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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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who jahanara arzu is
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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