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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Bangladeshi litterateur and researcher (1940–2024)}}<br />
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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Ghulam Murshid<br />
| native_name = গোলাম মুরশিদ<br />
| native_name_lang = bn<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1939|04|08}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Backergunge District]], [[Bengal Presidency|Bengal Province]], British India<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2024|08|22|1940|04|08}}<br />
| death_place = [[London]], England<br />
| alma_mater = [[University of Dhaka]]<br />
| occupation = {{hlist|Author|scholar|journalist}}<br />
| employer = [[School of Oriental and African Studies]], [[University of London]]<br />
| spouse = Eliza Murshid<br />
}}<br />
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'''Ghulam Murshid''' (8 April 1940 – 22 August 2024) was a Bangladeshi author, scholar and journalist based in London.<ref>{{Cite news |script-title=bn:গবেষক ড. গোলাম মুরশিদ মারা গেছেন |url=https://www.jagonews24.com/literature/news/963152 |work=Jago News 24 |language=bn |access-date=22 August 2024}}</ref> He won a number of awards, including the [[Bangla Academy Literary Award]] in 1982 for his contribution to research;<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> the [[Prothom Alo]] Book Award in 2007; the IFIC literary prize 2018; and the [[Ekushey Padak]] for language and literature in 2021<ref>{{Cite news |script-title=bn:গোলাম মুরশিদ Writer related all news |url=https://bangla.bdnews24.com/author/golaam-murshid-3 |access-date=22 August 2024 |website=bdnews24.com |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Life and career==<br />
Murshid was born on 8 April 1940 at [[Dhamura]] village of [[Barisal District|Barisal district]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Ghulam Murshid felicitated |url=https://www.newagebd.net/article/67938/ghulam-murshid-felicitated |work=New Age |date=21 March 2019}}</ref> Besides being a prolific author, he was also a distinguished lexicographer. Murshid edited a three-volume Bengali dictionary, called '''Bibartonmulak Bangla Abhidhan''<nowiki/>', published in 2013–2014.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Religious identity is dangerous, it can explode: Ghulam Murshid |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/religious-identity-is-dangerous-it-can-explode-says-bangladeshi-writer-and-scholar-ghulam-murshid/cid/1769796 |access-date=23 August 2024}}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=August 2024}} Two hundred years' of history of Bengali dictionaries, it is the first to be based on historical principles.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}} It provides the evolution of the form and meaning of every word and traces the first use thereof in written Bengali.<ref>{{Cite news |date=22 August 2024 |title=Ekushey Padak winner Prof Golam Murshid passes away |url=https://www.daily-sun.com/post/763259 |access-date=23 August 2024 |work=Daily Sun |language=en}}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=August 2024}}<br />
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Murshid died in London on 22 August 2024, at the age of 84.<ref>{{cite news |title=Author, researcher Dr Ghulam Murshid passes away |url=https://businesspostbd.com/national/author-researcher-dr-ghulam-murshid-passes-away |access-date=22 August 2024 |publisher=The Business Post |date=22 August 2024}}</ref><br />
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==Selected research and publications==<br />
Books in English<br />
* ''Reluctant Debutante: Response of Bengali Women to Modernization, 1849–1905''<br />
* ''Lured by Hope: A Biography of Michael Madhusudan Dutt.''<br />
* ''The Heart of a Rebel Poet: Letters of Michael Madhusudan Dutt.''<br />
* ''Bengali Culture Over A Thousand Years''<br />
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Books in Bengali<br />
* ''Vaishnava Padavali Prabeshak'' [An Introduction to Medieval Vaishnava Songs]<br />
* ''Vidyasagar'' [Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar: 150th Anniversary Commemoration Volume].<br />
* ''Bangladesher Swadhinata Sangramer Samskritik Patabhumi'' [The Cultural Background of the War of Liberation in Bangladesh]<br />
* ''Rabindraviswe Purba-Banga Purba-Bange Rabindracharcha'' (Based on the Vidyadagar Endowment Lectures given at Calcutta University)<br />
* ''Samaj Samskar Andolan O Bangla Natak'', 1865-76<br />
* ''Bangla Mudran O Prakashanar Adi-Parba''<br />
* ''Samkocher Bivhabalata: Adhunikatar Abhighate Banga-Ramanir Pratikriya''<br />
* ''Bengali English Bengali Dictionary''<br />
* ''Kalantare Bangla Gadya''<br />
* ''Jakhan Palatak''<br />
* ''Rasasundari theke Rokeya: Nariprogatir Eksho Bachhar''<br />
* ''Ashar Chhalaner Bhuli''<br />
* ''Ujan Srote Bangladesh''<br />
* ''Hazar Bachhorer Bangali Samskriti''<br />
* ''Nari Dharmo Ityadi''<br />
* ''Madhur Khonje''<br />
* ''Kalapanir Hatchhani: Bilete Bangalir Itihas''<br />
* ''Atharo Shataker Bangla Gadya: Itiahs O Sankalan''<br />
* ''Chhoto-barho Sobar Michael''<br />
* ''Muktijuddha O tarpor: Ekti Nirdaliya Itihas''<br />
* ''Bangla Academy Bibartanmulak Abhidhan'', 3 Vols, Editor<br />
* ''Renaissance Banglar Renaissance''<br />
* ''Alokita Mukhocchabi''<br />
* ''Bidrohi Ranaklanta: Nazrul Jibani''<br />
* ''Rabindranather Nari-bhabna''<br />
* ''Bangla Ganer Itihas''<br />
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