- Anwar Pasha
Anwar Pasha( _bn. আনোয়ার পাশা), (1928-1971) was a renowned
Bangladeshi author, famous novelist. He was a martyred intellectual of 1971. Anwar Pasha was born in 15 April 1928 at Dabkai village inMurshidabad . His father was Haji Makrom Ali.Life
He passed the High Madrassah examination in 1946 then went on to do his BA and then his MA in
Bangla fromCalcutta University in 1953. He started his career as teacher of Manikchak High Madrasah and later on taught at Bhabta Azizia High Madrasah in 1954 and Sadikhan Diar BohumukhiHigher Secondary School in 1957. In 1958 he joinedPabna Edward College and in 1966 he joined Department of Bangla,Dhaka University . In 1971 just before a few days of16 December , he was picked up from his university flat byPakistan Army and its collaborators, and taken to Mirpur, where he along with other intellectuals was executed. His dead body was recovered later.Works
*Nadi Nihshesita Hale (1963)
*Nirupay Harini (1970)
*Rabindra Chhotagalpa Samiksa (Vol. I 1963, Vol. II 1973)
*Sahityashilpi Abul Fazal (1968)
*Samudra Sankhalata Ujjayini (1974).Novels
*Neer Sondhani (Home Seeker, 1968)
*Nishuti Rater Gantha (Dead of Night Epics, 1968)
*Rifle Roti Aorat (Rifles, Bread and Women, 1973, A legendary work )Awards
*Bangla Academy Award (Posthumously 1972)
External links
* [http://www.bangladeshinovels.com/page/home.html Bangladeshi Novels]
* [http://banglapedia.search.com.bd/HT/P_0105.htm Biography in Banglapedia]
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