Syed Waliullah was a Bangladeshi novelist, short-story writer and playwright.
13 Facts About Syed Waliullah
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Syed Waliullah was notable for his debut novel, Lalsalu.
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Syed Waliullah was awarded Bangla Academy Literary Award, Adamjee Prize, Ekushey Padak and Bangladesh National Film for Best Story.
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Syed Waliullah was a district magistrate of British Raj period.
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Syed Waliullah passed his matriculation examination in 1939 from Kurigram High School.
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Syed Waliullah completed his IA from Dhaka College in 1941 and bachelor's from Ananda Mohan College in Mymensingh in 1943.
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Syed Waliullah then moved to Calcutta to complete his master's in economics.
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Syed Waliullah joined The Statesman newspaper and worked until 1947.
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Syed Waliullah is often considered the pioneer of existential analysis of the characters psyche in the literature of Bangladesh.
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Syed Waliullah declares an old grave to be the Mazar that of a Pir, covers it with the traditional red cloth used for mausoleums, and establishes his stronghold on the life of the people using the reflected power on him of the supposed saint.
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Syed Waliullah met Anne Marie Thibaud, a French woman, in Sydney.
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Syed Waliullah was a cousin of Jamal Nazrul Islam, a physicist and mathematician.
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Syed Waliullah died in Meudon in Paris on October 10,1971.