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Name
  
Zillur Siddiqui

Nationality
  
Bangladeshi

Role
  
Writer

Occupation
  
Professor, Writer

Alma mater
  
University of Dhaka

Home town
  
Jhenaidah


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Born
  
February 23, 1928 (
1928-02-23
)

Died
  
November 11, 2014, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Native name
  
জিল্লুর রহমান সিদ্দিকী

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Zillur Rahman Siddiqui (23 February 1928 – 11 November 2014) was a Bangladeshi writer, academic and educationist.

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Career

Siddiqui was a professor of English at Rajshahi University. He served as a Vice-Chancellor of Jahangirnagar University from 1976 to 1984.

Works

Siddiqui authored around 40 books in Bengali and English. He edited the literary quarterly Purbamegh. He edited the dictionary, Bangla Academy English-Bengali Dictionary.

Awards

  • Alaol Sahitya Purashkar (1977)
  • Bangla Academy Award (1979)
  • Independence Day Award
  • Kazi Mahbub Ullah Begum Zebunnisa Trust Award (1990)
  • Alokto Sahitya Purashkar (1998)
  • MA Haque Swarna Padak (2003)
  • References

    Zillur Rahman Siddiqui Wikipedia