Ferdousi Priyabhashini
{{Short description|Bangladeshi sculptor (1947–2018)}}
{{infobox person
| name=Ferdousi Priyabhashini
| image = Ferdousi Priyabhashini (1).jpg
| caption = Priyabhashini in 2017
| native_name=ফেরদৌসী প্রিয়ভাষিণী
| native_name_lang = bn
| birth_date = {{birth date|1947|2|19|df=y}}
| birth_place = Khulna District, Bengal Presidency, British India
| death_date ={{death date and age|2018|03|06|1947|02|19|df=y}}
| death_place = Dhaka, Bangladesh
| occupation = Sculptor
| awards= Independence Day Award (2010)
| website = {{URL|ferdousypriyabhashiny.weebly.com}}
| spouse={{marriage|Ahsanullah Ahmed|1972}}
}}
Ferdousi Priyabhashini (19 February 1947 – 6 March 2018){{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/city/dhaka-bangladesh-freedom-fighter-ferdousi-priyabhashini-passes-away-1544248|title=Ferdousi Priyabhashini passes away|date=6 March 2018|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2018-03-06|language=en}} was a Bangladeshi sculptor.{{cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/star-people/breaking-all-bounds-71195|title=Breaking All Bounds|author=Apurba Jahangir|date=13 March 2015|work=The Daily Star}} She was the first one to publicly announce herself as Birangona, a term coined by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman for the rape victims of the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971.{{cite news|url=http://khabarsouthasia.com/en_GB/articles/apwi/articles/features/2015/03/11/feature-02|title=Bangladesh honours war heroines|publisher=Khabar South Asia|date=11 March 2015|author=Kamran R. Chowdhury}} Government of Bangladesh awarded her Independence Day Award in 2010.
Early life and career
Priyabhashini was born on 19 February 1947 in Khulna, Bangladesh to her parents Rowshan Hasina and Syed Mahbubul Hoque.{{cite web|url=http://www.gunijan.org.bd/GjProfDetails_action.php?GjProfId=69|script-title=bn:ফেরদৌসী প্রিয়ভাষিণী|publisher=Gunijan|access-date=2015-03-13|archive-date=2012-03-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321165948/http://www.gunijan.org.bd/GjProfDetails_action.php?GjProfId=69|url-status=dead}}
Priyabhashini was married to an artist in 1963. She had to work in a jute mill for her family. But financial problems grew and the couple got separated in 1971.{{cite web|url=http://amaderkotha.com.bd/2012/11/30/ferdousi-priyobhashini-shining-past-the-darkness/ |title=Ferdousi Priyobhashini: Shining Past The Darkness |publisher=AmaderKotha |date=30 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402091745/http://amaderkotha.com.bd/2012/11/30/ferdousi-priyobhashini-shining-past-the-darkness/ |archive-date=2015-04-02}}
Priyabhashini later became a sculptor. Since 1990, she has exhibited her works through exhibitions. Her first exhibition was jointly inaugurated by artist SM Sultan and poet Sufia Kamal, and anchored by Syed Shamsul Haque.
The 2015 play Jamuna draws inspiration from Priyabhashini's life and artwork.{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/jamuna-a-story-of-unyielding-spirit-59604|title=Jamuna: A story of unyielding spirit|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2016-03-05}}
Personal life
Exhibitions
- Charupith, Jessore, 1991{{Cite web|url=http://ferdousypriyabhashiny.weebly.com/exhibitions.html|title=Exhibitions|website=Ferdousy Priyabhashini|access-date=2016-03-05}}
- Bengal Foundation, Dhaka, 1994
- Jozon Art Gallery, Dhaka, 1994
- Bangladesh Shilpokala Academy, Dhaka, 1996
- Dhaka Art Centre Gallery, Dhaka, 1996
- Bangladesh National Museum, 1999
- Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts, Dhaka, 2002
- Shilpangan Gallery, Dhaka, 2004
- In the Deep Days of Monsoon = Emana ghanaghora barishāẏa,{{Cite book|url = https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/71238069|title = Ferdousy Priyabhashini: in the deep days of monsoon = Emana ghanaghora barishāẏa|last1 = Pheradausī Priẏabhāshiṇī|last2 = Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts (Dhaka|first2 = Bangladesh)|year=2004|publisher = Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts|location = Dhaka|oclc = 71238069}} 2004
- Shilpangan Gallery, Dhaka, 2006
- Branches and twigs = Sā̄khā praśākhā,{{Cite book|url = https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/234176671|title = Branches and twigs = Sā̄khā praśākhā|last1 = Pheradausī Priẏabhāshiṇī|last2 = Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts (Dhaka|first2 = Bangladesh)|year=2007|publisher = Bengal Shilpalaya|location = Dhaka|oclc = 234176671}} 2007
- Dots Gallery, Dhaka, 2007
- Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts, Dhaka, 2010
- Dhaka Art Centre, Dhaka, 2010
- Light and shadow = Raudra chāẏā : duet art exhibition,{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/867770065|title=Light and shadow = Raudra chāẏā: duet art exhibition|last1=Pheradausī Priẏabhāshiṇī|last2=Karu Titas|last3=Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts (Dhaka|first3=Bangladesh)|year=2013|oclc = 867770065}} 2013
- Prelude to a monsoon evening = Nāmila Śrābaṇa sandhyā,{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/922639664|title=Prelude to a monsoon evening = Nāmila Śrābaṇa sandhyā: sculpture exhibition|last1=Pheradausī Priẏabhāshiṇī|last2=Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts (Dhaka|first2=Bangladesh)|year=2015|oclc = 922639664|language=English}} 2015
Awards
- Independence Day Award (2010)
- Hero by the Reader's Digest magazine (2004)
- Chadernath Podok
- Ananna Shirshow Podok
- Silver Jubilee Award by YWCA
- Human Rights Award by Manabadhikar Sangstha
References
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External links
- [http://bracbank.com/Ferdousi_Priyobhashini.php Ferdousi Priyabhashini’s solo sculpture exhibition starts]
- [http://archive.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=147293 Priyobhashini’s solo show begins today]
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Category:Bangladeshi sculptors
Category:20th-century Bangladeshi sculptors