Sikandar Abu Zafar
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Born | (1918-03-19)19 March 1918 Satkhira District, Bengal, British India |
Died | 5 July 1975(1975-07-05) (aged 56) |
Alma mater | Ripon College |
Awards | full list |
Sikandar Abu Zafar (19 March 1918 – 5 August 1975) was a Bangladeshi journalist and poet.[1]
Early life and education
Zafar passed the entrance examination in 1936 from Tala B Dey Institute in Satkhira. He received his IA degree from Ripon College, Calcutta (later renamed to Surendranath College).[1] [2]
He moved to Dhaka from Calcutta in 1950 and worked as a journalist for the dailies Nabajug, Ittefaq, Sangbad and Millat. He founded and edited a monthly magazine called Samakal during 1959–1970.[1]
Awards
- Bangla Academy Literary Award (1966)[3]
- Ekushey Padak (1984)
- Independence Day Award[1]
References
- ^ a b c d "Sikandar Abu Zafar's 95th birth anniversary". The Daily Star. 21 March 2014.
- ^ Islam, Sirajul (2012). "Zafar, Sikander Abu". In Islam, Sirajul; Pinu, Golam (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
- ^ পুরস্কারপ্রাপ্তদের তালিকা [Winners list] (in Bengali). Bangla Academy. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
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