Kazi Abdul Wadud (26 April 1894 - 19 May 1970) was a

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, prominent critic,

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and

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. He was born into a lower-middle-class family, in larger Faridpur (present) Rajbari, Pangsha. His father's name was Kazi Sagiruddin.

Academic life

In 1913, he passed matriculation from

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. Then he passed l.A. and B.A. from Presidency College, Kolkata. In 1919 he completed an M.A. in economics from

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Contributions

In 1926, he founded ''Muslim Sahitto Somaj'' in Dhaka and he also led the '' Buddhir Mukti'' (rising up from ignorance) movement with some young writers. His newspaper ''Shikha'' helped to increase the growth of the movement. Sayed Abdul hossen and

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also joined this movement. Kazi Abdul Wadud was closely related with the

Muslim literary movement.

Career

He took a job with Kolkata textbook board. In 1920 he joined Dhaka intermediate college (now

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) as a professor of literature because it was very rare to find a graduate post in Bengali. After 1947, Dhaka University proposed him for teaching but he got more opportunities for writing in

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and stayed there for the remainder of his life.

Marriage

In 1916, he married his uncle's eldest daughter, Jamila khatun. She died in 1954.

Essays

* Saswoto Bongo * Somaj O Sahitto

Others books

*Mir poribar (story), 1918 *Nodibokshe(Novel), unknown date *Robindro kabbo pattho(Criticism), Bengali 1334 AD *Torun (A collection of story and short dramas) Kolkata, Bengali 1355 A.D. *Poth o bipoth(Drama) Bengali 1346 *Nazrul prothiva(Criticism), 1949 *Azad(Novel), 1948 *Creative Bengal (a translation of Bengali essays), 1950 *Pobitro Quraner Prothom part (torjoma) Bengali 1337 Adt

Awards

In 1970, he got "Shisir kumar award"

Quotation

"I don't want poverty for man, I want that which is great prosperity."Nirbachito probondho ,Kollol prokashoni

References

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