Shawkat Osman remembered for penning lives of downtrodden
Noted Bangla litterateur Shawkat Osman observed society from its lowest tier and penned down the unspoken words of the downtrodden, said speakers at a discussion yesterday.
The politically and socially conscious novelist mocked corrupt politicians and the ruling system through his satirical literary pieces, they told the discussion, organised by Shawkat Osman Smriti Parishad in the capital's Liberation War Museum to celebrate the legend's 97th birth anniversary.
Poet Ahmed Rafique, a Language Movement hero, said Shawkat was a complete politician in his writings, thinking, and works and enriched Bangla literature through his rare style in use of the language.
Bangla Academy's former director general Mansur Musa, Shawkat Osman's sons -- Prof Bulbon Osman and State Minister for Science and Technology Yeafesh Osman --, and litterateur Andalib Rashdi also spoke at the discussion.
Born in Hoogli, West Bengal on January 2, 1917, Shawkat graduated in economics and did his masters in Bangla from Calcutta University (now known as Kolkata University).
His widely acclaimed pieces include his first novel “Jononiâ€, “Kritodasher Hashi†and many short stories, poems, plays, essays and books for children.
Osman received several awards and accolades and passed away in 1998.
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