্কা', 'লেডিজ', 'হোমো'-রা রাজ করছেন যাঁদের উপন্যাসে". Bongodorshon | ইতিবাচক বাংলা. Retrieved 2025-05-20.
- ↑ "Queer literature from India you haven't read, but probably should - Indian Novels Collective". 2020-06-30. Retrieved 2025-05-20.
- ↑ "The queer struggle wasn't about not being allowed to love, but not being allowed to have sex: Niladri R. Chatterjee". www.telegraphindia.com. Archived from the original on 2024-06-14. Retrieved 2025-05-20. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Dasgupta, Sucheta (2023-05-28). "Book Review | Krishnagopal Mallick, an unsung literary pioneer | Book Review | Krishnagopal Mallick, an unsung literary pioneer". www.deccanchronicle.com. Retrieved 2025-05-20.
- ↑ Menon, Ritu (2019-11-24). "'I wanted to write about sexuality, deception, loss, but I could not': Writer Nabaneeta Dev Sen". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2025-05-20.
- ↑ মুখোপাধ্যায়, আর্যনীল (২০২৪-১১-০৮T১৭:৫৭:৩৬+০৫:৩০). "Memoir on poet Kamal Chakraborty by Aryanil Mukhopadhyay". Retrieved 2025-05-20. Check date values in:
|date=(help) - ↑ চক্রবর্তী, গৌতম. "হলুদ গোলাপ ফুলে স্বপ্নময় আনন্দ-সুঘ্রাণ" (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 2024-11-30. Retrieved 2025-05-20. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "বাংলা সাহিত্যে 'স্বপ্নময়' দিন, সাহিত্য অ্যাকাডেমি সম্মান বর্ষীয়ান সাহিত্যিকের". Hindustantimes Bangla (in Bengali). 2023-12-20. Archived from the original on 2023-12-20. Retrieved 2025-05-20.
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