Native name শওকত ওসমান Role Novelist | Name Shawkat Osman Children Yafes Osman | |
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Full Name Sheikh Azizur Rahman Parent(s) Sheikh Mohammad Yehia (father) Books God's Adversary and Other Stories, The state witness, Artanada, Apyayana, Jaya, Bamlara jaya, Janani | ||
Salimullah khan boktitamala 22 1 shawkat osman
Sheikh Azizur Rahman (2 January 1916 – 14 May 1998; known as Shawkat Osman) was a Bangladeshi novelist and short story writer.
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- Salimullah khan boktitamala 22 1 shawkat osman
- Salimullah khan boktitamala full part 22 shawkat osman
- Early life and education
- Career
- Literature
- Family
- Awards
- Memoires
- References
Salimullah khan boktitamala full part 22 shawkat osman
Early life and education
Osman was born in Sabalsinghapur, Hughli, West Bengal. His father was Sheikh Mohammad Yehia. Osman was educated at the Aliah University (Anglo-Persian Department), and at the St. Xavier's College, Calcutta from where he graduated in 1938. Thereafter, he would earn an MA degree in Bengali literature from the University of Calcutta in 1941.
Career
Osman migrated to East Pakistan (present-day Bangladesh) after the partition of India in 1947. He started his professional life by teaching at Dhaka College in Dhaka. He also taught at Chittagong Commerce College. He died in Dhaka on 14 May 1998.
Literature
Osman's first prominent novel was Janani. Janani (Mother)is a portrait of the disintegration of a family because of the rural and urban divide. In Kritadaser Hasi (Laugh of a Slave), Osman explores the darkness of contemporary politics and reality of dictatorship.
Family
Osman's son Yafes Osman became the Science and Technology minister of Bangladesh in 2009.