Shamsuzzaman Khan

Shamsuzzaman Khan
Khan in Kolkata Book Fair, 2016
Born (1940-12-29) 29 December 1940
Manikganj District, Bengal Presidency, British India
Nationality Bangladeshi
Occupation academician, administrator, folklorist
Awards Bangla Academy Literary Award (2001),
Ekushey Padak (2009),
Independence Day Award (2017)

Shamsuzzaman Khan (born 29 December 1940) is a Bangladeshi academician, folklorist and writer.[1] He is the current director general of Bangla Academy. He was awarded the Ekushey Padak in 2009 by the Government of Bangladesh.[2]

Early life

Khan's father M.R Khan was a translator at the government house of Calcutta. His great grand father Elhadad Khan and his brother Ada la t Khan were highly accaclaimed intellectuals of colonial India . Shamsuzzaman's father died when he was only two. He was brought up by his mother and maternal grandmother.[3]

Khan completed his honours and masters degrees from Dhaka University in 1963 and1964 respectively and joined Munshiganj Haraganga College As a lecturer in the department of Bangla in 1964 . In the same Year he joined Jagannath College as an assistant Professor.

Career

Khan started his teaching career at Haraganga College.[3] Khan was a faculty member of Jagannath College, Bangladesh Agricultural University (1968–73) and National University of Bangladesh (1998-2001).[1][3]

On May 24, 2009, Khan became the director general of Bangla Academy.[1] His contract for the position was extended three times until May 23, 2018.[4] He also served as the director general of the Bangladesh National Museum and Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy.[4]On October 1, 2018 Professor Shamsuzzaman Khan was appointed as 'Bangabandhu Chair' Professor at Islamic University, Bangladesh.[5][6]

According to Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen, "the critical judgment, historical insights and remarkable scholarship that Shamsuzzaman brings to his analyses and writings are altogether exceptional".[3]

Awards

Works

Khan wrote more than seventy books on topics ranging from serious literary articles and folklore to children's literature.[3]

  • Folklore: New Challenges (2015)[8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Shamsuzzaman takes over as Bangla Academy DG". The Daily Star. 25 May 2009. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  2. ↑ একুশে পদকপ্রাপ্ত সুধীবৃন্দ (in Bengali). Government of Bangladesh. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Kar, Amitava (17 May 2013). "A Giant in Our Cultural History". The Daily Star. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Shamsuzzaman made DG of Bangla Academy again". The Daily Star. 17 July 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  5. ↑ http://www.unb.com.bd/category/Bangladesh/shamsuzzaman-made-bangabandhu-chair-professor-at-iu/3357
  6. ↑ https://www.bangladeshpost.net/shamsuzzaman-khan-made-bangabandhu-chair-professor-at-iu/
  7. ↑ "15 persons get 'Independence Award-2017'". New Age. Dhaka. BSS. 16 February 2017.
  8. ↑ Alam, Shahid (2 November 2015). "Spotlight on an essence of Bangladesh's culture". The Daily Star. Retrieved 8 August 2016.

Further reading

  • Debnath, Bipul K. (24 February 2017). "In Conversation with Shamsuzzaman Khan". The Independent. Dhaka.
  • Shamsuzzaman Khan. "Emergence of Bengali New Year and Calendar".


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