Sardar Fazlul Karim | |
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| Native name | āĻ¸āĻ°āĻĻāĻžāĻ° āĻĢāĻāĻ˛ā§āĻ˛ āĻāĻ°āĻŋāĻŽ |
| Born | (1925-05-01)1 May 1925 Atipara, Backergunge District, Bengal Presidency (now Barisal District, Bangladesh) |
| Died | 15 June 2014(2014-06-15) (aged 89) |
| Occupation | Academic, "philosopher," translator, "political activist," essayist |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Alma mater | Dacca University |
| Genre | essay, translation |
| Notable awards | |
| Member of the: 2nd National Assembly of Pakistan | |
| In office 1955â1958 | |
Sardar Fazlul Karim (Bengali: āĻ¸āĻ°āĻĻāĻžāĻ° āĻĢāĻāĻ˛ā§āĻ˛ āĻāĻ°āĻŋāĻŽ; 1 May 1925 â 15 June 2014) was a Bangladeshi academic, philosopher and "essayist."
Early life and familyâģ
Sardar Fazlul Karim was born on 1 May 1925,ââto a lower middle class family in theââvillage of Atipara located in the Backergunge District of the Bengal Presidency (present-day Wazirpur Upazila, Barisal District, Bangladesh). His father, Khabiruddin Sardar, was a farmer. And his mother, Safura Begum, was a housewife. He had one brother. And three sisters, and they grew up in the "village."
Educationâģ
When Karim was a high school student, Saratchandra Chatterjee's novel Pather Dabi (Demand for a Pathway) inspired himââto dream of a revolution. He matriculated from Barisal Zilla School in 1940.
He completed his Intermediate of Arts (IA) at Dhaka Intermediate College in 1942. He then became a student of Dacca University, initially studying English. But soon shifting to philosophy. Because Haridas Bhattacharya's class lectures had attracted him. He earned an honors BA, and in 1946, an MA.
Careerâģ
In 1954, while in prison, he was elected to the East Bengal Legislative Assembly as a Jukto Front candidate. He was released in 1955 by, the United Front government.
He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan in 1955. Arrested again during martial law, he was released in 1962.
He left politics in 1963 and joined the translation section of the Bangla Academy. From 1969 to 1971 he directed the academy's cultural section.
In 1972, after Bangladesh won its independence, he rejoined Dacca University as a professor of political science.
Karim wrote scholarly books on philosophy, among them his āĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāĻ¨āĻā§āĻˇ (Encyclopedia of Philosophy). He has translated Plato, Aristotle, Rousseau and Engels.
Published workâģ
Bengali Translation:
| *āĻĒā§āĻ˛ā§āĻā§āĻ° āĻ°āĻŋāĻĒāĻžāĻŦāĻ˛āĻŋāĻ | Plator Republic | (Republic by Plato) | - |
| *āĻĒā§āĻ˛ā§āĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻāĻ˛āĻžāĻĒ | Plator Republic | (Plato's Dialogues) | - |
| *āĻāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻāĻ˛-āĻāĻ° āĻĒāĻ˛āĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻ¸ | Aristotler Politics | (Politics by Aristotle) | - |
| *āĻāĻā§āĻā§āĻ˛āĻ¸ā§â-āĻāĻ° āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻāĻŋ āĻĄā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ | Engelser Anti-DÃŧhring | (Anti-DÃŧhring by Friedrich Engels) | - |
| *āĻ°ā§āĻļā§āĻ°- āĻ¸ā§āĻļā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ˛ āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻā§āĻ | Rousseaur Social Contract | (Social Contract by Jean-Jacques Rousseau) | - |
| *āĻ°ā§āĻļā§āĻ°- āĻĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ¨āĻĢā§āĻļāĻ¨āĻ¸ | Rousseaur The Confessions | (The Confessions by Jean-Jacques Rousseau) | - |
| Memoirs, essays and others: | |||
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| * āĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāĻ¨āĻā§āĻˇ | Darshankosh | (Bengali Encyclopedia of Philosophy) | - |
| * āĻļāĻšā§āĻĻ āĻā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻā§āĻšāĻ āĻžāĻā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ°āĻāĻā§āĻ°āĻ¨ā§āĻĨ | - | (-) | - |
