Abu Ishaque
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Abu Ishaque (Bengali: আবু ইসহাক), (1926-2003) was a renowned modern Bangladeshi author, famous novelist.
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[edit] Life
Abu Ishaque, born in the village Shirmangol of Naria in Shariatpur District on 1st November 1926, had his first story (1940) ‘Abhishap’ published in the Nabajug edited by the Rebel Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam. He passed his Matriculation with scholarship in 1942. His first big literary effort, Surja-Dighal Bari, which he finished writing in August 1948, had to wait about seven years for a publisher. Graduating from Karachi University in 1960, he served in many important posts in the country as well as in diplomatic positions in the high commission offices of Bangladesh. In the year 1984 he retired from the government service.
[edit] Works
Is one of our notable Bangla litterateurs, whose name is categorized with those who wrote the least and showed the best. Three novels - one of which is a detective novel, two collections of short stories and the voluminous Samokalin Bangla Bhashar Obhidhan (first two parts of it have already been published from the Bangla Academy and the rest [how many?] are being prepared). As literature celebrates only quality, not quantity, he comes forth as a major novelist in contemporary literature with the publication of Surya-Dighal Bari (A Cursed House) written at the age of only twenty one and till now its mighty presence is felt by readers of Bangla fiction.
[edit] Novels
- Surja-Dighal Bari (A Cursed House 1955)
- Padmar Palidwip (Alluvial Island of the Padma, 1986)
- Jaal (Counterfeit, 1988)
[edit] Awards
- Bangla Academy Award (1963)
- Ekushey Padak (1997)
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