Abdus Selim

Abdus Selim (born 19 September 1945)[1] is a Bangladeshi academic, writer and translator. He was awarded Bangla Academy Literary Award in 2015 in the translation category and Shaheed Muneir Chowdhury Award in 2010 for his contribution to theatre.[2][3] He is currently a faculty member of the Department of English Language-Literature at Central Women's University.[4]

Abdus Selim
আবদুস সেলিম
Selim in July 2018
Born (1945-09-19) 19 September 1945
Chuadanga, Bengal Presidency, British India
NationalityBangladeshi
Alma materUniversity of Dhaka
Occupation(s)Academic, writer, translator
Awardsfull list

Background

Selim completed his bachelor's and master's in English from the University of Dhaka.[3] He got his breakthrough in translation work by translating Bertolt Brecht's Life of Galileo in 1975 on a request by film director Masihuddin Shaker and was published in 1979.[5] [6] Nagorik Natya Sampradaya theatre group staged the play under the direction of Ataur Rahman in 1988.[5]

Career

Selim taught at the teachers' training college in Libya as well as in England, United States and Germany.[3] He occasionally teaches the Aesthetics of Theatre at Ramendu Majumdar's theatre school.[3] He served as the vice-president and an executive body member of International Theatre Institute.[3] He was a faculty member of the English Department at North South University.[3]

Majority of the drama plays translated by Selim have been directed by Ataur Rahman.[5]

Translation works

Awards

References
  1. "আবদুস সেলিম". opinion.bdnews24.com. 2011-10-28. Retrieved 2020-08-18.
  2. "11 honoured with Bangla Academy awards". The Daily Star. 2016-01-28. Retrieved 2020-08-18.
  3. "A Scholar's Paeans to a Martyr". The Daily Star. 2010-12-04. Retrieved 2020-08-18.
  4. "Faculty Members of the Department of English Language-Literature". www.cwu.edu.bd. Retrieved 2020-08-18.
  5. "Foreign plays in Bangla". The Daily Star. 2004-09-16. Retrieved 2020-08-18.
  6. "When Aly Zaker was possessed by Galileo's excellence". The Daily Star. 2018-10-06. Retrieved 2020-08-18.
  7. "An exciting theatrical adaptation of Alice in Wonderland". Dhaka Tribune. 2020-06-11. Retrieved 2020-08-18.
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