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|native_name=আনোয়ার পাশা<br />
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|birth_date={{birth date|1928|4|15}}<br />
|birth_place=Dabkai village, [[Murshidabad]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]<br />
|nationality=Bangladeshi<br />
|alma_mater=[[University of Dhaka]]<br />
|spouse={{marriage|Masina Begam |1953|1971}}<br />
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|death_date={{death year and age|1971|1928}}<br />
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'''Anwar Pasha''' (1928–1971) was a Bangladeshi novelist. He was [[1971 killing of Bengali intellectuals|killed in 1971]].<ref name=Gallows /> <br />
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==Life==<br />
Anwar Pasha was born in the village Dabkai in [[Murshidabad]] (currently in [[West Bengal]], [[India]]).{{Citation needed|date= May 2022}} He passed the High Madrassah examination in 1946 then went on to do his [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]] and then his [[Master of Arts|MA]] in [[Bengali language|Bengali]] from [[Calcutta University]] in 1953. He started his career as teacher of Manikchak High Madrasah and later on taught at Bhabta Azizia High Madrasah in 1954 and Sadikhan Diar Bohumukhi [[Higher Secondary School]] in 1957. In 1958 he joined [[Pabna Edward College]] and in 1966 he joined Department of Bengali, [[Dhaka University]].{{Citation needed|date= May 2022}}<br />
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==Family==<br />
Pasha married Masina Begam in 1953.{{Citation needed|date= May 2022}} Masina was the daughter of Junab Hekmat Ali who was of Palitberia village of Nadia, West Bengal.Anwar and Masina had 2 children, Masarul Aftab, Robiul Aftab.{{Citation needed|date= May 2022}}<br />
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==Literary career==<br />
Pasha's literary career started when he was a student at Calcutta University. At that time, he published "Hasnahena", an anthology of several literary essays. He later moved to writing short stories, novels, essays, and poems. With Muhammad Abdul Hai, he also edited and published four medieval Bengali epics.<ref name="bpedia">{{cite book |last=Ahmed |first=Wakil |year=2012 |chapter=Pasha, Anwar |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Pasha,_Anwar |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last=Jamal |editor2-first=Ahmed A. |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]}}</ref><br />
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==Works==<br />
*Nadi Nihshesita Hale (1963)<br />
*Nirupay Harini (1970)<br />
*Rabindra Chhotagalpa Samiksa (Vol. I 1963, Vol. II 1973)<br />
*Sahityashilpi Abul Fazal (1968)<br />
*Samudra Sankhalata Ujjayini (1974).<br />
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===Novels===<br />
*Neer Sondhani (Home Seeker, 1968)<br />
*Nishuti Rater Gantha (Epics of the Dead of the Night, 1968)<br />
*Rifle Roti Aorat (Rifles, Bread and Women, 1973, A legendary work )<ref name=DailyStar1>{{cite news|title=Death, destruction and the birth of a nation|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=69701|accessdate=November 9, 2013|newspaper=Daily Star|date=January 3, 2022}}</ref><br />
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==Awards==<br />
* [[Bangla Academy Literary Award]] (Posthumously 1972)<br />
* [[Independence Day Award|Independence Award]] - 2020<br />
<ref>[https://www.newagebd.net/article/100201/10-named-for-independence-award newagebd.net, 21 February 2020]</ref><br />
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==Death==<br />
In 1971 a few days before 16 December, he was picked up from his university flat by [[Pakistan Army]] and its collaborators (the [[Al-Badr (Jammu and Kashmir)|Al-Badr]] militia led by [[Matiur Rahman Nizami]]), and taken to Mirpur, where he along with other intellectuals was executed. His body was recovered later and buried in the compound of the Dhaka University Central mosque.<ref>[http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Pasha,_Anwar Banglapedia]</ref><br />
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On 3 November 2013, the International Crimes Tribunal - a special Bangladeshi court set up by the government - sentenced [[Chowdhury Mueen-Uddin]] and [[Ashrafuz Zaman Khan]] to death after the tribunal found them guilty in absentia of torture and murder of 18 intellectuals including Anwar Pasha during 1971 Liberation war of Bangladesh.<ref name=Gallows>{{cite news|title=Gallows for Mueen, Ashraf|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/gallows-for-mueen-ashraf/|accessdate=9 November 2013|newspaper=Daily Star|date=3 November 2022}}</ref><br />
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==Gallery==<br />
[[File:Grave of Anwar Pasha (1928–1971), buy the side of DU central mosque.jpg|thumb|Grave of Anwar Pasha by the side of Dhaka University central mosque.]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060426201746/http://www.bangladeshinovels.com/page/home.html Bangladeshi Novels]<br />
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