birth_date: 1922-08-15 00:00:00
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name: Syed Waliullah
about: Syed Waliullah was born on 15 August 1922 at Sholashahar in Chittagong. After completing his Bachelor’s from Ananda Mohan College in Mymensingh, he enrolled at Calcutta University but did not complete his Master’s. Proficient in both Bangla and English, he worked for the Statesman during 1945-1947. After the Partition, he moved to Dhaka and joined Radio Pakistan as assistant news editor. In 1950 he was posted to Radio Pakistan, Karachi. From 1951 to 1960 he served as press attache at Pakistan missions in New Delhi, Sydney, Jakarta and London. It was in Sydney that Waliullah met Anne-Marie Thibaud, whom he later married and who translated Lal Shalu into French. In 1960 Waliullah moved to Paris where he served as first secretary at the Pakist Syed Waliullah was born on 15 August 1922 at Sholashahar in Chittagong. After completing his Bachelor’s from Ananda Mohan College in Mymensingh, he enrolled at Calcutta University but did not complete his Master’s. Proficient in both Bangla and English, he worked for the Statesman during 1945-1947. After the Partition, he moved to Dhaka and joined Radio Pakistan as assistant news editor. In 1950 he was posted to Radio Pakistan, Karachi. From 1951 to 1960 he served as press attache at Pakistan missions in New Delhi, Sydney, Jakarta and London. It was in Sydney that Waliullah met Anne-Marie Thibaud, whom he later married and who translated Lal Shalu into French. In 1960 Waliullah moved to Paris where he served as first secretary at the Pakistan Embassy till 1967 when he joined UNESCO. Syed Waliullah did not live to see the liberation of his motherland, passing away in Paris on 10 October 1971.Syed Waliullah (Bengali: সৈয়দ ওয়ালীউল্লাহ) is often considered the pioneer of existential analysis of the characters psyche and root cause analysis of social-psychic conflicts in the literature of Bangladesh. The last two of his three novels, specially Kando Nadi Kando, show his mastery in revealing the inner depths of his characters. Contemporary writer Shahidul Jahir was influenced by him.Novels:লালসালু(Tree without roots), ১৯৪৮চাঁদের অমাবস্যা (Dark moon), ১৯৬৪কাঁদো নদী কাঁদো (Cry, o river), ১৯৬৮The Ugly Asian, 1959Play:বহিপীর (১৯৬০)তরঙ্গভঙ্গ (The Breakers), ১৯৬৫সুড়ঙ্গ (১৯৬৪)উজানে মৃত্যুShort story collection:নয়নচারা (১৯৫১)দুই তীর ও অনান্য গল্প (Akte Tulse Gaser Khine), ১৯৬৫ ...more
death_date: 1971-10-10 00:00:00