1. Shamsuzzaman Khan was a Bangladeshi academician, folklorist, and writer who served as president of the Bangla Academy from June 2020 until his death in April 2021.
12 Facts About Shamsuzzaman Khan
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Shamsuzzaman Khan was notable for editing book series on folk culture of 64 different districts in 64 volumes and collections of folklore series in 114 volumes.
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Shamsuzzaman Khan was awarded Bangla Academy Literary Award in 2001, Ekushey Padak in 2009 and Independence Day Award in 2017 by the government of Bangladesh.
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Shamsuzzaman Khan was brought up by his mother and maternal grandmother.
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Shamsuzzaman Khan completed his honours and master's degrees from Dhaka University in 1963 and 1964 respectively and joined Munshiganj Haraganga College as a lecturer in the department of Bangla in 1964.
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Shamsuzzaman Khan was a faculty member of Jagannath College, Bangladesh Agricultural University and National University of Bangladesh.
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On 24 May 2009, Shamsuzzaman Khan became the director general of the Bangla Academy.
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Shamsuzzaman Khan served as the director general of the Bangladesh National Museum and Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy.
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On 1 October 2018 Shamsuzzaman Khan was appointed 'Bangabandhu Chair' Professor at Islamic University, Bangladesh in Kushtia.
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Shamsuzzaman Khan was criticized and condemned severely since he allowed different organizations to arrange events in the English language in the premises of Bangla Academy in his tenure.
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Shamsuzzaman Khan died from complications of COVID-19 in Dhaka on 14 April 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh.
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Shamsuzzaman Khan wrote more than seventy books on topics ranging from serious literary articles and folklore to children's literature.