Abdul Karim Sahitya Bisharad
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Abdul Karim Sahitya Bisharad (1869–1953) or Abdul Karim the Literature Master, was a Bangladesh
i author, who was born in village Suchakradondi of district Chittagong
.
. He collected more than 2,000 Puthi
s to prevent them from being lost.
More than 1,000 of them were written by Bengali
Muslims. No other person or organization had collected this number of Puthis before.
His literary works were first published in the monthly Naba-Nur(1903-06) and are included in the curriculum of school level, secondary, higher secondary, and graduation level Bengali Literature
in Bangladesh
.
Bangladesh
Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...
i author, who was born in village Suchakradondi of district Chittagong
Chittagong
Chittagong ) is a city in southeastern Bangladesh and the capital of an eponymous district and division. Built on the banks of the Karnaphuli River, the city is home to Bangladesh's busiest seaport and has a population of over 4.5 million, making it the second largest city in the country.A trading...
.
Life
Because of poverty, Abdul Karim Sahitya Bisharad could not continue his education. He became a simple employee of a court and school inspectors office.Literary career
Abdul Karim was a collector of ancient Bengali LiteratureBengali literature
Bengali literature is literary works written in Bengali language particularly from Bangladesh and the Indian provinces of West Bengal and Tripura. The history of Bengali literature traces back hundreds of years while it is impossible to separate the literary trends of the two Bengals during the...
. He collected more than 2,000 Puthi
Puthi
A Puthi is a book of poetic fairy tales and religious stories of rural ancient Bengal which were read by a senior ‘educated’ person while others would listen. This was used as a medium for education and constructive entertainment....
s to prevent them from being lost.
More than 1,000 of them were written by Bengali
Bengali people
The Bengali people are an ethnic community native to the historic region of Bengal in South Asia. They speak Bengali , which is an Indo-Aryan language of the eastern Indian subcontinent, evolved from the Magadhi Prakrit and Sanskrit languages. In their native language, they are referred to as বাঙালী...
Muslims. No other person or organization had collected this number of Puthis before.
His literary works were first published in the monthly Naba-Nur(1903-06) and are included in the curriculum of school level, secondary, higher secondary, and graduation level Bengali Literature
Bengali literature
Bengali literature is literary works written in Bengali language particularly from Bangladesh and the Indian provinces of West Bengal and Tripura. The history of Bengali literature traces back hundreds of years while it is impossible to separate the literary trends of the two Bengals during the...
in Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...
.