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Bangla Academy

January 08, 2023

The Bangla Academy (Bengali: বাংলা একাডেমি, pronounced [baŋla ækaɖemi]) is an autonomous institution funded by the Bangladesh government to foster the Bengali language, literature and culture, to develop and implement national language policy and to do original research in the Bengali language. Established in 1955, it is located in Burdwan House in Ramna, Dhaka, within the grounds of the University of Dhaka and Suhrawardy Udyan. The Bangla Academy hosts the annual Ekushey Book Fair.

Bangla Academy
বাংলা একাডেমি
Burdwan House, Bangla Academy main building
Formation3 December 1955; 67 years ago (1955-12-03)
TypeAutonomous institution funded by Government of Bangladesh
HeadquartersBurdwan House
Location
Official language
Bengali
Director General
Mohammad Nurul Huda[1]
Key people
Selina Hossain (President)
Websitebanglaacademy.gov.bd

History

 
Moder Gorob, depicting the language movement martyrs, is one of the features of Bangla Academy.

The importance of establishing an organisation for Bengali language was first emphasised by the linguist Muhammad Shahidullah.[2][3] Later, following the Language movement, on 27 April 1952, the All Party National Language Committee decided to demand establishment of an organisation for the promotion of Bengali language. During the 1954 parliamentary elections, the United Front's 21-point manifesto stated that, "The prime minister from the United Front will dedicate the Bardhaman House for establishing a research center for the Bengali language".[3] Following the election success of the Front, the education minister Syed Azizul Haque placed the order to fulfill this promise.

In 1955, the government formed a committee to expedite the process. The committee was composed of leading intellectuals like Muhammad Shahidullah, Qazi Motahar Hossain, S.M. Bhattacharya, W. H. Shadani, and Muhammad Barkatullah. On 3 December 1955, the Chief Minister of East Bengal, Abu Hussain Sarkar, inaugurated the institute.[3] Barkatullah acted as the Special Officer in charge. Later, in 1956, Muhammad Enamul Haque took over as the first director.[4]

In 1957, an act of the parliament formally established the funding source and the Government support for the institute.[3] The first book published by the academy was Laili Maznu, an epic by the medieval poet Dawlat Ujir Bahram Khan, and edited by Ahmed Sharif. The first fellow of the academy was the poet Farrukh Ahmed.[3]

The publication division was established in early 1957; the research, culture and library divisions and translation division were set in 1958 and 1961 respectively.[5]

After the independence of Bangladesh, the director's position was renamed Director General.[4] Mazharul Islam, head of Bangla Department of Rajshahi University, was the first Director General of the institute.[6] On 19 September 2008, a new 8-storied building, containing a 500-capacity auditorium and a 100-capacity seminar room, opened next to the main building.

 
Bangla Academy main building located in Burdwan House in Ramna, Dhaka.

Structure

The functions and structure of the institute was devised on the model of the French Academy.[4]

Divisions

  1. Research, compilation and folklore
  2. Language, literature, culture and publication
  3. Textbook
  4. Planning and training

Activities

The main task of the academy is to conduct research on Bengali language, culture, and history, and to publish Bengali literary and research work.

To commemorate the Language movement and the Language martyr's day, the academy organizes the month-long Ekushey Book Fair, the largest book fair in the country. It was introduced by former director general Monzur-I-Mowla.

Criticism

In recent years, Bangla Academy has been widely criticized for allowing different organizations to arrange events in English and denigrating Bengali in the premise of Bangla Academy, which is a violation of visions of the institution.[7] "The Academy has misused a lot of funds in producing useless books, books that are unoriginal," opines Salimullah Khan.[8] Khan is of the opinion that the academy is short on original publications long on dross.[8] He believes that both in research and in the field of creative writing, originality must be given priority. He also adds that most of the problems lie in the process of selection. The selection process the crucial decision to ditch one manuscript to pick another that will be added to the long list of academy publications, is faulty and in dire need of revision.[8]

Awards given by Bangla Academy

Bangla Academy Literary Award

Main article: Bangla Academy Literary Award

Rabindra Award

This award is conferred for significant contributions to Rabindranath Tagore works.[9]

Mazharul Islam Poetry Award

Main article: Mazharul Islam Poetry Award

This award is conferred to the Bangladeshi poets since 2010.[9][10]

