Sardar Fazlul Karim
Sardar Fazlul Karim | |
|---|---|
| Native name | সরদার ফজলুল করিম |
| Born | 1 May 1925 Atipara, Backergunge District, Bengal Presidency |
| Died | 15 June 2014 (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 1955–1958 | |
Sardar Fazlul Karim (Bengali: সরদার ফজলুল করিম; 1 May 1925 – 15 June 2014) was a Bangladeshi academic, philosopher and essayist.[1][2]
Early life and family
[edit]Sardar Fazlul Karim was born on 1 May 1925, to a lower middle class family in the village of Atipara located in the Backergunge District of the Bengal Presidency (present-day Wazirpur Upazila, Barisal District, Bangladesh). His father, Khabiruddin Sardar,[1][3] 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.[4]
Education
[edit]When Karim was a high school student, Saratchandra Chatterjee's novel Pather Dabi (Demand for a Pathway) inspired him to dream of a revolution.[5] He matriculated from Barisal Zilla School in 1940.[3]
He completed his Intermediate of Arts (IA) at Dhaka Intermediate College in 1942.[3] 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.[5] He earned an honors BA, and in 1946, an MA.[6]
Career
[edit]In 1954, while in prison, he was elected to the East Bengal Legislative Assembly as a Jukto Front candidate.[7] He was released in 1955 by the United Front government.[5]
He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan in 1955.[8] Arrested again during martial law, he was released in 1962.[5]
He left politics in 1963 and joined the translation section of the Bangla Academy.[5][6] From 1969 to 1971 he directed the academy's cultural section.[5]
In 1972, after Bangladesh won its independence, he rejoined Dacca University as a professor of political science.[6]
Karim wrote scholarly books on philosophy, among them his দর্শনকোষ (Encyclopedia of Philosophy). He has translated Plato, Aristotle, Rousseau and Engels.
Published work
[edit]Bengali Translation:
| *প্লেটোর রিপাবলিক | Plator Republic | (Republic by Plato) | - |
| *প্লেটোর সংলাপ | Plator Republic | (Plato's Dialogues) | - |
| *এরিস্টোটল-এর পলিটিক্স | Aristotler Politics | (Politics by Aristotle) | - |
| *এঙ্গেলস্-এর এ্যান্টি ডুরিং | Engelser Anti-Dühring | (Anti-Dühring by Friedrich Engels) | - |
| *রুশোর- সোশ্যাল কন্ট্রাক্ট | Rousseaur Social Contract | (Social Contract by Jean-Jacques Rousseau) | - |
| *রুশোর- দি কনফেশনস | Rousseaur The Confessions | (The Confessions by Jean-Jacques Rousseau) | - |
| Memoirs, essays and others: | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| * দর্শনকোষ | Darshankosh | (Bengali Encyclopedia of Philosophy) | - |
| * শহীদ জ্যোতির্ময় গুহঠাকুরতা স্মারকগ্রন্থ | - | (-) | - |
| * সেই সে কাল:কিছু স্মৃতি কিছু কথা | - | (-) | - |
| * ঢাকা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় ও পূর্ববঙ্গীয় সমাজঃ অধ্যাপক আব্দুর রাজ্জাকের আলাপচারিতা | - | (-) | - |
| * চল্লিশের দশকের ঢাকা | - | (-) | - |
| * নানা কথা | - | (-) | - |
| * নানা কথার পরের কথা | - | (-) | - |
| * নূহের কিশতী ও অন্যান্য প্রবন্ধ | - | (-) | - |
| * রুমীর আম্মা ও অন্যান্য প্রবন্ধ | - | (-) | - |
| * গল্পের গল্প | - | (-) | - |
| *পাঠ-প্রসঙ্গ | Paath Proshanga | (On Reading) | - |
| * আরেক যুগে যুগোস্লাভিয়ায় | - | (-) | - |
Recognition
[edit]Karim received the Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1976,[6] and the Independence Day Award in 2000.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "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.
- ^ a b c Hossain, Selina; Islam, Nurul; Hossain, Mobarak, eds. (2000). Bangla Academy Dictionary of Writers. Bangla Academy. p. 159. ISBN 984-07-4052-0.
- ^ বাংলা একাডেমী চরিতাভিধান
- ^ a b c d e f Haque, Junaidul (6 October 2007). "The life of a man of commitment". The Daily Star. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
- ^ a b c d Iqbal, Shahryar, ed. (1997). Sheikh Mujib in Parliament (1955-58). Agamee Prakashani. pp. 415–416. 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 links
[edit]- Ahsan, Syed Badrul (6 May 2011). "Heroes in Our Times". Star Weekend Magazine.
- বিপ্লবীদের কথা ডটকমঃ সরদার ফজলুল করিম
- Muhammad Ali (1 February 2009). সাক্ষাৎকারে সরদার ফজলুল করিম. bdnews24.com (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 8 February 2009.
| International | |
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| National | |
- 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 1955–1958
- 20th-century Bangladeshi philosophers
- 20th-century Bengalis
- Barishal Zilla School alumni