Abu Jafar Shamsuddin

{{Infobox person

| name = Abu Jafar Shamsuddin

| native_name = আবু জাফর শামসুদ্দীন

| native_name_lang = bn

| birth_date = {{birth date|1911|03|12|df=y}}

| birth_place = Gazipur, Eastern Bengal and Assam, British India

| death_date = {{death date and age|1988|08|24|1911|03|12}}

| nationality = Bangladeshi

}}

Abu Jafar Shamsuddin (12 March 1911 – 24 August 1988) was a Bangladeshi writer.{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.dhakacourier.com.bd/tag/abu-jafar-shamsuddins-18th-death-anniversary/|title=Abu Jafar Shamsuddin's 18th death anniversary|magazine=Dhaka Courier|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180202190324/http://www.dhakacourier.com.bd/tag/abu-jafar-shamsuddins-18th-death-anniversary/|archive-date=2018-02-02|access-date=2018-02-02|url-status=dead}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i1BQAQAAMAAJ&q=Abu+Jafar+Shamsuddin|title=The Dhaka University Studies: Journal of the Faculty of Arts|date=2004|publisher=The University|pages=47–49|language=en}} He was the recipient of Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1968 and Ekushey Padak in 1983.{{cite news|url=http://www.moca.gov.bd/site/page/c706da0c-29ee-4f0f-95d9-fa6705e19001/|script-title=bn:একুশে পদকপ্রাপ্ত সুধীবৃন্দ|access-date=23 August 2017|publisher=Government of Bangladesh|language=bn|trans-title=Ekushey Padak winners list}}{{cite web|url=http://banglaacademy.org.bd/?page_id=1315|script-title=bn:পুরস্কারপ্রাপ্তদের তালিকা|language=bn|trans-title=Winners list|access-date=23 August 2017|publisher=Bangla Academy}}

Early life and education

Shamsuddin was born on 12 March 1911, to a Bengali Muslim family of Bhuiyans in the village of Dakshinbagh, Gazipur District, eastern Bengal. His father, Muhammad Waqqas Ali Bhuiyan, was the son of Nadiruzzaman Bhuiyan, a disciple of Karamat Ali Jaunpuri. He started his education in a village school, and in 1924 he completed his junior madrasah examination. In 1929, he completed his high madrasah examination. He joined Dhaka College but did not graduate.{{cite Banglapedia|article=Shamsuddin, Abu Jafar|author=Sekhar, Saumitra}}

Career

Shamsuddin joined the Daily Soltan as a sub-editor. He joined the political party of M. N. Roy, Radical Democratic Party. He went on to work as The Azad, The Daily Ittefaq, Purbadesh and The Daily Sangbad. He wrote Baihasiker Parshvachinta, a weekly column. In 1957, he joined the National Awami Party. He used the pseudonym Alpadarshi. He served as an assistant translator of the Bangla Academy from 1961 to 1972.

Works

=Novels=

Parityakto Swami (The Forsaken Husband, 1947)
Mukti (Freedom, 1948)
Bhaowal Gorer Upakhyan (The Stories of Bhaowal Gore, 1963)
Padma Meghna Jamuna (1974)
Sangkar Songkirton (Mixed Celebration, 1980)
Proponcho (Manifestation, 1980)
Deyal (Wall, 1985).

Award

Bangla Academy Literary Award (1968)
Ekushey Padak (1983)
Samakal Literary Award (1979)
Muktadhara Literary Award (1986)

References

Category:1911 births

Category:1988 deaths

Category:People from Gazipur District

Category:Bangladeshi male writers

Category:Bengali-language writers

Category:Recipients of Bangla Academy Award

Category:Recipients of the Ekushey Padak

Category:20th-century Bengalis