Presidents

Years President Profession
1961–1961 Mohammad Akram Khan Journalist and politician
1962–1963 Mohammad Barkatullah Writer
1964–1965 Muhammad Qudrat-i-Khuda Educationist
1969–1971 Syed Murtaza Ali Writer and historian
1972–1974 Zainul Abedin Painter
1975–1977 Syed Murtaza Ali
1977–1979 Syed Ali Ahsan Poet and educator
1980–1982 Abdul Haque Faridi Islamic scholar
1982–1983 Abu Mohammed Habibullah
1986–1990 Abdullah-Al-Muti Educationist
1990–1992 Gazi Shamsur Rahman Lawyer
1993–1994 Abdur Rahman Chowdhury Justice
1994–1996 Gazi Shamsur Rahman
1996–1999 Shamsur Rahman Poet
1999–2002 Anisuzzaman
2002–2006 Wakil Ahmed
2007–2009 M Harunur Rashid
2009–2011 Kabir Chowdhury
2011–2020 Anisuzzaman[11]
2020–2021 Shamsuzzaman Khan[12] Folklorist
2021–2021 Rafiqul Islam[13]
2022– Selina Hossain[14] Novelist

List of Honorary Fellows

As of 2018, there are 173 persons made Honorary Fellows by the academy.[9]

1975
2001
2002
2003
  • Mohammad Ferdous Khan
  • Emazuddin Ahmed
  • Ferdousi Rahman
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
  • Syed Anwar Hossain
  • Sheikh Mohammed Shahidullah
  • Abdul Malik
  • Kumudini Hajong
  • Kangalini Sufiya
  • Ali Zakar
  • Asaduzzaman Noor

References

  1. ^ "Poet Nurul Huda new DG of Bangla Academy". Dhaka Tribune. 12 July 2021.
  2. ^ Al-Helal, Bashir (1986). Bangla Academy'r Itihaas (History of Bangla Academy) (in Bengali). Dhaka, Bangladesh: Bangla Academy.
  3. ^ a b c d e Mamun, Muntasir (January 2004) [1993]. Dhaka: Smriti Bismritir Nogori (in Bengali) (3rd edition, 4th printing ed.). Dhaka, Bangladesh: Ananya Publishers. pp. 178–180. ISBN 984-412-104-3.
  4. ^ a b c Islam, Sirajul (2012). "Bangla Academy". In Islam, Sirajul; Helal, Bashir Al (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  5. ^ বাংলা একাডেমির সংক্ষিপ্ত ইতিহাস. Bangla Academy (in Bengali). Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  6. ^ "Bangla Academy marks 54th founding anniv today". Dhaka Mirror. New Age. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  7. ^ 'ঢাকা লিট ফেস্ট'-এর পৃষ্ঠপোষকতা ও ইংরেজিকে 'লিডিং' অবস্থানে নিয়ে যাওয়ার ব্যবস্থা!. bdnews24.com (Opinion) (in Bengali). 12 November 2018. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
  8. ^ a b c "Losing Sight of Priorities". Star Magazine. The Daily Star. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  9. ^ a b c পুরস্কারপ্রাপ্তদের তালিকা [Winners list] (in Bengali). Bangla Academy. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  10. ^ "Mazharul Islam Award introduced". The Daily Star. 10 September 2009. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  11. ^ বাংলা একাডেমির প্রাক্তন সভাপতিগণ [Former Presidents of Bangla Academy] (in Bengali). Bangla Academy. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  12. ^ "Shamsuzzaman Khan becomes Bangla Academy president". New Age. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  13. ^ "Dr Rafiqul Islam appointed Bangla Academy president". Dhaka Tribune. 19 May 2021. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  14. ^ "Author Selina Hossain is appointed president of Bangla Academy". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  15. ^ Islam, Sirajul (2012). "Nasiruddin, Mohammad". In Islam, Sirajul; Quiyum, Nurul (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  16. ^ "40th ABM of Bangla Academy held". United News. 30 December 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  17. ^ "Artist Monirul Islam gets Bangla Academy Honouary Fellowship". Retrieved 28 January 2019.

