Dom Antonio do Rosario

Dom Antonio de Rozario ( – 1695) was a Christian missionary from Bengal. He was the first writer of Bangla prose.

Biography Antonio was born on circa 1643 in a jomidar family of Bhushana in the Jessore-Faridpur areas.

Antonio was kidnapped by Portuguese pirates in 1663. The book was translated into Portuguese by Manuel da Assumpção and the translated book was published by Francisco Da Silva from Lisbon in 1743. Later, the main manuscript was collected by Surendranath Sen and he edited the book. The edited book was published by the University of Calcutta in 1937. The book was first Bangla book translated by a foreigner.