Ghulam Murshid
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Ghulam Murshid | |
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গোলাম মুরশিদ | |
| Born | 8 April 1940 |
| Died | 22 August 2024 (aged 84) London, England |
| Alma mater | Dhaka College University of Dhaka |
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| Employer(s) | School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London |
| Spouse | Eliza 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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ গবেষক ড. গোলাম মুরশিদ মারা গেছেন. Jago News 24 (in Bengali). Retrieved 22 August 2024.
- ^ পুরস্কারপ্রাপ্তদের তালিকা [Winners list] (in Bengali). Bangla Academy. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
- ^ গোলাম মুরশিদ Writer related all news. bdnews24.com. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
- ^ "Ghulam Murshid felicitated". New Age. 21 March 2019.
- ^ "Religious identity is dangerous, it can explode: Ghulam Murshid". Retrieved 23 August 2024.
- ^ "Ekushey Padak winner Prof Golam Murshid passes away". Daily Sun. 22 August 2024. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
- ^ "Author, researcher Dr Ghulam Murshid passes away". The Business Post. 22 August 2024. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
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website : www.ghulammurshid.in