Humayun Azad
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Humayun Azad | |
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Native name | হুমায়ুন আজাদ |
Born | Humayun Kabir 28 April 1947 Bikrampur, Bengal, British India (now Dhaka, Bangladesh) |
Died | 12 August 2004 Munich, Bavaria, Germany | (aged 57)
Resting place | Munshiganj |
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Language | Bengali, English |
Nationality | Bangladeshi |
Education | B.A., M.A. (Bengali literature) PhD (linguistics) |
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Notable works |
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Notable awards | |
Spouse |
Latifa Kohinoor (m. 1975) |
Humayun Azad (28 April 1947 – 12 August 2004) was a Bangladeshi poet, novelist, short-story writer, critic, linguist, columnist and professor of
Early life and education
Azad was born as Humayun Kabir on 28 April 1947 in Rarhikhal village in Bikrampur which village is now under the Sreenagar sub-district of Munshiganj district.[5] Notable scientist Jagadish Chandra Bose was born in the same village.[6] He passed the secondary examination from Sir Jagadish Chandra Basu Institute in 1962 and higher secondary examination from Dhaka College in 1964. He earned BA and MA degrees in Bengali language and literature from the University of Dhaka in 1967 and 1968 respectively. He obtained his PhD in linguistics submitting his thesis titled "Pronominalisation in Bangla" from the University of Edinburgh in 1976.[5][6][7] Azad changed his surname from Kabir to Azad on 28 September 1988 by the magistrate of Narayanganj District.[5]
Career
Azad started his career in 1969 by joining the Chittagong College.[5] He joined the University of Chittagong as a lecturer on 11 February 1970 and Jahangirnagar University in December.[8] He was appointed as an associate professor of Bengali at the University of Dhaka on 1 November 1978 and got promoted to the post of professor in 1986.[5]
Literary works
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Azad's first collection of poems, written between 1968 and 1972, was published as
Towards the end of the 1980s, he started to write newspaper column focusing on contemporary sociopolitical issues. His commentaries continued throughout the 1990s and were later published as books as they grew in numbers. Through his writings of the 1990s and early 2000s he established himself as a novelist.
In 1992 Azad published the first comprehensive feminist book in Bengali titled
In the year of 1994 he published his first novel which was titled as
Azad also wrote teen-age literature, among them, the discourse-book Laal Neel Deepabali is noted, this book was written for teen-aged boys and girls as Azad's aim was to teach Bangladeshi adolescent boys and girls about the
Assassination attempt
On 27 February 2004, near the campus of the University of Dhaka during the annual Bangla Academy book fair, two assailants, armed with chopper machetes, hacked Azad several times on the jaw, lower part of the neck and hands.[6] Azad was taken to the nearby Dhaka Medical College and Hospital. By the order of the then Prime Minister of Bangladesh Khaleda Zia, Azad was immediately sent to the Combined Military Hospital (CMH), Dhaka for better treatment and later to Bumrungrad International Hospital in Thailand where he recovered.[6][12]
Azad had been fearing for his life ever since excerpts of his novel,
A week prior to Azad's assault,
Death
On 12 August 2004, Azad was found dead in his apartment in Munich, Germany, where he had arrived a week earlier to conduct research on the nineteenth century German romantic poet Heinrich Heine,[15] several months after the Islamists' machete attack on him at a book fair, which had left him grievously injured.[16] His family demanded an investigation, alleging that the extremists who had attempted the earlier assassination had a role in this death.[17][18] While alive, Azad had expressed his wish to donate his body to medical college after his death.[19] Instead he was buried in Rarhikhal, his village home in Bangladesh, as doctors declined to take his body for medical research, as several days had passed to for his body to reach Bangladesh from Germany.[20] The first death anniversary of Azad was observed with respect in Rarhikhal village on Friday, the 12 August 2005.[21]
Personal life
Azad married Latifa Kohinoor on 12 October 1975 whom he first met 1968 when studying M.A. in Dhaka University.[22][6] Together they have two daughters, Smita and Mouli, and one son, Anannya.[23]
Bibliography
Notable books
- Alaukik Istimar, collection of poems (1973)
- Pronominalization in Bengali (1983)
- Naree, treatise on feminism (1992)
- Chhappanno Hajar Borgomail, (1994), novel on martial law in Bangladesh
- Sab Kichu Bhene Pare (1995)
- Nijer Shonge Nijer Jiboner Modhu (2000)
- Pak Sar Jamin Sad Bad (2004)
References
- ^ পুরস্কারপ্রাপ্ত লেখক তালিকা – বাংলা একাডেমি. Bangla Academy (in Bengali). 27 July 2020. Archived from the original on 27 July 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
- ^ "Humayun Azad to get Ekushey Padak". bdnews24.com. 9 February 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
- ^ "15 personalities receive Ekushey Padak". bdnews24.com. 20 February 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
- ^ Alamgir, Mohiuddin (14 April 2022). "Whose pen was mightier than sword". The Daily Star. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
- ^ a b c d e Sirajul Islam (2012). "Azad, Humayun". In Sirajul Islam; Saiful Islam, Muhammad (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
- ^ a b c d e f g Zaman, Mustafa; Hussain, Ahmede (1 September 2004). "A Truncated Life". The Daily Star. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
- hdl:1842/17313.
- ^ Istiaque, Ahmed (28 April 2021). "হুমায়ুন আজাদ: বাংলা ভাষার এক নিরন্তর সংগ্রামী অভিযাত্রী". The Daily Star (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 1 April 2024. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
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- ^ Nooha Sabanta Maula (18 September 2014). "What is Feminism". The Daily Star.
- ^ a b Badrul Ahsan, Syed (2 March 2013). "Words that have made a difference". The Daily Star. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
- ^ "Azad's Health : Family blasts Disinformation". The Daily Star. 7 March 2004. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
- ^ "Sayedee remanded in Humayun Azad case". Bdnews24.com. 29 July 2010. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
- ^ "JMB also killed writer of Tangail, Militant commander confesses in court". The Daily Star. 5 June 2006. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
- ^ "BD author found dead in Germany". Dawn. 14 August 2004.
- ^ "Humayun Azad found dead in Munich". The Daily Star. 14 August 2004. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
- ^ "Top Bangladeshi author found dead". BBC News. 13 August 2004. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
- ^ "Proper probe into death of Humayun Azad demanded". The Daily Star. 11 August 2009. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
- ^ "Humayun Azad found dead in Munich". The Daily Star. 14 August 2004. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
- ^ হুমায়ুন আজাদ, ভেতর-বাহিরে. NTV (in Bengali). 12 August 2015. Archived from the original on 9 September 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
- ^ "1st death anniversary of Prof Dr Humayun Azad Friday". bdnews24.com. 10 August 2005. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
- ^ "Humayun Azad stabbed, fighting for life". The Daily Star. 28 February 2004. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
- ^ "Humayun Azad found dead in Munich". The Daily Star. 14 August 2004. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
External links
- Humayun Azad at IMDb
- Humayun Azad at Banglapedia