Zillur Rahman Siddiqui
Also recorded as Independence Day Award recipient
Zillur Rahman Siddiqui
- Born
- 1928 · Jhenaidah District.
- Died
- 2014 · Dhaka.
- Nationality
- Bangladesh · British Raj · Pakistan
- Occupation
- poet · academic · translator · writer
- Education
- University of Dhaka
- Honours
- Bangla Academy Literary Award · Independence Award
- Languages
- English · Bangla
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• Office — Advisor for Education • Term Start — 10 December 1990 • Term End — 16 March 1991 • Predecessor — Kazi Zafar Ahmed • Successor — A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury • Born — 1928 02 23 • Died — 2014 11 11 • Native Name — জিল্লুর রহমান সিদ্দিকী • Alma Mater — University of Dhaka • Occupation — Professor, writer Zillur Rahman Siddiqui (23 February 1928 – 11 November 2014) was a Bangladeshi writer, academic and educationist.
Career
Siddiqui was a professor of English at Rajshahi University. He served as a vice-chancellor of Jahangirnagar University from 1976 to 1984.
Works
Siddiqui authored around 40 books in Bengali and English. He edited the literary quarterly Purbamegh. He edited the dictionary, Bangla Academy English-Bengali Dictionary.
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Jhenaidah District.
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Awards
• Alaol Sahitya Purashkar (1977) • Bangla Academy Literary Award (1979) • Independence Day Award • Kazi Mahbub Ullah Begum Zebunnisa Trust Award (1990) • Alokto Sahitya Purashkar (1998) • MA Haque Swarna Padak (2003)
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