Biography of mir mosharraf hossain

Hossain, Mir Mosharraf novelist, playwright and essayist, was born at Lahiripara in the district of kushtia on 13 November , son of Mir Moazzem Hossain, a zamindar.

Mir Mosharraf Hossain rose to prominence as a major Bengali author in the nineteenth century.

Mosharraf Hossain learned Arabic and Persian with a teacher at home and then Bangla at a pathshala. He was admitted to Kalighat School in Kolkata but could not complete his studies. Mosharraf Hossain began his career looking after his father's landed property. He lived in Kolkata from to While still a student, Mosharraf Hossain worked as a mofussil reporter for the sangbad prabhakar and grambarta prakashika His literary career also started here.

Mosharraf Hossain later worked as editor of the Azizannehar and Hitakari He was also associated with the vangiya sahitya prishad. Mosharraf Hossain was a pioneer among nineteenth-century Bengali Muslim writers. His first novel, Ratnavati, was published in Apart from novels, Mosharraf Hossain wrote poetry, plays, textbooks and an autobiography.

Mir Syed Mosharraf Hossain (Bengali: মীর মশাররফ হোসেন; 13 November – 19 December ) was a Bengali writer, novelist, playwright and essayist.

Bisad Sindhu, which narrates the tragic tale of the battle of Karbala, is considered to be his masterpiece. Zamindar Durpun was written against the background of the peasant riots in sirajganj during In much of his writing, Mosharraf Hossain satirised the follies and vices of contemporary society. In Gazi Miyar Bastani, for example, he criticised the chaos and corruption of nineteenth-century Bengal in general and the increasing freedom of women in particular, which he believed led to loose living.