Ghulam Murshid (8 April 1940 – 22 August 2024) was a Bangladeshi author, scholar and journalist based in London.[1] He won a number of awards, including the Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1982 for his contribution to research;[2] the Prothom Alo Book Award in 2007; the IFIC literary prize 2018; and the Ekushey Padak for language and literature in 2021[3]
Life and career
Murshid was born on 8 April 1940 at Dhamura village of Barisal district.[4] Besides being a prolific author, he was also a distinguished lexicographer. Murshid edited a three-volume Bengali dictionary, called 'Bibartonmulak Bangla Abhidhan', published in 2013–2014.[5]Template:Failed verification Two hundred years' of history of Bengali dictionaries, it is the first to be based on historical principles.Template:Citation needed It provides the evolution of the form and meaning of every word and traces the first use thereof in written Bengali.[6]Template:Failed verification
Murshid died in London on 22 August 2024, at the age of 84.[7]
Selected research and publications
Books in English
- Reluctant Debutante: Response of Bengali Women to Modernization, 1849–1905
- Lured by Hope: A Biography of Michael Madhusudan Dutt.
- The Heart of a Rebel Poet: Letters of Michael Madhusudan Dutt.
- Bengali Culture Over A Thousand Years
Books in Bengali
- Vaishnava Padavali Prabeshak [An Introduction to Medieval Vaishnava Songs]
- Vidyasagar [Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar: 150th Anniversary Commemoration Volume].
- Bangladesher Swadhinata Sangramer Samskritik Patabhumi [The Cultural Background of the War of Liberation in Bangladesh]
- Rabindraviswe Purba-Banga Purba-Bange Rabindracharcha (Based on the Vidyadagar Endowment Lectures given at Calcutta University)
- Samaj Samskar Andolan O Bangla Natak, 1865-76
- Bangla Mudran O Prakashanar Adi-Parba
- Samkocher Bivhabalata: Adhunikatar Abhighate Banga-Ramanir Pratikriya
- Bengali English Bengali Dictionary
- Kalantare Bangla Gadya
- Jakhan Palatak
- Rasasundari theke Rokeya: Nariprogatir Eksho Bachhar
- Ashar Chhalaner Bhuli
- Ujan Srote Bangladesh
- Hazar Bachhorer Bangali Samskriti
- Nari Dharmo Ityadi
- Madhur Khonje
- Kalapanir Hatchhani: Bilete Bangalir Itihas
- Atharo Shataker Bangla Gadya: Itiahs O Sankalan
- Chhoto-barho Sobar Michael
- Muktijuddha O tarpor: Ekti Nirdaliya Itihas
- Bangla Academy Bibartanmulak Abhidhan, 3 Vols, Editor
- Renaissance Banglar Renaissance
- Alokita Mukhocchabi
- Bidrohi Ranaklanta: Nazrul Jibani
- Rabindranather Nari-bhabna
- Bangla Ganer Itihas
References
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- ↑ {{{title}}}. Bangla Academy. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
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- ↑ Ghulam Murshid felicitated. New Age(21 March 2019).
- ↑ Religious identity is dangerous, it can explode: Ghulam Murshid. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
- ↑ Ekushey Padak winner Prof Golam Murshid passes away. Daily Sun(22 August 2024). Retrieved 23 August 2024.
- ↑ Author, researcher Dr Ghulam Murshid passes away(22 August 2024). Retrieved 22 August 2024.