January 08, 2023
bangla, academy, bengali, এক, pronounced, baŋla, ækaɖemi, autonomous, institution, funded, bangladesh, government, foster, bengali, language, literature, culture, develop, implement, national, language, policy, original, research, bengali, language, establishe. The Bangla Academy Bengali ব ল এক ড ম pronounced baŋla aekaɖemi is an autonomous institution funded by the Bangladesh government to foster the Bengali language literature and culture to develop and implement national language policy and to do original research in the Bengali language Established in 1955 it is located in Burdwan House in Ramna Dhaka within the grounds of the University of Dhaka and Suhrawardy Udyan The Bangla Academy hosts the annual Ekushey Book Fair Bangla Academyব ল এক ড ম Burdwan House Bangla Academy main buildingFormation3 December 1955 67 years ago 1955 12 03 TypeAutonomous institution funded by Government of BangladeshHeadquartersBurdwan HouseLocationDhaka BangladeshOfficial languageBengaliDirector GeneralMohammad Nurul Huda 1 Key peopleSelina Hossain President Websitebanglaacademy wbr gov wbr bd Contents 1 History 2 Structure 2 1 Divisions 3 Activities 4 Criticism 5 Awards given by Bangla Academy 5 1 Bangla Academy Literary Award 5 2 Rabindra Award 5 3 Mazharul Islam Poetry Award 6 Presidents 7 List of Honorary Fellows 8 ReferencesHistory Edit Moder Gorob depicting the language movement martyrs is one of the features of Bangla Academy The importance of establishing an organisation for Bengali language was first emphasised by the linguist Muhammad Shahidullah 2 3 Later following the Language movement on 27 April 1952 the All Party National Language Committee decided to demand establishment of an organisation for the promotion of Bengali language During the 1954 parliamentary elections the United Front s 21 point manifesto stated that The prime minister from the United Front will dedicate the Bardhaman House for establishing a research center for the Bengali language 3 Following the election success of the Front the education minister Syed Azizul Haque placed the order to fulfill this promise In 1955 the government formed a committee to expedite the process The committee was composed of leading intellectuals like Muhammad Shahidullah Qazi Motahar Hossain S M Bhattacharya W H Shadani and Muhammad Barkatullah On 3 December 1955 the Chief Minister of East Bengal Abu Hussain Sarkar inaugurated the institute 3 Barkatullah acted as the Special Officer in charge Later in 1956 Muhammad Enamul Haque took over as the first director 4 In 1957 an act of the parliament formally established the funding source and the Government support for the institute 3 The first book published by the academy was Laili Maznu an epic by the medieval poet Dawlat Ujir Bahram Khan and edited by Ahmed Sharif The first fellow of the academy was the poet Farrukh Ahmed 3 The publication division was established in early 1957 the research culture and library divisions and translation division were set in 1958 and 1961 respectively 5 After the independence of Bangladesh the director s position was renamed Director General 4 Mazharul Islam head of Bangla Department of Rajshahi University was the first Director General of the institute 6 On 19 September 2008 a new 8 storied building containing a 500 capacity auditorium and a 100 capacity seminar room opened next to the main building Bangla Academy main building located in Burdwan House in Ramna Dhaka Structure EditThe functions and structure of the institute was devised on the model of the French Academy 4 Divisions Edit Research compilation and folklore Language literature culture and publication Textbook Planning and trainingActivities EditThe main task of the academy is to conduct research on Bengali language culture and history and to publish Bengali literary and research work To commemorate the Language movement