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 The University of Rajshahi (), also known as Rajshahi University (RU), is a Public university, public research university located in Rajshahi, Bangladesh. It is the second oldest and third largest university in Bangladesh. The university's 59 ...

. 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''.

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)

References

1928 births 2014 deaths Academic staff of the University of Rajshahi Bengali–English translators Recipients of Bangla Academy Award Recipients of the Independence Award University of Dhaka alumni 20th-century translators Vice-chancellors of Jahangirnagar University Advisers of Shahabuddin Ahmed ministry {{Bangladesh-bio-stub People from Jhenaidah District Politicians from Khulna Division