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{{short description|Bengali activist and writer}}
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'''Tuhin Das''' is a [[Bengali language|Bengali]] activist and writer living in exile. Das is best known for his [[Bengali poetry]] and political essays. His first English book Exile Poems focuses on his life as an exiled writer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wesa.fm/arts-sports-culture/2022-06-21/dissident-bangladeshi-writer-pittsburgh-city-asylum-new-poetry-collection|title=Dissident Bangladeshi writer explores homesickness, and Pittsburgh, in new poetry collection|last=O'Driscoll|first=Bill|date=21 June 2022|website=[[WESA (FM)]]|access-date=14 October 2022|quote=}}</ref>

After extremist threats, Tuhin Das fled to America for [[Right of asylum|political asylum]] in 2016. He became a writer-in-residence at [[City of Asylum]] in [[Pittsburgh|Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]] which offers sanctuary for persecuted writers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/insight/2022/07/03/learning-to-love-a-new-home-and-an-old-one-city-asylum-bangladesh/stories/202207030043|title=Tuhin Das: Learning to love a new home, and an old one|last=Shisman|first=Natalya|date=3 July 2022|website=[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]|access-date=13 October 2022}}</ref> In 2021, his house became a public art installation called ''Comma House'' featuring his Bengali poems.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldliteraturetoday.org/blog/interviews/finding-refuge-and-inspiration-city-bridges-conversation-tuhin-das-michelle-johnson|title=Finding Refuge and Inspiration in the "City of Bridges": A Conversation with Tuhin Das|last=Johnson|first=Michelle|date=16 February 2022|website=[[World Literature Today]]|access-date=13 October 2022}}</ref>

== About ==
Tuhin Das was born in [[Barisal]]. He lived there with his family. Das started writing poems in the seventh grade.<ref name="voa">{{cite web|url=https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/people-in-america-tuhin-das/3724696.html|title=Tuhin Das: Poet, Activist and Writer in Exile|date=15 February 2017|website=[[Voice of America]]|access-date=13 October 2022}}</ref> Das was fascinated with the formation of his home country from an early age. He would establish and run his own publishing company which covered political issues. Das went into hiding after Al Qaeda-linked groups threatened him.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/six-bangladeshi-activists-threatened-by-qaeda-linked-islamists/articleshow/48443544.cms|title=6 Bangladeshi Activists Threatened By Al Qaeda-Linked Islamists|date=11 August 2015|website=[[The Economic Times]]|access-date=13 October 2022}}</ref>

In 2016 Das became a visiting scholar at Carnegie Mellon University.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cmu.edu/dietrich/english/news-and-events/news-archive/2017/banned-books.html|title=Professor Kathy M. Newman Wants You To Read Banned Books|last=Hirsch|first=Daniel|date=28 September 2017|website=[[Carnegie Mellon University]]|access-date=13 October 2022|quote=Islamic fundamentalist groups known for murdering these writers have targeted Das.}}</ref> He found a long-term home in Pittsburgh becoming the writer-in-residence at City of Asylum.

== Activism ==
Tuhin Das writes political essays. His essays contained criticism of Muslim treatment of Hindu and other religious minorities in Bangladesh. He organized protests and urged the government to establish tribunals for war crimes that occurred during [[Bangladesh Liberation War]].<ref name="voa" />

== Publications ==
Tuhin is the author of eight poetry books in Bengali.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newsgram.com/general/2017/02/17/meet-tuhin-das-from-bangladesh-poet-activist-and-writer-in-exile|title=Meet Tuhin Das from Bangladesh: Poet, Activist and Writer in Exile|date=17 February 2017|website=Newsgram|access-date=13 October 2022|quote=}}</ref> His books has received generally positive reviews.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pen.org/the-pen-ten-an-interview-with-tuhin-das/|title=An Interview with Tuhin Das|last=Waltz|first=Hannah|date=27 July 2022|website=PEN America|access-date=13 October 2022}}</ref>
* ''Exile Poems: In the Labyrinth of Homesickness''. Translated by Arunava Sinha. Bridge and Tunnel Books, 2022. {{ISBN|978-1946645043}}

==See also==
* [[City of Asylum]]
* [[List of Bangladeshi poets]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Official website|https://tuhindas.com}}

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[[Category:1985 births]]
[[Category:Bengali poetry]]
[[Category:Culture of Bengal]]
[[Category:Bengali poetry in English translation]]
[[Category:21st-century Bengali poets]]
[[Category:Bangladeshi poetry]]
[[Category:Bengali male poets]]
[[Category:Bengali-language poets]]
[[Category:Bengali Hindus]]
[[Category:Bangladeshi exiles]]
[[Category:Hindu poets]]
[[Category:Living people]]

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