Our debt of gratitude to Abdul Quadir
Abdul Quadir (1906-84) was a poet-prosodist, essayist, editor, journalist, literary critic, bibliophile and collector of literary works. He came from Araisidha – the village where I was born – in the district of Brahmanbaria, so I feel a special affinity with him. The homes where he and I spent our...
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| description | Abdul Quadir (1906-84) was a poet-prosodist, essayist, editor, journalist, literary critic, bibliophile and collector of literary works. He came from Araisidha – the village where I was born – in the district of Brahmanbaria, so I feel a special affinity with him. The homes where he and I spent our childhoods are within 200 metres of each other. I grew up with the pride that our village produced this great poet and writer.
Unfortunately, much to the peril of our understanding of the history of twentieth-century Bengali literature, he is not widely known and is somewhat neglected in literary scholarship. Had he been born in a country like Britain and contributed to English literature the way he did to Bengali literature, I presume he would have been remembered as an outstanding literary figure both in his country and abroad – both during his lifetime and afterwards. |
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| spelling | iium-710982019-03-18T06:54:26Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/71098/ Our debt of gratitude to Abdul Quadir Hasan, Md. Mahmudul PI Oriental languages and literatures Abdul Quadir (1906-84) was a poet-prosodist, essayist, editor, journalist, literary critic, bibliophile and collector of literary works. He came from Araisidha – the village where I was born – in the district of Brahmanbaria, so I feel a special affinity with him. The homes where he and I spent our childhoods are within 200 metres of each other. I grew up with the pride that our village produced this great poet and writer. Unfortunately, much to the peril of our understanding of the history of twentieth-century Bengali literature, he is not widely known and is somewhat neglected in literary scholarship. Had he been born in a country like Britain and contributed to English literature the way he did to Bengali literature, I presume he would have been remembered as an outstanding literary figure both in his country and abroad – both during his lifetime and afterwards. thedailystar.net 2019-03-09 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/71098/1/71098_Our%20Debt%20of%20Gratitude%20to%20Abdul%20Quadir.pdf Hasan, Md. Mahmudul (2019) Our debt of gratitude to Abdul Quadir. The Daily Star. p. 11. https://www.thedailystar.net/literature/news/our-debt-gratitude-abdul-quadir-1712278?browserpush=true |
| spellingShingle | PI Oriental languages and literatures Hasan, Md. Mahmudul Our debt of gratitude to Abdul Quadir |
| title | Our debt of gratitude to Abdul Quadir |
| title_full | Our debt of gratitude to Abdul Quadir |
| title_fullStr | Our debt of gratitude to Abdul Quadir |
| title_full_unstemmed | Our debt of gratitude to Abdul Quadir |
| title_short | Our debt of gratitude to Abdul Quadir |
| title_sort | our debt of gratitude to abdul quadir |
| topic | PI Oriental languages and literatures |
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