Sardar Fazlul Karim

Sardar Fazlul Karim (Bengali: সরদার ফজলুল করিম; 1 May 1925 – 15 June 2014) was a Bangladeshi academic, philosopher and essayist.[1][2]

Sardar Fazlul Karim
Native name
সরদার ফজলুল করিম
Born(1925-05-01)1 May 1925
Atipara, Backergunge District, Bengal Presidency (now Barisal District, Bangladesh)
Died15 June 2014(2014-06-15) (aged 89)
OccupationAcademic, philosopher, translator, political activist, essayist
NationalityBangladeshi
Alma materDacca University
Genreessay, translation
Notable awards
Member of the 2nd National Assembly of Pakistan
In office
1955–1958

Early life and family

Sardar Fazlul Karim was born on 1 May 1925, to a lower middle class family in the village of Atipara located in the Backergunge District of the Bengal Presidency (present-day Wazirpur Upazila, Barisal District, Bangladesh). His father, Khabiruddin Sardar,[1][3] was a farmer, and his mother, Safura Begum, was a housewife. He had one brother and three sisters, and they grew up in the village.[4]

Education

When Karim was a high school student, Saratchandra Chatterjee's novel Pather Dabi (Demand for a Pathway) inspired him to dream of a revolution.[5] He matriculated from Barisal Zilla School in 1940.[3]

He completed his Intermediate of Arts (IA) at Dhaka Intermediate College in 1942.[3] He then became a student of Dacca University, initially studying English but soon shifting to philosophy because Haridas Bhattacharya's class lectures had attracted him.[5] He earned an honors BA, and in 1946, an MA.[6]

Career

In 1954, while in prison, he was elected to the East Bengal Legislative Assembly as a Jukto Front candidate.[7] He was released in 1955 by the United Front government.[5]

He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan in 1955.[8] Arrested again during martial law, he was released in 1962.[5]

He left politics in 1963 and joined the translation section of the Bangla Academy.[5][6] From 1969 to 1971 he directed the academy's cultural section.[5]

In 1972, after Bangladesh won its independence, he rejoined Dacca University as a professor of political science.[6]

Karim wrote scholarly books on philosophy, among them his দর্শনকোষ (Encyclopedia of Philosophy). He has translated Plato, Aristotle, Rousseau and Engels.

Published work

Bengali Translation:

*প্লেটোর রিপাবলিকPlator Republic(Republic by Plato)-
*প্লেটোর সংলাপPlator Republic(Plato's Dialogues)-
*এরিস্টোটল-এর পলিটিক্সAristotler Politics(Politics by Aristotle)-
*এঙ্গেলস্‌-এর এ্যান্টি ডুরিংEngelser Anti-Dühring (Anti-Dühring by Friedrich Engels)-
*রুশোর- সোশ্যাল কন্ট্রাক্টRousseaur Social Contract(Social Contract by Jean-Jacques Rousseau)-
*রুশোর- দি কনফেশনসRousseaur The Confessions(The Confessions by Jean-Jacques Rousseau)-
Memoirs, essays and others:
* দর্শনকোষDarshankosh(Bengali Encyclopedia of Philosophy)-
* শহীদ জ্যোতির্ময় গুহঠাকুরতা স্মারকগ্রন্থ-(-)-
* সেই সে কাল:কিছু স্মৃতি কিছু কথা-(-)-
* ঢাকা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় ও পূর্ববঙ্গীয় সমাজঃ অধ্যাপক আব্দুর রাজ্জাকের আলাপচারিতা-(-)-
* চল্লিশের দশকের ঢাকা-(-)-
* নানা কথা-(-)-
* নানা কথার পরের কথা-(-)-
* নূহের কিশতী ও অন্যান্য প্রবন্ধ-(-)-
* রুমীর আম্মা ও অন্যান্য প্রবন্ধ-(-)-
* গল্পের গল্প-(-)-
*পাঠ-প্রসঙ্গPaath Proshanga(On Reading)-
* আরেক যুগে যুগোস্লাভিয়ায়-(-)-

Recognition

Karim received the Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1976,[6] and the Independence Day Award in 2000.[9]

References
  1. "Sardar Fazlul Karim's 86th birthday today". The Daily Star. 1 May 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
  2. "People bid farewell to Sardar Fazlul Karim". The Daily Star. 16 June 2014.
  3. Hossain, Selina; Islam, Nurul; Hossain, Mobarak, eds. (2000). Bangla Academy Dictionary of Writers. Bangla Academy. p. 159. ISBN 984-07-4052-0.
  4. বাংলা একাডেমী চরিতাভিধান
  5. Haque, Junaidul (6 October 2007). "The life of a man of commitment". The Daily Star. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
  6. Iqbal, Shahryar, ed. (1997). Sheikh Mujib in Parliament (1955-58). Agamee Prakashani. pp. 415–416. ISBN 984-401-385-2.
  7. "Sardar Fazlul Karim passes away". The Daily Star. 15 June 2014.
  8. Ahmad, Iftikhar (1976). Pakistan General Elections: 1970. South Asian Institute, Punjab University. p. 120. OCLC 3933811.
  9. "2000 award". Cabinet Division. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
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