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{{Short description|Bangladeshi writer}}
{{infobox person
|name=Abu Rushd
|native_name=আবু রুশদ
|image=Abu-Rushd.jpg
|birth_name=Syed Abu Rushd Matinuddin
|birth_date={{birth date|1919|12|25|df=y}}
|birth_place=[[Calcutta]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]
|death_date={{death date and age|2010|2|23|1919|12|25|df=y}}
|awards=[[#Awards|full list]]
|alma_mater=[[Exeter College, Oxford]]
|relatives=[[Rashid Karim]] (brother)
}}

'''Syed Abu Rushd Matinuddin''' (known by his pen name '''Abu Rushd''',<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://thedailynewnation.com/news/86435/syed-abu-rushd-matinuddin-the-litterateur-and-the-man.html|title=Syed Abu Rushd Matinuddin: The litterateur and the man|work=The New Nation|access-date=2017-12-17|language=en}}</ref> 25 December 1919 – 23 February 2010)<ref name=pass>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-127819|title=Prof Abu Rushd passes away|date=2010-02-25|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2017-12-17|language=en}}</ref> was a Bangladeshi writer.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/remembering-our-wordsmiths-9376|title=Remembering our wordsmiths|date=2014-02-01|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2017-12-17|language=en}}</ref>

==Early life and career==
Rushd started his career as an English lecturer in [[Hooghly Mohsin College]]. He moved to England in 1951 for studying English literature at the [[Exeter College, Oxford]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news/dr-a-r-mallick-a-personal-tribute|title=Dr A R Mallick: A Personal Tribute|date=1998-02-04|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2017-12-17|language=en}}</ref> He later taught English in [[Maulana Azad College|Kolkata Islamia College]], [[Dhaka College]], [[Chittagong College]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news/the-life-of-a-scholar|title=The life of a scholar|date=2013-07-20|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2017-12-17|language=en}}</ref> [[Rajshahi College]] and [[Jahangirnagar University]].<ref name=pass/> He retired from Jahangirnagar University in 1982.<ref name=scholarship/>

==Works==
Rushd's first publication was a collection of short stories in 1939. In addition to six novels, he wrote 50 short stories, and a three-volume autobiography. Also, he was adept at translating literary works, both from [[Bengali language|Bengali]] to English and English to Bengali, including Shakespeare's poems. Moreover, he was a regular columnist for four Bangladeshi newspapers, writing opinion pieces.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}

Rushd translated some poems and songs of [[Lalon]] to English in 1964.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-79564|title=The long tradition of Bengal mysticism|date=2009-03-14|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2017-12-17|language=en}}</ref>

===Novels===
* ''Elomelo'' (This and That, 1946)
* ''Samne Notun Din'' (A New Day Ahead, 1951)
* ''Doba Holo Dighi'' (Pool becomes Lake, 1960)
* ''Nongor'' (Anchor, 1967)
* ''Onishchito Ragini'' (The Unsure Tune, 1969)
* ''Sthagita Dwip'' (The Aborted Island, 1974)<ref name=pass/>

==Awards==
[[File:Abu-Rushd-CSK-Farrukh-Memor.jpg|thumb|Rushd receiving an award in 1999]]
*[[Tamgha-e-Imtiaz]] (1963)
*[[Bangla Academy Literary Award]] (1963)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://banglaacademy.org.bd/?page_id=1315|script-title=bn:পুরস্কারপ্রাপ্তদের তালিকা|language=bn|trans-title=Winners list|accessdate=23 August 2017|publisher=Bangla Academy}}</ref>
*Habib Bank Award (1970)
*[[Ekushey Padak]] (1981)
*[[Adamjee Literary Award]]<ref name=pass/>
*Nasiruddin Gold Medal (1992)
*Alakta Literary Award (1992)
*Bangla Sahitya Parisad Award (1993)
*Sher-e-Bangla Gold Award (1992)<ref name=pass/>
*Lekhika Sangha Award (1992)
*Rotary Club Award (1995)
*Chattagram Sangskriti Kendro Farrukh Memorial Award (1999)<ref>{{Cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725211844/http://www.cskbd.org/farrukh.html|title=CSK - Farrukh Memorial Award|url=http://www.cskbd.org/farrukh.html|archive-date=2011-07-25|access-date=2017-12-17}}</ref>

==Personal life==
[[File:Abu Rushd-CSK Farrukh Memorial Awarded Person 1999.JPG|thumb|Rushd and his wife in 2000]]
Rush was married to Azija Rushd.<ref name=scholarship>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-197830|title=JU English deptt launches Prof Abu Rushd scholarship|date=2011-08-09|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2017-12-17|language=en}}</ref> His brother, [[Rashid Karim]], was a novelist.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/literature/silent-near-1447282|title=Silent but Near|date=2017-08-12|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2017-12-17|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-212634|title=Rashid Karim: voice of modern fiction|date=2011-12-03|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2017-12-17|language=en}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Bengali-language writers]]
[[Category:Bangladeshi male novelists]]
[[Category:Alumni of Exeter College, Oxford]]
[[Category:Jahangirnagar University faculty]]
[[Category:Dhaka College faculty]]
[[Category:Recipients of Tamgha-e-Imtiaz]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Ekushey Padak]]
[[Category:Recipients of Bangla Academy Award]]
[[Category:Place of death missing]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Adamjee Literary Award]]
[[Category:Dhaka College alumni]]
[[Category:Pakistani writers]]
[[Category:Pakistani expatriates in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Writers from Kolkata]]

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2409:4061:4E13:3F0E:0:0:5C4A:760A at 09:21, 6 August 2022