Abul Ahsan Chowdhury

Abul Ahsan Choudhury (born January 13, 1953) is a poet, researcher and folklorist of Bangladesh.[1] He is the senior professor of the Department of Bengali at the Islamic University, Kushtia,[2] and is active in research and academic matters home and abroad.[3] He get Bangla Academy Literary Award in 2009.

Abul Ahsan Choudhury
Born (1953-01-13) January 13, 1953
Mazampur, Kushtia, East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan
NationalityBangladeshi
Alma materUniversity of Dhaka

Biography

Choudhury was born in Mazampur, Kushtia, Bangladesh. His father, Fazlul Bari Chowdhury, was a writer, social worker and former honorary magistrate. His mother is Saleha Khatun. He received his Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of Dhaka in 1975, graduating with honours. He received his Master of Arts Degree from the University of Dhaka in 1976, and his Ph.D. from the same university in 1995.

He has also served as

  • Feature Editor, The Weekly Swadhin Bangla (Newspaper on Liberation War)—1971
  • Editor, The Weekly Jagoroni, Kushtia, Bangladesh—1972
  • Editor, Loko Sahitya Patrika (Quarterly), Kushtia, Bangladesh—1975-84
  • Editor, The Islamic University Studies, Islamic University, Kushtia, Bangladesh—1998
  • Editor, Islami Biswabidyalaya Barta (Quarterly), Islamic University, Kushtia, Bangladesh—2000
  • Edited three books on Hason Raja: Proshongo Hason Raja, Hason Rajar Gan and Hason Raja: The minstrel of the mystic soil—2009

Publications

Choudhury has published two books of poetry—Swadesh Amar Bangla (1971) and Nilkantha Jiban Tumi (1974) and a range of research publications, including on Fakir Lalon Shah, Mir Mosharraf Hossain and Kangal Harinath Mazumder. He also write column in newspaper.[4]

Awards
  • Lalon Award, West Bengal Lalon Mela Shomittee, India, 2000
  • Sayed Abdur Rob Sambardhana, Faridpur, 2001
  • Bangiya Sahitya Parishad Award, Kolkata, 2008
  • Bangla Academy Literary Award, 2009[5]

References
  1. "abul-ahsan-choudhury". readbengalibooks.com. Retrieved 2021-01-04.
  2. "Bangla Dept of Islamic University". iu.ac.bd. Retrieved 2021-01-04.
  3. "Bangla Academy announces awards". bdnews24.com. 2010-02-19.
  4. "The body is my temple". The Daily Star (Opinion). 2018-10-16. Retrieved 2021-01-04.
  5. "Bangla Academy announces awards". bdnews24.com. February 19, 2010. Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2010-07-21.
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