Chowdhury Gulam Akbar ( bn, চৌধুরী গোলাম আকবর; 16 September 1921 – 29 December 1988) was a Bangladeshi writer. He served in the Bangla Academy of Bangladesh as the collector of

Bengali folk literature Bangladeshi Folk Literature ( bn, বাংলাদেশি লোক সাহিত্য) constitutes a considerable portion of Bengali literature. Though it was created by illiterate communities and passed down orally from one generation ...

Early life

Gulam Akbar was born on 16 September 1921 in Dargahpur village of Maulvi Bazar District (now Kamalganj Upazila, Moulvibazar District, Bangladesh). He passed the Middle English Examination in 1936. After passing the M.E Examination, he sat for a competitive examination and became a primary school teacher in 1942. Became a teacher he passed Guru training examination in 1952. As a private candidate he passed the Matriculation examination in 1954. After built the teaching career of 25 years, he resigned in 1967. He died in Maulvi Bazar on 29 December 1988.

Writing career

Gulam Akbar had a special fascination for folk literature. After retirement, he was appointed as collector of folk literature by Bangla Academy. He toured the Sylhet region and collected a large number of ballads and songs. He wrote several books on folk literature and also edited many lyrics and folk songs. He wrote many prose on

Bengali literature Bengali literature ( bn, বাংলা সাহিত্য, Bangla Sahityô) denotes the body of writings in the Bengali language and which covers Old Bengali, Middle- Bengali and Modern Bengali with the changes through the passage of time ...

. In his early life he wrote poems and songs. A compiled book collection of his written poems named Amar Kabita was published after his death.

Notable work

* ''Sylhet Gitika'' (1968) * ''Kholafae Rasheda ba Char Khalifar Punthi'' (1969) * ''Sadhak Kavi Bhavananda'' (1978) * ''Sylhet Nagari Parikrama'' (1978) * ''Radharaman Sangit'' (1981) * ''Lokasahitye Islam'' (1987) * ''Lokasahityer Katha'' (1988) * ''Rastrovasha Ekushya Proshongo'' (1997) * ''Jalalabader Sanskritik Oitihya'' (1998) * ''Rachana o sangraha Sambhar Vol-1'' (2007)

References

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