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Dilara Hashem

| birth_place = Jessore, British Raj | death_date = | death_place = Maryland, US | awards = Bangla Academy Literary Award | occupation = Novelist and broadcaster }}

Dilara Hashem (; 25 August 1935 – 19 March 2022) was a Bangladeshi author and novelist. She was a recipient of the Bangla Academy Literary Award (1976).

She had a dual career as an eminent author and international broadcaster. As a writer, she maintained a steady literary output for four decades, with many volumes of novels, memoirs, short stories, and poetry.

Her 1965 debut novel ''Ghor Mon Janala'' (''Home, Heart, Window'') was a major success. The book garnered critical and popular praise and became a feature film in Bangladesh (1983). It was further published in Russian in Moscow and Chinese in Beijing.

Hashem died in Maryland on 19 March 2022 at the age of 86. Provided by Wikipedia