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Bengali Queer Literature (Bengali: সমকামী ও রূপান্তরকামী সংক্রান্ত বাংলা সাহিত্য), 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
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[edit]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
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- Bengali literature
- Gay literature
- Lesbian literature
- List of lesbian fiction
- Transgender literature
- List of LGBT writers
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- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
{{cite web}}: 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.
- ^ "বাংলা সাহিত্যে 'স্বপ্নময়' দিন, সাহিত্য অ্যাকাডেমি সম্মান বর্ষীয়ান সাহিত্যিকের". Hindustantimes Bangla (in Bengali). 2023-12-20. Retrieved 2025-05-20.