Abu Rushd
আবু রুশদ
Born	Syed Abu Rushd Matinuddin (1919-12-25)25 December 1919 Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died	23 February 2010(2010-02-23) (aged 90)
Alma mater	Exeter College, Oxford
Relatives	Rashid Karim (brother)
Awards	full list

Syed Abu Rushd Matinuddin (known by his pen name Abu Rushd,^[1] 25 December 1919 – 23 February 2010)^[2] was a Bangladeshi writer.^[3]

Early life and career

Abu Rushd started his career as an English lecturer in Hooghly Mohsin College. He moved to England in 1951 for studying English literature at the Exeter College, Oxford.^[4] He later taught English in Kolkata Islamia College, Dhaka College, Chittagong College,^[5] Rajshahi College and Jahangirnagar University.^[2] He retired from Jahangirnagar University in 1982.^[6]

Works

Abu Rushd's first publication was a collection of short stories in 1939. In addition to six novels, he wrote 50 short stories, and a three-volume autobiography. Also, he was adept at translating literary works, both from Bengali to English and English to Bengali, including Shakespeare's poems. Moreover, he was a regular columnist for four Bangladeshi newspapers, writing opinion pieces.^{[citation needed]}

Abu Rushd translated some poems and songs of Lalon to English in 1964.^[7]

Awards

• Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (1963)
• Bangla Academy Literary Award (1963)^[8]
• Habib Bank Award (1970)
• Ekushey Padak (1981)
• Adamjee Literary Award^[2]
• Nasiruddin Gold Medal (1992)
• Alakta Literary Award (1992)
• Bangla Sahitya Parisad Award (1993)
• Sher-e-Bangla Gold Award (1992)^[2]
• Lekhika Sangha Award (1992)
• Rotary Club Award (1995)
• Chattagram Sangskriti Kendro Farrukh Memorial Award (1999)^[9]

Personal life

Abu Rush was married to Azija Rushd.^[6] His brother, Rashid Karim, was a novelist.^[10][11]

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