Nirmalendu Goon, 1945-

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Readings:

1. Nirbacita.
   5. samskarana. Dhaka, Kakali Prakasani, 2000.
   (LCCN: 2001358865)
   • "Hulia"
     Realmedia excerpt: pp. 17-19
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   • "Asamapta Kabita"
     Realmedia excerpt: pp. 23-26
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   • "Agneyastra"
     Realmedia excerpt: pp. 34
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   • "Phuladani"
     Realmedia excerpt: pp. 35
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   • "Niksanera jahaja"
     Realmedia excerpt: pp. 42-43
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   • "Ota kichu naya"
     Realmedia excerpt: pp. 46-47
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   • "Tumi cale yaccho"
     Realmedia excerpt: pp. 55-56
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   • "Pipilika"
     Realmedia excerpt: pp. 65
     MP3 excerpt: pp. 65
   • "Kyantane niribili"
     Realmedia excerpt: pp. 66-67
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   • "Smarana"
     Realmedia excerpt: pp. 85
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   • "Hasanera janye eliji"
     Realmedia excerpt: pp. 87
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   • "Anandakusuma"
     Realmedia excerpts: pp. 94-99
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   • "Svadhinata, ei sabdati kibhabe amadera halo"
     Realmedia excerpt: pp. 128-129
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   • "Nirara bagana"
     Realmedia excerpt: pp. 129-130
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   • "Svabirodhi"
     Realmedia excerpt: pp. 254
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2. Gadyasamgra, vol. 1.
   1. ed. Dhaka, Ananya, 1997.
   (LCCN: 2001358868)

   • "Desantara"
     Realmedia excerpt: pp. 145-146
     MP3 excerpt: pp. 145-146

Nirmalendu Goon is one of the most eminent poets of contemporary Bangladesh. His first book of poems was published in 1970. Since then he has published forty-five collections of poetry and twenty collections of prose. Goon belongs to the generation of writers that emerged in the 1960s, a period marked by the sudden growth of a neo-rich class alongside stark poverty. The contradictions and conflicts of the period influenced Goon and fellow writers. His themes address an urge to overcome restrictions and break down the barriers dividing human beings. Love of freedom and faith in the human spirit underlie many of his poems.

Among many other awards, Goon has won the prestigious Bangla Academy prize (1982) and Ekushey Padak (2001). He represented Bangladesh in the XI Afro-Asian Writers' Union Conference in Ho Chi Minh City in 1982, Bangladesh Festival in London in 1999, and the SAARC Writers Conference in Delhi in 2000.

The Library of Congress has thirty-seven titles by him in its collection.