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Bengali literature
Bengali literature (বাংলা সাহিত্য), writing in the Bengali language of Bangladesh and West Bengal, spans the Charyapada, medieval mangalkavya and Vaishnava padavali, and the modern era of Bankim and Tagore.
Bengali memoir
A Bengali memoir (স্মৃতিকথা, smritikatha) is a first-person Bengali prose narrative focused on specific periods, relationships, or themes, a tradition reaching back to Rassundari Devi's 1876 Amar Jiban.
Bengali modernism
Bengali modernism is the modernist movement in Bengali poetry, begun in the 1920s by the Kallol group, whose leading figures included Jibanananda Das and Buddhadeva Bose.
Bengali novel
The Bengali novel (বাংলা উপন্যাস) is long prose fiction in the Bengali language that took shape in the nineteenth century, beginning with Bankim Chandra Chatterji's Durges-Nandini of 1865.
Bengali parody
Bengali parody (প্যারডি), also called lalika, imitates existing Bengali poems or songs with changed words for humor or criticism; Tagore and Nazrul are its most-parodied poets.
Bengali patriotic songs
Bengali patriotic songs (দেশাত্মবোধক গান, deshatmobodhok gan), also called swadeshi songs, are songs devoted to the country and its people, written by figures like Tagore and Nazrul and including the anthems of India and Bangladesh.
Bengali prose poem
The Bengali prose poem, or gadyakabita (গদ্যকবিতা), is a poem in unmetrical, prose-form language whose poetic effect comes from rhythm of diction and imagery rather than meter.
Bengali proverbs
Bengali proverbs (Bangla probad) are traditional figurative sayings of Bengal, rooted in rural life and still used in everyday conversation in Bangladesh and West Bengal.
Bengali radio drama
Bengali radio drama (বেতার নাটক, betar natak) is drama written and produced for radio in Bengali, beginning in 1927 and a leading form of Bengali entertainment before television reached the region.
Bengali rhymes
Bengali rhymes, called chhara (ছড়া) in Bengali, are short rhymed folk verses recited or sung to children in Bengal, possibly as old as the earliest Bengali literature.
Bengali riddles
Bengali riddles, called ধাঁধা (dhaṅdhā) and also heyali, are puzzle questions in Bengali folk literature, found since the Charyapada and traditionally told orally, largely by women.
Bengali short story
The Bengali short story (ছোটগল্প, chhotogalpo) is a brief prose narrative presenting a single slice of life, whose modern form began with Rabindranath Tagore's stories of the 1890s.
Bengali sketch writing
Bengali sketch writing, called naksha literature (নকশা সাহিত্য), is a nineteenth-century Bengali genre of satirical prose sketches of Calcutta life, whose landmark work, Hutom Pyanchar Naksha by Kaliprasanna Singha, was published in 1861.
Bengali social novel
The Bengali social novel (সামাজিক উপন্যাস) is a Bengali-language novel depicting the life, conflicts, and customs of contemporary society, the dominant tradition of Bengali literature, exemplified by Sarat Chandra's Grihadaha.
Bengali street theatre
Bengali street theatre, known as pathanatok (পথনাটক, road play), is drama performed in open public spaces rather than theaters, aiming at social awareness, protest, and opposing superstition.
Bengali translation literature
Bengali translation literature (অনুবাদ সাহিত্য, anubad sahitya) is Bengali writing that exists through translation in both directions, from medieval adaptations after the Turkic conquest to modern projects led by the Bangla Academy.
Bengali travel literature
Bengali travel literature, known as bhramankahini, is the body of travel writing in the Bengali language, popularized in the 1870s and 1880s after the Suez Canal opened in 1869.
Bengali travelogue
A Bengali travelogue (ভ্রমণসাহিত্য, brômon-shahitto, "travel literature") is a first-person account of a journey written in Bengali, running from eighteenth-century pilgrimage accounts to modern narratives.
Bengü
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Beniamino Bufano
Beniamino Bufano (1898–1970) was an Italian-born American sculptor who worked in granite, bronze, and stainless steel, leaving more than two dozen statues across San Francisco.
Beniamino Gigli
Beniamino Gigli (1890–1957) was an Italian lyric tenor, hailed as Enrico Caruso's successor, who sang at the Metropolitan Opera and recorded over 400 records in a 41-year career.
Benicio del Toro
Benicio del Toro (Benicio Monserrate Rafael del Toro Sánchez), Puerto Rican-born actor born 1967, Oscar winner for Traffic (2001) and Cannes Best Actor for Che (2008), known for transformative roles in 21 Grams, Sicario, and Marvel and Star Wars franchises.
Benidorm (British TV series)
Benidorm is a British ITV sitcom (2007–2018) created by Derren Litten, set at the fictional Solana all-inclusive resort in Benidorm, Spain; ten series, 74 episodes, filmed on location at the Sol Pelicanos Ocas hotel.
Benidorm series 10
Benidorm series 10 is the ninth-and-final-episode tenth series of ITV's holiday-resort sitcom, airing 28 February to 2 May 2018, written by Derren Litten, opening with Joyce and Monty's wedding and ending with ITV's July 2018 cancellation.
Benidorm series 3
Benidorm series 3: third series of the ITV1 sitcom Benidorm, six hour-long episodes broadcast 2 October to 6 November 2009, set on a free compensatory holiday at the Solana with guest stars including Sheridan Smith.
Benidorm series 8
Benidorm series 8: eighth series of the ITV sitcom, seven 45-minute episodes aired 11 January to 22 February 2016, introducing the Dawson family after the Garveys' departure, with a 15% ratings drop.
Benidorm series 9
Benidorm series 9: ninth series of the ITV comedy set at the Solana resort, nine 45-minute episodes aired 1 March to 3 May 2017, filmed March–July 2016, with Tim Healy written out of half the run after illness.
Benihana
Benihana is an American teppanyaki restaurant chain founded in 1964 in New York by Rocky Aoki, known for chefs cooking at the table; owned by The ONE Group since 2024, separate from Benihana of Tokyo.
Benin Bronzes
Benin Bronzes: thousands of royal brass plaques, heads, and figures cast by the lost-wax method for the Oba of Benin, Nigeria; looted by Britain in 1897 and now the leading case in colonial-art restitution, with over 1,400 objects' title returned since 2021.
Benin coral beadwork
Benin coral beadwork is the royal bead tradition of the Kingdom of Benin in Nigeria, in which red coral beads (ivie) mark the Oba's rank.