Sardar Jainuddin (1 March 1918 – 22 December 1986) was a Bangladeshi novelist. He was awarded Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1967 and

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in 1994 posthumously.

Early life

Jainuddin was born in Kamarhati village, Sujanagar,

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in 1918.

Awards

* Adamjee Literature Award (Adamjee Sahitya Puroskar), 1968 *

Bangla Academy 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 ...

, 1968 * Silver Medal, Frankfurt International Book Fair, 1974–75 * Bank Award – Children Literature (Bank Puroskar Shishu Sahitya), 1981 * Agrani Bank Award – Children Literature (Agrani Bank Puroskar- Shishu Shahitya) – 1982 *

(Posthumous), 1994. * He was also awarded "Tamghaye Imtiaz" award in early 1971 by the then Pakistan Government. But he refused the award in support of the non-cooperation movement called by Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in March 1971.

Works

Career

* 1941-47: British Indian Army, during second world war, as Quarter Master Habildar. He left the job on 31-10-47 (Released) and came to his own country East Pakistan. He tried to do some business with the money he got from the service, but it did not work. * 1948: Manager Mukul, a journal for the youth (Kishore Potrika) * 1948-51: As assistant in the Advertisement section of the Daily Pakistan Observer * 1949: Publisher and Manager Chandrabindu a fortnightly published paper * 1950: Publisher and Manager of a monthly paper Mukti * 1951-55: Manager, Advertisement section, Daily Sangbad * 1955-56: Editor "Shaheen" and “Sitara" two fortnightly published paper for children and youth * 1956-57: Director, Printer and publisher of an English literature paper "The Republic", published quarterly (every three months) * 1958: Manager, Advertisement section, The Daily Ittafaq * 1959: Deputy General Manager, The Daily Ittehad * 1959: General Secretary of Titas Publication Society (Titas Prokashony Sangstha) * 1960: Inspector, Eastern Federal Insurance Company. * 1961-64: Assistant Publication Officer, Bangla Academy * 1964: Research Officer, National Book Centre of Pakistan * 1966: Assistant Director, National Book Centre of Pakistan * 1972-78: Director, Jatiyo Grantho Kendro (former National Book Center of Pakistan was converted to Jatio Grantho Kendro after Independence of Bangladesh) * 1978-80: Senior Specialist Textbook Board (till retirement)

Novels

* Adiganta (1958) * Pannamoti (1965) * Neel Rong Rokto (1965) * Onek Surger Asha (1967) * Begum Shefali Mirza (1968) * Shrimoti Ka o Kha Ebong Shriman Taleb Ali (1973) * Bidhosto Roder Dheu (1975) * Kodom Alider Bari (1989)

Short story collections

* Nayan Dhuli – 7 stories (1952) * Birkonthir Biye – 12 stories (1955) * Khorossrot – 11 stories (1956) * Oshtoprohor – 14 stories (1971) * Bela Banarjeer Prem – 10 stories (1973) * Matir Kachakachi – 10 stories (2010) * Children-Youth Literature * Obak Obhijan (1964) * Ulta Rajar Deshe (1970) * Tukur Bhugal Path (1979) * Amra Tomader Bhulbo Na (1981)

Poetry

* Sadar Jainuddin er Chara – 56 poems (1990)

Translation

* Folk Tales of Asia – Part IV (Asiar Lok Kahini, Choturtha Vag), Translated in Bengali from English version, (1990)

Samagra

* Golpo Samagra (2006) * Kishore Samagra (2010)

Personal life

Jayenuddin's son,

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, was a major general in

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and former chairman of

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References

1918 births 1986 deaths Bangladeshi male writers Recipients of Bangla Academy Award Recipients of the Ekushey Padak People from Sujanagar Upazila Pabna Edward College alumni 20th-century Bangladeshi writers 20th-century male writers {{Bangladesh-writer-stub