Syed Ali Ahsan
Syed Ali Ahsan | |
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সৈয়দ আলী আহসান | |
Vice-Chancellor of Darul Ihsan University | |
In office 1989 – 25 June 2002 | |
Preceded by | Syed Ali Ashraf |
Succeeded by | Syed Anwar Husain |
Personal details | |
Born | British India | 26 March 1922
Died | 25 June 2002 Dhaka, Bangladesh | (aged 80)
Nationality | Bangladeshi |
Relatives | Syed Ali Ashraf (brother) Syed Sajjad Hussain (cousin) |
Alma mater | University of Dhaka |
Syed Ali Ahsan (
Early life
Ahsan was born on 26 March 1922, to a
Career
Ahsan worked in All India Radio. He was a professor of department of Bengali in University of Dhaka and later, head of the department of Bengali of University of Karachi. In Karachi, he edited the Bengali Literary Review, an English-language journal loosely concerned with Bengali Muslim literature and culture; it published many writers associated with the East Pakistan Literary Society.
He was a director of Bangla Academy and was the vice chancellor of Jahangirnagar University, University of Rajshahi[5] and Darul Ihsan University. In addition, he was a National Professor (Jatio Addhapok) of Bangladesh. He was also an adviser of the Nobel prize committee for literature from 1976 to 1982.[6]
He was an editor of the antique book "Bangladesh; a souvenir on the first anniversary of Victory Day, December 16, 1972.", as well.
Soon after the partition of India in 1947, Pakistan PEN was established in the year 1948. Ali Ahsan was its first secretary general while Muhammad Shahidullah was its president. When Bangladesh was born in 1971, PEN Bangladesh started its journey with Ali Ahsan as its president.
Award
- Bangla Academy Literary Award (1967)[7]
- Ekushey Padak (1982)
- Independence Day Award(1987)
Death
Ahsan died on 25 July 2002. He was buried next to the Jahangirnagar University Mosque with national honour.[4]
Works
Books
- America Amar Kichu Kotha
- Chorjageeti Proshongo
- Kobita Shomogro
- Kotha Bichitra: Bishyo Shahitto
Poetry
- Onek Akas
- Ekok Shandhay Bosonto
- Sohosha Sochokit
- Amar Protidiner Shobdo
- Somudrei Jabo
Criticism
- Nazrul Islam
- Kobitar Kotha
- Iqbaler Kobita
Rabindra kabeyr bhumika
Translations
- "Oedipus"
- "Whitemaner Kobita"
References
- ^ একুশে পদকপ্রাপ্ত সুধীবৃন্দ [Ekushey Padak winners list] (in Bengali). Government of Bangladesh. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
- ^ "Independence Day Award" (PDF). Government of Bangladesh. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
- ^ "National Anthem of Bangladesh". bangla2000.com. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
- ^ OL 30677644M. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
- ^ "VCs of Rajshahi University". Retrieved 30 July 2016.
- ^ "Beyond the literature". The Daily Star. 4 April 2014.
- ^ পুরস্কারপ্রাপ্তদের তালিকা [Winners list] (in Bengali). Bangla Academy. Retrieved 23 August 2017.