and the Language martyr s day the academy organizes the month long Ekushey Book Fair the largest book fair in the country It was introduced by former director general Monzur I Mowla Criticism EditIn recent years Bangla Academy has been widely criticized for allowing different organizations to arrange events in English and denigrating Bengali in the premise of Bangla Academy which is a violation of visions of the institution 7 The Academy has misused a lot of funds in producing useless books books that are unoriginal opines Salimullah Khan 8 Khan is of the opinion that the academy is short on original publications long on dross 8 He believes that both in research and in the field of creative writing originality must be given priority He also adds that most of the problems lie in the process of selection The selection process the crucial decision to ditch one manuscript to pick another that will be added to the long list of academy publications is faulty and in dire need of revision 8 Awards given by Bangla Academy EditBangla Academy Literary Award Edit Main article Bangla Academy Literary Award Rabindra Award Edit This award is conferred for significant contributions to Rabindranath Tagore works 9 2010 Kalim Sharafi and Sanjida Khatun 2011 Ahmed Rafiq and Ajit Roy 2012 Anisur Rahman Fahmida Khatun and Iffat Ara Dewan 2013 Karunamaya Goswami and Papia Sarwar 2014 Manzoore Mawla and Rezwana Chowdhury Bannya 2015 Sanat Kumar Saha and Sadi Mohammad 2016 Syed Akram Hossain and Tapan Mahmud 2017 Hayat Mamud and Mita HaqueMazharul Islam Poetry Award Edit Main article Mazharul Islam Poetry Award This award is conferred to the Bangladeshi poets since 2010 9 10 Presidents EditYears President Profession1961 1961 Mohammad Akram Khan Journalist and politician1962 1963 Mohammad Barkatullah Writer1964 1965 Muhammad Qudrat i Khuda Educationist1969 1971 Syed Murtaza Ali Writer and historian1972 1974 Zainul Abedin Painter1975 1977 Syed Murtaza Ali1977 1979 Syed Ali Ahsan Poet and educator1980 1982 Abdul Haque Faridi Islamic scholar1982 1983 Abu Mohammed Habibullah1986 1990 Abdullah Al Muti Educationist1990 1992 Gazi Shamsur Rahman Lawyer1993 1994 Abdur Rahman Chowdhury Justice1994 1996 Gazi Shamsur Rahman1996 1999 Shamsur Rahman Poet1999 2002 Anisuzzaman2002 2006 Wakil Ahmed2007 2009 M Harunur Rashid2009 2011 Kabir Chowdhury2011 2020 Anisuzzaman 11 2020 2021 Shamsuzzaman Khan 12 Folklorist2021 2021 Rafiqul Islam 13 2022 Selina Hossain 14 NovelistList of Honorary Fellows EditAs of 2018 there are 173 persons made Honorary Fellows by the academy 9 Mohammad Akram Khan Muhammad Shahidullah Golam Mustafa Jasimuddin Shamsunnahar Mahmud Zainul Abedin Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah Sheikh Reazudin Ahmed Sheikh Habibor Rahman Nurunnesa Khatun Mozammel Huq Khoda Box Aroj Ali Matubbar Mozibor Rahman Biswas Mahbubul Alam Chowdhury Monindro Nath Sheikh Lutfor Rahman Kamaluddin Ahmed Shafiuddin Ahmed Quamrul Hassan Abu Sayeed Chowdhury Abdul Ahad A R Mallick Shah Fazlur Rahman Abdur Razzaq Muhammad Ibrahim Muhammad Shamsul Huq Mohammad Nurul Huq Dewan Mohammad Azraf A U M Abdul Huq Faridi Firoza Begum Kalim Sharafi Khan Sarwar Murshid A N M Gaziul Haque A F Salahuddin Ahmed Barin Mazumder Lutfar Rahman Sarkar Abdul Latif Nurjahan Begum Sudhin Das Ajoy Roy Sirajul Islam Sohrabuddin Ahmed Nazrul Islam Rafiqun Nabi Amolesh Chandra Mandal1975Mohammad Nasiruddin 15 2001Qayyum Chowdhury Mohammad Saidur Abdul Halim Boyati Abdul Matin Tofail Ahmed2002Beggzadi Mahmuda Nasir Jamal Nazrul Islam2003Mohammad Ferdous Khan Emazuddin Ahmed Ferdousi Rahman2004Nurul Islam Iqbal Mahmud Rahija Khanam Jhunu2005M Shamsher Ali M H Khan M Q K Talukdar Sudhananda Mohather William Radice2006Kazi Azhar Ali Kazi Abdul Fattah T A Chowdhury Jamilur Reza Choudhury2007M Innas Ali A M Harun Ar Rashid Mozaffar Ahmed M Abul Hashem Khan Sohrab Hossain Nuruddin Ahmed