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Ghulam Murshid

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Ghulam Murshid
গোলাম মুরশিদ
Born(1940-04-08)8 April 1940
Died22 August 2024(2024-08-22) (aged 84)
London, England
Alma materDhaka College
University of Dhaka
Occupations
  • Author
  • scholar
  • journalist
Employer(s)School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
SpouseEliza Murshid

Ghulam Murshid (8 April 1940 – 22 August 2024) was a Bangladeshi author, scholar and journalist based in London.[1] He won a number of awards, including the Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1982 for his contribution to research;[2] the Prothom Alo Book Award in 2007; the IFIC literary prize 2018; and the Ekusey Padak for language and literature in 2021[3]

Life and career

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Murshid was born on 8 April 1940 at Dhamua village of Barisal district.[4] Besides being a prolific author, he was also a distinguished lexicographer. Murshid edited a three-volume Bengali dictionary, called 'Bibartonmulak Bangla Abhidhan', published in 2013–2014.[5][failed verification] Two hundred years' of history of Bengali dictionaries, it is the first to be based on historical principles.[citation needed] It provides the evolution of the form and meaning of every word and traces the first use thereof in written Bengali.[6][failed verification]

Murshid died in London on 22 August 2024, at the age of 84.[7]

Selected research and publications

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Books in English

  • Reluctant Debutante: Response of Bengali Women to Modernization, 1849–1905
  • Lured by Hope: A Biography of Michael Madhusudan Dutt.
  • The Heart of a Rebel Poet: Letters of Michael Madhusudan Dutt.
  • Bengali Culture Over A Thousand Years

Books in Bengali

  • Vaishnava Padavali Prabeshak [An Introduction to Medieval Vaishnava Songs]
  • Vidyasagar [Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar: 150th Anniversary Commemoration Volume].
  • Bangladesher Swadhinata Sangramer Samskritik Patabhumi [The Cultural Background of the War of Liberation in Bangladesh]
  • Rabindraviswe Purba-Banga Purba-Bange Rabindracharcha (Based on the Vidyadagar Endowment Lectures given at Calcutta University)
  • Samaj Samskar Andolan O Bangla Natak, 1865-76
  • Bangla Mudran O Prakashanar Adi-Parba
  • Samkocher Bivhabalata: Adhunikatar Abhighate Banga-Ramanir Pratikriya
  • Bengali English Bengali Dictionary
  • Kalantare Bangla Gadya
  • Jakhan Palatak
  • Rasasundari theke Rokeya: Nariprogatir Eksho Bachhar
  • Ashar Chhalaner Bhuli
  • Ujan Srote Bangladesh
  • Hazar Bachhorer Bangali Samskriti
  • Nari Dharmo Ityadi
  • Madhur Khonje
  • Kalapanir Hatchhani: Bilete Bangalir Itihas
  • Atharo Shataker Bangla Gadya: Itiahs O Sankalan
  • Chhoto-barho Sobar Michael
  • Muktijuddha O tarpor: Ekti Nirdaliya Itihas
  • Bangla Academy Bibartanmulak Abhidhan, 3 Vols, Editor
  • Renaissance Banglar Renaissance
  • Alokita Mukhocchabi
  • Bidrohi Ranaklanta: Nazrul Jibani
  • Rabindranather Nari-bhabna
  • Bangla Ganer Itihas

References

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  1. ^ গবেষক ড. গোলাম মুরশিদ মারা গেছেন. Jago News 24 (in Bengali). Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  2. ^ পুরস্কারপ্রাপ্তদের তালিকা [Winners list] (in Bengali). Bangla Academy. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  3. ^ গোলাম মুরশিদ Writer related all news. bdnews24.com. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  4. ^ "Ghulam Murshid felicitated". New Age. 21 March 2019.
  5. ^ "Religious identity is dangerous, it can explode: Ghulam Murshid". Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  6. ^ "Ekushey Padak winner Prof Golam Murshid passes away". Daily Sun. 22 August 2024. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  7. ^ "Author, researcher Dr Ghulam Murshid passes away". The Business Post. 22 August 2024. Retrieved 22 August 2024.

website : www.ghulammurshid.in