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Abul Ahsan Choudhury (born January 13, 1953) is a poet, researcher and folklorist of
Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...
. He is the senior professor of the Department of Bengali at the
Islamic University, Bangladesh Islamic University, Bangladesh ( bn, ইসলামী বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়, বাংলাদেশ, ar, الجامعة الإسلامية بنغلاديش), commonly referred to as Islamic University, Kushtia shortly IU, ...
. He is active in research and academic matters home and abroad. He received a
Bangla Academy Literary Award The Bangla Academy Literary Award ( bn, বাংলা একাডেমি সাহিত্য পুরস্কার; ''Bangla Academy Shahitya Puroshkar''), is given by the Bangla Academy of Bangladesh in recognition of creative genius i ...
in 2009.


Biography

Choudhury was born in Mazampur, Kushtia, Bangladesh. His father, Fazlul Bari Chowdhury, was a writer,
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er and former honorary magistrate. His mother is Saleha Khatun. He received his
Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of arts (BA or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts degree course is generally completed in three or four years ...
degree from the
University of Dhaka The University of Dhaka (also known as Dhaka University, or DU) is a public research university located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is the oldest university in Bangladesh. The university opened its doors to students on July 1st 1921. Currently i ...
in 1975, graduating with honours. He received his Master of Arts degree in 1976 and his Ph.D. from the same university in 1995. He has been * Features editor, ''The Weekly Swadhin Bangla'' (newspaper on the Liberation War) — 1971 * Editor, ''The Weekly Jagoroni'', Kushtia, Bangladesh — 1972 * Editor, ''Loko Sahitya Patrika'' (quarterly), Kushtia, Bangladesh — 1975-84 * Editor, The Islamic University Studies, Islamic University, Kushtia, Bangladesh — 998 * Editor, Islami Biswabidyalaya Barta (quarterly), Islamic University, Kushtia, Bangladesh — 2000 * Edited three books on Hason Raja: ''Proshongo Hason Raja'', ''Hason Rajar Gan'' and ''Hason Raja: The minstrel of the mystic soil'' — 2009


Publications

Choudhury has published two books of poetry, ''Swadesh Amar Bangla'' (1971) and ''Nilkantha Jiban Tumi'' (1974), and a range of research publications, including on
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,
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and
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Mazumder. He also writes a newspaper column.


Awards

* Lalon Award, West Bengal Lalon Mela Shomittee, India, 2000 * Sayed Abdur Rob Sambardhana, Faridpur, 2001 *Bangiya Sahitya Parishad Award, Kolkata, 2008 *
Bangla Academy Literary Award The Bangla Academy Literary Award ( bn, বাংলা একাডেমি সাহিত্য পুরস্কার; ''Bangla Academy Shahitya Puroshkar''), is given by the Bangla Academy of Bangladesh in recognition of creative genius i ...
, 2009


References


External links


Bengali Department Islamic University of Bangladesh
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