M Kamrul Islam2008Musharraf Hossain Khondoker Ibrahim Khaled Mizanur Rahman Shelley Sultana Kamal Mahbub Alam Sonia Nishat Amin Saidur Rahman Boyati Nurul Islam2009Nurul Islam Amanul Huq Imdad Hossain Rowsan Ara Bachchu A B M Musa Ataus Samad Abul Maal Abdul Muhith M Amir ul Islam M Mahbubur Rahman A B M Abdul Latif Miah Akbar Ali Khan Ferdousi Mazumder Bibi Russell Muhammad Habibullah Pathan M Abdus Samad Mandal Kazuo Azuma Clinton B Seely2010Atiqul Huq Chowdhury A B M Hossain Kamal Lohani Jamil Chowdhury Enamul Huq Sahanara Hossen Mustafa Zaman Abbasi Rashid Talukdar Ramendu Majumdar Laila Hasan Farida Parveen2011Amartya Sen Sheikh Hasina Abdur Rouf Sheikh Hafizur Rahman Md Tafazzul Islam Mustafa Monwar Rehman Sobhan2012Md Tafazzul Islam Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir Mohiuddin Ahmed Runa Laila M Saiduzzaman Murtoza Bashir Ramkanai Das Pran Gopla Datta Atiur Rahman Sabina Yasmin2013Syed Hasan Imam Monaem Sarker Fakir Alamgir A T M Shamsul Huda Ferdousi Priyabhashini Shahadat Hossain Khan Nasiruddin Yousuff Abul Hasnat2014Partha Pratim Majumder Ataur Rahman Mohammad Zamir A B M Khairul Haque Abdul Mannan Choudhury Shimul Yousuf Fatema Tuz Zohra2015Fazle Hasan Abed Mohammed Farashuddin Anupam Sen Abed Khan Abu Mohammad Shapan Adnan Mahfuz Anam Papia Sarwar2016Toyab Khan Alamgir Muhammad Serajuddin Abul Kalam Azad Chowdhury Rafique Ul Huq Rathindranath Roy Shaikh Siraj Mushtari Shafi2017Iqbal Bahar Chowdhury Pratibha Matsudi ABM Abdullah Ainun Nishat Nurun Nabi Hassan Shahriar Dulal Talukder 16 2018Monirul Islam Aminul Islam Monjulika Chakma SM Mohsin Samanta Lal Sen Rawshan Ara Mustafiz Polan Sarkar 17 2019Syed Anwar Hossain Sheikh Mohammed Shahidullah Abdul Malik Kumudini Hajong Kangalini Sufiya Ali Zakar Asaduzzaman NoorReferences Edit Poet Nurul Huda new DG of Bangla Academy Dhaka Tribune 12 July 2021 Al Helal Bashir 1986 Bangla Academy r Itihaas History of Bangla Academy in Bengali Dhaka Bangladesh Bangla Academy a b c d e Mamun Muntasir January 2004 1993 Dhaka Smriti Bismritir Nogori in Bengali 3rd edition 4th printing ed Dhaka Bangladesh Ananya Publishers pp 178 180 ISBN 984 412 104 3 a b c Islam Sirajul 2012 Bangla Academy In Islam Sirajul Helal Bashir Al eds Banglapedia National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh Second ed Asiatic Society of Bangladesh ব ল এক ড ম র স ক ষ প ত ইত হ স Bangla Academy in Bengali Retrieved 11 August 2016 Bangla Academy marks 54th founding anniv today Dhaka Mirror New Age Retrieved 31 May 2015 ঢ ক ল ট ফ স ট এর প ষ ঠপ ষকত ও ই র জ ক ল ড অবস থ ন ন য য ওয র ব যবস থ bdnews24 com Opinion in Bengali 12 November 2018 Retrieved 20 December 2018 a b c Losing Sight of Priorities Star Magazine The Daily Star Retrieved 4 February 2019 a b c প রস ক রপ র প তদ র ত ল ক Winners list in Bengali Bangla Academy Retrieved 31 July 2017 Mazharul Islam Award introduced The Daily Star 10 September 2009 Retrieved 17 December 2017 ব ল এক ড ম র প র ক তন সভ পত গণ Former Presidents of Bangla Academy in Bengali Bangla Academy Retrieved 27 March 2017 Shamsuzzaman Khan becomes Bangla Academy president New Age Retrieved 9 November 2020 Dr Rafiqul Islam appointed Bangla Academy president Dhaka Tribune 19 May 2021 Retrieved 26 May 2021 Author Selina Hossain is appointed president of Bangla Academy bdnews24 com Retrieved 18 February 2022 Islam Sirajul 2012 Nasiruddin Mohammad In Islam Sirajul Quiyum Nurul eds Banglapedia National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh Second ed Asiatic Society of Bangladesh 40th ABM of Bangla Academy held United News 30 December 2017 Retrieved 28 January 2019 Artist Monirul Islam gets Bangla Academy Honouary Fellowship Retrieved 28 January 2019 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bangla Academy amp oldid 1112089115, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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