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Jahanara Arzu

Bangladeshi poet

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born
1932
died
2026
age at death
93
known for
poet, writer, journalist

1932 – 2026

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Jahanara Arzu was a Bangladeshi poet. She was awarded Ekushey Padak in 1987 by the Government of Bangladesh for her contribution to Bengali literature. Arzu and Sufia Kamal were the founding editors of Sultana, the first women's weekly published from East Bengal on 14 January 1949.

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