Shamsuddin Abul Kalam

Shamsuddin Abul Kalam was born in 1926 in the village of Kamdevpur, near Nalchity, in the former district of Barisal, under the name of Abul Kalam Shamsuddin. A graduate of the University of Calcutta in 1946, as a student he was active in the movement for Indian independence. Settled in Dhaka in 1950, he joined the information service of East Pakistan and edited its magazine, Mahe-Nao. Established in Rome from 1959, he studied cinema there at the Centro sperimentale, worked for Italian cinema and was awarded a doctorate by the university. He received the Bangla Academy prize and died in Rome on 10 January 1997.

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• Novelকাশবনের কন্যাShamsuddin Abul Kalam · 1954not translated into EnglishLiterature