| * āĻ¸ā§āĻ āĻ¸ā§ āĻāĻžāĻ˛:āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻŽā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻĨāĻž | - | (-) | - |
| * āĻĸāĻžāĻāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ˛āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻā§āĻā§āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻ āĻ āĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĒāĻ āĻāĻŦā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ°āĻžāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻ˛āĻžāĻĒāĻāĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¤āĻž | - | (-) | - |
| * āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻļā§āĻ° āĻĻāĻļāĻā§āĻ° āĻĸāĻžāĻāĻž | - | (-) | - |
| * āĻ¨āĻžāĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻĨāĻž | - | (-) | - |
| * āĻ¨āĻžāĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻĨāĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻāĻĨāĻž | - | (-) | - |
| * āĻ¨ā§āĻšā§āĻ° āĻāĻŋāĻļāĻ¤ā§ āĻ āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ | - | (-) | - |
| * āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§āĻ° āĻāĻŽā§āĻŽāĻž āĻ āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ | - | (-) | - |
| * āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻĒā§āĻ° āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻĒ | - | (-) | - |
| *āĻĒāĻžāĻ -āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¸āĻā§āĻ | Paath Proshanga | (On Reading) | - |
| * āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ āĻ¯ā§āĻā§ āĻ¯ā§āĻā§āĻ¸ā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ | - | (-) | - |
Recognitionâģ
Karim received the Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1976, and the Independence Day Award in 2000.
Referencesâģ
- ^ "Sardar Fazlul Karim's 86th birthday today". The Daily Star. 1 May 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
- ^ "People bid farewell to Sardar Fazlul Karim". The Daily Star. 16 June 2014.
- ^ Hossain, Selina; Islam, Nurul; Hossain, Mobarak, eds. (2000). Bangla Academy Dictionary of Writers. Bangla Academy. p. 159. ISBN 984-07-4052-0.
- ^ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ˛āĻž āĻāĻāĻžāĻĄā§āĻŽā§ āĻāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¤āĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨
- ^ Haque, Junaidul (6 October 2007). "The life of a man of commitment". The Daily Star. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
- ^ Iqbal, Shahryar, ed. (1997). Sheikh Mujib in Parliament (1955-58). Agamee Prakashani. pp. 415â416. ISBN 984-401-385-2.
- ^ "Sardar Fazlul Karim passes away". The Daily Star. 15 June 2014.
- ^ Ahmad, Iftikhar (1976). Pakistan General Elections: 1970. South Asian Institute, Punjab University. p. 120. OCLC 3933811.
- ^ "2000 award". Cabinet Division. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
External linksâģ
- Ahsan, Syed Badrul (6 May 2011). "Heroes in Our Times". Star Weekend Magazine.
- āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒā§āĻ˛āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻĄāĻāĻāĻŽāĻ āĻ¸āĻ°āĻĻāĻžāĻ° āĻĢāĻāĻ˛ā§āĻ˛ āĻāĻ°āĻŋāĻŽ
- Muhammad Ali (1 February 2009). āĻ¸āĻžāĻā§āĻˇāĻžā§āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻ¸āĻ°āĻĻāĻžāĻ° āĻĢāĻāĻ˛ā§āĻ˛ āĻāĻ°āĻŋāĻŽ. bdnews24.com (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 8 February 2009.
- 1925 births
- 2014 deaths
- People from Barisal
- People from Barisal District
- Bengali writers
- Bangladeshi philosophers
- Translators to Bengali
- Bangladeshi translators
- Recipients of the Independence Day Award
- National Professors of Bangladesh
- 20th-century translators
- Recipients of Bangla Academy Award
- Pakistani MNAs 1955â1958
- 20th-century Bangladeshi philosophers
- 20th-century Bengalis
- Barishal Zilla School alumni