Shawkat Osman

           
         Shawkat Osman Full name Sheikh Azizur Rahman; 1917 – 1998) was a Bangladeshi writer and short narrative writer.He was born in Sabalsinghapur, Hughli, West Bengal in 1917. His father was Sheikh Mohammad Yehia. Born in what was then West Bengal, Osman migrate to East Pakistan (present-day Bangladesh) after the partition of India in 1947. He started his professional life by schooling at Dhaka College in Dhaka. He also skilled at Chittagong Commerce College. He was a servant  of Mujibnagar Government in 1971. He died in Dhaka in 1998.

Education

He was educated at the Aliah University (Anglo-Persian branch), and at the St. Xavier's College, Calcutta from where he modify in 1938. Thereafter, he would earn an MA quantity in Bengali writing from the University of Calcutta in 1941.His son Yafes Osman became the Science and Technology priest of Bangladesh in 2009.

Literature

Osman's first famous novel was Janani. Janani (Mother)is a portrayal of the breakup of a relatives because of the bucolic and urban divide. In Kritadaser Hasi (Laugh of a Slave), Osman explore the night of up to date political affairs and realism of despotism.

Awards

• Bangla Academy Award (1962)
• Adamjee Literary Award (1966)
• President Award (1967)
• Ekushey Padak (1983)
• Mahbubullah Foundation Prize (1983)
• Muktadhara Literary Award (1991)
• Independence Day Award (1997)

Literary works

• Boni    Adam(1943)                                                                     
• Janani (1958)
• Kritadaser Hasi (1962)
• Samagam (1967)
• Chaurasandhi (1968)
• Raja Upakhyan (1971)
• Jahannam Haite Biday (1971)
• Dui Sainik (1973)
• Nekre Aranya (1973)
• Patanga Pinjar (1983)
• Rajsakkhi (1985)
• Jolangi (1986)
• Puratan Khanjar (1987)

Short stories

• Pinjrapol (1358)
• Junu Apa o Anyanya Galpo (1358)
• Sabek Kahini (1953)
• Prostor Phalok (1964)
• Upolakso (1965)
• Netrapath (1968)
• Ubhosringo (1375)
• Janmo Jadi Tabo Bange (1975)
• Monib o Tahar Kukur (1986)
• Iswarer Protidandi (1990)

Bigata KDramas

• Amlar Mamla (1949)
• Taskar o Laskar (1953)
• Baghdader Kabi (1359)
• Daktar Abdullahr Karkhana (1973)
• Tinti Chhoto Natak (1989)
• Purna Swadhinata Churna Swadhinata (1990)

Memoires:

• Kalratri Khandachitra (1986)
• Swajan Sangram (1986)

Children Literature:

• Oten Saheber Banglow (1944)
• Etimkhana (1955)
• Chhotoder Nanagalpo (1969)
• Digbaji (1964)
• Prize o Anyanyagalpo (1969)
• Tara Dui Jan (1944)
• Ksude Socialist (1973)
• Katha Rachanar Katha (1389)
• Panchasangi (1975)
• Itihas Bistarito (1985)
• Mosquitophone

Translation

• Panchti Natak ( from Molière 1965)
• Time Machine ( from H.G. Wells 1959)
• Panchti Kahini ( from Leo Tolstoy 1959)
• Spainer Chhotogalpo (1372)
• Prithibir Rangomonche Manush: Santaner Swikarokti ( Amrita Pritom 1985)
• Nisso 1948

Editation

• Fazlul Huquer Galpo (1983)

Non-fiction

• Samudra Nadi Samarpito (1973)
• Sangskritir Charai Utrai (1985)
• Muslim Manoser Rupantar (1986)
• Bhab Bhasha Bhabna (1974)
• Nashta tan Ashta Bhan (1986)
• Haptam Pancham (1957)
• Pitripurusher Pap (1986)
• Ebong Tin Mirza (1986)

• aler Galpo (1986)