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Ahmed Sofa (1995)

Ahmed Sofa (Bengali: আহমদ ছফা; June 30, 1943 - July 28, 2001 ) was a writer, thinker, and poet from Bangladesh .

biography

Ahmed sofa was in a peasant family in Gachbaria in the district Chattogram born. His father was Hedayet Ali and his mother was Asia Khatun. He received his secondary and higher secondary education in Chattogram. In 1962 he moved to Dhaka and was admitted to Dhaka University . In 1967 he earned a bachelor's degree and in 1970 a master's degree in political science from the University of Dhaka. In 1970 he received a Bangla Academy scholarship to do his doctorate under the direction of Abdur Razzaq on “The Growth of the Middle Class in Bengal”. He began a career as a writer in the 1960s. From 1969 until his death, Sofa worked for various newspapers as editor-in-chief, literary editor or consulting editor. Sofa died of cardiac arrest on July 28, 2001 in a Dhaka hospital. He was buried in the cemetery of intellectuals who died as martyrs ( Martyred Intellectuals' Graveyard ).

Sofa was never married, but had relationships with several women, which he also worked on literarily in the novel Ardhek Nari Ardhek Ishvari ( Demigoddess , 1995).

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Sofa is widely regarded as one of the country's greatest writers. He wrote 18 non-fiction books, 8 novels, 4 collections of poetry, 1 collection of short stories and several books in other genres.

In Bangali Musalmaner Man ("The Spirit of the Bengali Muslims"; 1981), Sofa examined the origins of the identity of the Bengali Muslims, causes of their backwardness, their development as a community and their intellectual progress. Sofas Bangali Musalmaner Man is considered to be one of the greatest thought-provoking books written in the Bengali language.

In Buddibrittir Natun Binyas (A New Kind of Intellectualism) (1972), Sofa charted the intellectual landscape of Bangladesh and outlined the general opportunistic tendencies of Bangladeshi intellectuals, their collaboration with the establishment, and their failure to bring about real material change in post-colonial Bangladesh .

Characterized by “a freshness of language” and “constant experimentation and novelty” of subject and narrative, his fictions portray Bangladesh with all its social, spiritual and political nuances. Sofas Omkar (The Om) (1975) is considered to be the best literary expression of the liberation movement of Bangladesh. Gabhi Bittanta (A Tale of a Cow) (1995), a novel satirizing university professors involved in party politics and corruption, is one of the best satires in Bengali literature. Pushpa Briksa ebang Bihanga Puran (Tales of Flowers, Trees and Birds) (1996) tells of sofas spiritual attachments to birds, plants and trees that reflect his deep biophilia. Some of his long poems are Ekti Prabeen Bater Kache Prarthana (Prayer to an Old Banayan Tree) (1977) and Basti Ujar (The Expulsion of the Shanti Townspeople) etc.

Sofa and his works have guided, inspired and influenced many writers, filmmakers, painters, artists and intellectuals, and continue to do so. He remains one of the most powerful intellectual influences in Bangladesh through his works and legacy.

Due to its bohemian lifestyle and open nature, sofa was a controversial figure during his lifetime. He has been described as rebellious, insane, outrageous and too uncompromising among intellectuals.

Honors

Sofa declined the 1975 Lekhak Shibir Award and the Sa'dat Ali Akanda Award offered by the Bangla Academy in 1993. He was posthumously awarded Ekushe Padak by the government of Bangladesh in 2002.

