Begum Mushtari Shafi (15 January 1938 – 20 December 2021) was a Bangladeshi writer, entrepreneur, women's leader and social organiser.

Life and career

Shafi was born on 15 January 1938 in

West Bengal West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the fourt ...

of the then

British India The provinces of India, earlier presidencies of British India and still earlier, presidency towns, were the administrative divisions of British governance on the Indian subcontinent. Collectively, they have been called British India. In one ...

. Her ancestral home is in Faridpur District. Her father's workplace was in

Kolkata Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, comme ...

during the time of her birth. She worked as a ''Shobdo Sainik'' at the Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra during the

Bangladesh Liberation War The Bangladesh Liberation War ( bn, মুক্তিযুদ্ধ, , also known as the Bangladesh War of Independence, or simply the Liberation War in Bangladesh) was a revolution and War, armed conflict sparked by the rise of the Benga ...

. Shafi was selected an honorary fellow of Bangla Academy in 2016 for her contribution to the Bangladesh Liberation War. Shafi died on 20 December 2021, at the age of 83 in

Dhaka Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely populated city ...

Awards

Anannya Literature Award Anannya Literature Award ( bn, অনন্যা সাহিত্য পুরস্কার) is the prize for women in Bangladesh recognition of contribution to the field of literature by Anannya (magazine), Anannya Magazine in every Bengal ...

(2017) *

Begum Rokeya Padak Begum Rokeya Padak, named after Begum Rokeya, is a Bangladeshi national honour conferred on individual women for their exceptional achievement. The award is given by the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs of the Government of Bangladesh. The ...

(2020)

References

1938 births 2021 deaths People from Faridpur District Bangladeshi women writers Honorary Fellows of Bangla Academy Recipients of Begum Rokeya Padak {{Bangladesh-writer-stub