Zillur Rahman Siddiqui (23 February 1928 – 11 November 2014
) was a Bangladeshi writer, academic and educationist.
Career
Siddiqui was a professor of English at
Rajshahi University. He served as a Vice-Chancellor of
Jahangirnagar University
Jahangirnagar University ( JU) is a publicly funded university located in Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is the only fully residential university in Bangladesh. It operated as a project until 1973, when the 'Jahangirnagar Muslim University Act' w ...
from 1976 to 1984.
Works
Siddiqui authored around 40 books in
Bengali
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*something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia
* Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region
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and English. He edited the literary quarterly ''Purbamegh''.
He edited the dictionary, ''Bangla Academy English-Bengali Dictionary''.
Awards
* Alaol Sahitya Purashkar (1977)
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Bangla Academy Literary Award (1979)
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Independence Day Award
The Independence Day Award ( bn, স্বাধীনতা পদক), also termed Independence Award ( bn, স্বাধীনতা পুরস্কার), Swadhinata Padak, and Swadhinata Puroskar, is the highest state award given by t ...
* Kazi Mahbub Ullah Begum Zebunnisa Trust Award (1990)
* Alokto Sahitya Purashkar (1998)
* MA Haque Swarna Padak (2003)
References
1928 births
2014 deaths
University of Rajshahi faculty
Bengali–English translators
Recipients of Bangla Academy Award
Recipients of the Independence Day Award
University of Dhaka alumni
20th-century translators
Vice-Chancellors of Jahangirnagar University
Advisors of Caretaker Government of Bangladesh
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