Web links

Commons : Ahmed Sofa  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Salimullah Khan: Name Ase Name Jay . In: Ahmed Sofa Sonjiboni ( Bengali ). Agamee Prakashani, Dhaka 2013, ISBN 978-984-04-1585-4 , p. 21.
  2. ↑ Nurul Anwar: Bhumika . In: Sofamrita ( Bengali ). Khan Brothers and Company, Dhaka 2010, ISBN 984-408-171-8 , p. 1.
  3. ↑ Dr. Mohammad Amin: Ahmed Sofa: Bangla Sahityer Anabadya Rupakar ( Bengali ) Bangladesh Publications Ltd .. March 17, 2017. Archived from the original on April 3, 2018. Retrieved on April 1, 2018: "" বাংলা সাহিত্যে এ পর্যন্ত যত প্রাবন্ধিক, লেখক এবং সাহিত্যিক জন্মগ্রহণ করেছেন তন্মধ্যে আহমদ ছফাই সবচেয়ে সাহসী, বুদ্ধিমান, স্বতঃস্ফূর্ত, নির্লোভ, ঋদ্ধ, কুশলী, বহুমুখী, সাধারণ এবং তেজময়। [So far among all writers and intellectuals born in Bengali, Sofa is the most brilliant, brave, spontaneous, selfless, multidimensional , extraordinary and energetic ..] ... তাঁর প্রবন্ধে গবেষণার ঐকান্তিকতা, ইতিহাসের নিবিড়তা, কাব্যের প্রাণবন্ততা, উপন্যাসের বিমূর্ততা আর নাটকের পরিণতি ত্রিকালদর্শীর মতো চিরন্তন, সতত বর্তমান এবং সংগতকারণে সর্বজনীন। ""
  4. ↑ The voice of the deprived ( English ) Transcom Group. July 28, 2015. Archived from the original on April 1, 2018. Retrieved on April 1, 2018: "" Among the contemporary fiction writers in Bangladesh, Sofa ranked first for his thought-provoking and contemplative writings. ""
  5. ↑ Salimullah Khan: Ahmed Sofa Bishaye Salimullah Khan, Sathrang ( Bengali ) Asian Television Network. July 28, 2012. Retrieved April 1, 2018: “Ahmed Sofa, I think, is the greatest thinker of our country. [at 2:33] Ahmed Sofa is the greatest Bengali Muslim writer after Mir Mosharraf Hossain and Kazi Nazrul Islam. [at 4:00] - [Salimullah Khan] "
  6. ↑ Ahmad Kabir: Sofa, Ahmed . In: Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh , 2nd. Edition, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka 2012.
  7. ↑ Alamgir Khan: Sofa's critique of Bangali Mussalmans ( English ) The Observer Ltd .. December 16, 2014. Archived from the original on April 3, 2018. Retrieved on April 3, 2018.
  8. ↑ Ahmad Ibrahim: Ahmed Sofa In Posterity - Muslim Anxiety In A 'Muslim World' ( English ) Transcom Group. April 29, 2017. Archived from the original on April 4, 2018. Retrieved on April 4, 2018.
  9. ↑ Nikhat Ekbal: Ahmed Sofa . In: Great Muslims of Undivided India ( English ). Kalpaz Publications, Delhi 2009, ISBN 9788178357560 , p. 266 (accessed on April 2, 2018): "His Bangali Musalmaner Man is one of the most thought-provoking and much hailed books in Bangladesh."
  10. ↑ Salimullah Khan: Ahmed Sofar Sadhana . In: Ahmed Sofa Sonjiboni ( Bengali ). Agamee Prakashani, Dhaka December 2013, ISBN 978-984-04-1585-4 , p. 39.
  11. ↑ Badruddin Umar: Bhumika . In: Sampratik Bibechana: Buddhibrittir Natun Bynyas ( Bengali ). Khan Brothers and Company, Dhaka 2011, ISBN 9844081378 , p. 46.
  12. ↑ Zakir Talukdar: Ahmed Sofa Jakhan Buddhibrittir Natun Binyas Kamana Karen ( Bengali ) August 15, 2013. Archived from the original on April 2, 2018. Retrieved on April 2, 2018.
  13. ↑ a b Selina Hossain, Nurul Islam and Mobarak Hossain (Ed.): Bangla Academy Dictionary of Writers ( English ). Bangla Academy, Dhaka 2000, ISBN 984-07-4052-0 , pp. 22-23.
  14. ↑ Nikhat Ekbal: Ahmed Sofa . In: Great Muslims of Undivided India ( English ). Kalpaz Publications, Delhi 2009, ISBN 9788178357560 , pp. 265–269 (accessed April 2, 2018).
  15. ↑ Sudipta Hannan: Ahmed Sofar Upanyas: Bangladesher Udbhab ebang Bikasher Byakaran ( bn ). Puthinilay Prakashani, Dhaka 2017, ISBN 9789849212430 , pp. 9-20.
  16. ^ Rajib Kanti Roy: Ahmed Sofa: An Outstanding Intellectual (en) . In: Daily Sun , East West Media Group Limited, July 23, 2015. Archived from the original on May 1, 2018. Retrieved May 2, 2018. 
  17. ↑ Subrata Kumar Das: Ahmed Sofa: Kayekti Upanyaser Aloke ( bn ) Archived from the original on April 1, 2018. Retrieved on April 1, 2018.
  18. ↑ Lamia Karim: A humanist for all seasons ( en ) Media New Age Limited. July 28, 2017. Archived from the original on October 30, 2017. Retrieved on May 1, 2018.
  19. ↑ Mohammad Azam: Ahmed Sofar Prashna O Anusandhan ( Bengali ) Transcom Group. September 15, 2017. Archived from the original on April 1, 2018. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 1, 2018. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.prothomalo.com
personal data
SURNAME Sofa, Ahmed
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bangladeshi writer, thinker and poet
DATE OF BIRTH June 30, 1943
DATE OF DEATH July 28, 2001