Alauddin Al-Azad (born 6th may, 1932; died on July 3, 2009) was a modern 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, novelist, and poet. He Passed SSC.1947, HSC.1949. From Dhaka University he passed BA (Honors) at 1953 and MA.1954 as the same university. He received his PhD. degree from London University in 1970 for his work 'Iswar Gupter Jeebon o Kabita'.

Life

Alauddin Al-Azad was born in Dhaka

Dhaka

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. He was a very good student of Bangla Literature and also a professor. Also he was a first secretary of Bangladesh

Bangladesh

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 High Commission in Moskow. He died on July 3, 2009 in Uttara Thana

Uttara Thana

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Works

His literary works were 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

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Novels

• Teish Nambor Toilochitra (Oil Painting Twenty Three 1960)
• Shiter Sheshrat Basanter Pratham Din (Last Night of Winter First Day of Spring, 1962)
• Karnafuli (1962)
• Kshuda O Asha (Hanger and Hope, 1964)
• Khashra Kagoj (Papers for Rough Sketch, 1986)
• Shyam Chhayar Songbad (Intimations of Green Shadows, 1986); *Jyotsnar Ajana Jiban (Unknown Life of Jyotsna, 1986)
• Jekhane Danriye Achi (The Spot I Stand on, 1986)
• Swagatam Bhalobasha (Welcome, Love, 1990)
• Apar Joddhara (Other Soldiers, 1992)
• Purana Polton (1992)
• Antarikshe Briksharaji (Trees in the Sky, 1992)
• Priya Prince (Dear Prince, 1995)
• Campus (1994)
• Anudita Andhokar (Translated Darkness, 1991)
• Swapnoshila (Dreamstone, 1992)
• Kalo Jyotsnay Candramallika (Candramallika in Dark Moonlight, 1996)
• Bishrinkhala (Chaos, 1997)
• Nirbachito Bangla Choty Golpo

Stories

• Jege Achi
• Dhankannya
• Mrigonavi
• Andhokar Shiri
• Ujan Taronge
• Jakhan Saykat
• Amar Rokto swapno amar

Awards

• Bangla Academy Award
  Bangla Academy Award
  Bangla Academy Award is a literary award given by the Bangla Academy of Bangladesh in recognition of creative genius in advancement and overall contribution in the field of Bangla language and literature....
  
   (1965)
• UNESCO
  UNESCO
  The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations...
  
   Award (1965)
• National Film Award (1977)
• Sight and Film Award (1977)
• Abul Kalam Shamsuddin Literary Award (1983)
• Abul Mansur Ahmad Literary Award (1984)
• Lekhika Sangha Award (1985)
• Rangdhanu Award (1985)
• Alakta Literary Award (1986)
• Ekushey Padak
  Ekushey Padak
  Ekushey Padak is one of the highest civilian awards in Bangladesh, introduced in memory of the martyrs of the Language Movement of 1952 that took place on February 21, 1952.-2001:*Shah Abdul Karim...
  
  (1986)
• Sher-e-Bangla Literary Award (1987)
• Natyasava Baktitya Award (1989)
• Kathak Academy Award, (1989)
• Kalacakra Medal (1988–89)
• Lok Forum Gold Medal (1990)
• Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das Gold Medal (1994)

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