Ali Anwar (writer)
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|name=Ali Anwar
|nationality=Bangladeshi
|occupation=Academic, writer
|death_date={{death date and given age|2014|03|03|79|df=y}}
|death_place=New York City, U.S.
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Ali Anwar (died 3 March 2014) was a Bangladeshi litterateur and translator.{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/obituary-14170|title=Obituary|newspaper=The Daily Star|date=5 March 2017|access-date=10 August 2017}} He served as a professor of the Department of English at the University of Rajshahi. He won the Bangla Academy Literary Award in 2006 in the essay category.{{cite web|url=http://banglaacademy.org.bd/?page_id=1315|script-title=bn:পুরস্কারপ্রাপ্তদের তালিকা|language=bn|trans-title=Winners list|access-date=10 August 2017|website=Bangla Academy}}
Career
Anwar joined the University of Rajshahi as a faculty member in 1962 and retired in 2001.{{cite news|url=http://archive.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2014/mar/04/prof-ali-anwar-passes-away|title=Prof Ali Anwar passes away|date=4 March 2014|access-date=10 August 2017|publisher=Dhaka Tribune|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810132455/http://archive.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2014/mar/04/prof-ali-anwar-passes-away|archive-date=10 August 2017|url-status=dead}} He translated the plays of many dramatists, including Euripides and Harold Pinter.
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Category:Bangladeshi translators
Category:Bangladeshi male writers
Category:Recipients of Bangla Academy Award
Category:Academic staff of the University of Rajshahi
Category:Burials at Mirpur Martyred Intellectual Graveyard
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Category:Place of birth missing
Category:20th-century translators
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