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{{Infobox person
| name = Abu Jafar Shamsuddin
| birth_date = {{birth date|1911|03|12|df=y}}
| birth_place = Dakhinbag, Kaliganj, [[Gazipur District]], [[Eastern Bengal and Assam]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|1988|08|24|1911|03|12}}
| nationality = Bangladeshi
}}
'''Abu Jafar Shamsuddin''' (12 March 1911 – 24 August 1988) was a Bangladeshi writer.<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=http://www.dhakacourier.com.bd/tag/abu-jafar-shamsuddins-18th-death-anniversary/|title=Abu Jafar Shamsuddin's 18th death anniversary|magazine=Dhaka Courier|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180202190324/http://www.dhakacourier.com.bd/tag/abu-jafar-shamsuddins-18th-death-anniversary/|archive-date=2018-02-02|access-date=2018-02-02|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i1BQAQAAMAAJ&q=Abu+Jafar+Shamsuddin|title=The Dhaka University Studies: Journal of the Faculty of Arts|date=2004|publisher=The University|pages=47–49|language=en}}</ref> He was the recipient of [[Bangla Academy Literary Award]] in 1968 and [[Ekushey Padak]] in 1983.<ref name=ekushey>{{cite news|url= http://www.moca.gov.bd/site/page/c706da0c-29ee-4f0f-95d9-fa6705e19001/|script-title=bn:একুশে পদকপ্রাপ্ত সুধীবৃন্দ|access-date=23 August 2017|publisher=Government of Bangladesh|language=bn|trans-title=Ekushey Padak winners list}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://banglaacademy.org.bd/?page_id=1315|script-title=bn:পুরস্কারপ্রাপ্তদের তালিকা|language=bn|trans-title=Winners list|access-date=23 August 2017|publisher=Bangla Academy}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Shamsuddin was born on 12 March 1911, to a [[Bengali Muslim]] family of [[Bhuiyan]]s in the village of Dakshinbagh, [[Gazipur District]], eastern [[Bengal]]. His father, Muhammad Waqqas Ali Bhuiyan, was the son of Nadiruzzaman Bhuiyan, a disciple of [[Karamat Ali Jaunpuri]]. He started his education in a village school, and in 1924 he completed his junior madrasah examination. In 1929, he completed his high madrasah examination. He joined [[Dhaka College]] but did not graduate.<ref name=bpedia>{{cite book |last=Islam |first=Sirajul |year=2012 |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]|chapter=Shamsuddin, Abu Jafar|chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Shamsuddin,_Abu_Jafar |editor2-first=Saumitra |editor2-last=Sekhar}}</ref>

== Career ==
Shamsuddin joined the Daily Soltan as a sub-editor. He joined the political party of [[M. N. Roy]], Radical Democratic Party. He went on to work as [[The Azad]], [[The Daily Ittefaq]], Purbadesh and The Daily Sangbad. He wrote Baihasiker Parshvachinta, a weekly column. In 1957, he joined the [[National Awami Party]]. He used the pseudonym ''Alpadarshi''. He served as an assistant translator of the [[Bangla Academy]] from 1961 to 1972.<ref name=bpedia/>

==Works==
===Novels===
* ''Parityakto Swami'' (The Forsaken Husband, 1947)
* ''Mukti'' (Freedom, 1948)
* ''Bhaowal Gorer Upakhyan'' (The Stories of Bhaowal Gore, 1963)
* ''Padma Meghna Jamuna'' (1974)
*'' Sangkar Songkirton'' (Mixed Celebration, 1980)
* ''Proponcho'' (Manifestation, 1980)
* ''Deyal'' (Wall, 1985).

==Award==
*[[Bangla Academy Literary Award]] (1968)
*[[Ekushey Padak]] (1983)
*Samakal Literary Award (1979)
*Muktadhara Literary Award (1986)

==References==
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