Sikandar Abu Zafar

For other people with similar names, see Abu Zafar (disambiguation).
Sikandar Abu Zafar
সিকান্দার আবু জাফর
Zafar
Born(1918-03-19)19 March 1918
Satkhira, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died5 July 1975(1975-07-05) (aged 56)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Alma materRipon College

Sikandar Abu Zafar (19 March 1918 – 5 August 1975) was a Bangladeshi journalist and poet.[1] He was awarded Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1966, Ekushey Padak in 1984 and Independence Day Award in 1999 by the government of Bangladesh.[1][2]

Early life and education

Zafar passed the entrance examination in 1936 from Tala B Dey Institute in Satkhira. He received his IA degree from Ripon College, Calcutta (later renamed to Surendranath College).[1][3]

Zafar moved to Dhaka from Calcutta in 1950 and worked as a journalist for the dailies Nabajug, Ittefaq, Sangbad and Millat. He founded and edited a monthly magazine called Samakal during 1959–1970.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Sikandar Abu Zafar's 95th birth anniversary". The Daily Star]. 21 March 2014.
  2. ^ পুরস্কারপ্রাপ্তদের তালিকা [Winners list] (in Bengali). Bangla Academy. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  3. ^ Sirajul Islam; Miah, Sajahan; Khanam, Mahfuza; Ahmed, Sabbir, eds. (2012). "Zafar, Sikander Abu". Banglapedia: the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Online ed.). Dhaka, Bangladesh: Banglapedia Trust, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. ISBN 984-32-0576-6. OCLC 52727562. OL 30677644M. Retrieved 26 December 2024.


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