Kazi Abdul Wadud

Kazi Abdul Wadud
কাজী আব্দুল ওদুদ
Born	(1894-04-26)April 26, 1894 Bagmara, Faridpur District, Bengal Presidency
Died	May 19, 1970(1970-05-19) (aged 76) Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Alma mater	Presidency University, Kolkata Kolkata University
Spouse	Jamila Khatun ​ (m. 1916⁠–⁠1954)​
Relatives	Qazi Motahar Hossain

Kazi Abdul Wadud (Bengali: কাজী আব্দুল ওদুদ; 26 April 1894 - 19 May 1970) was a Bengali essayist, prominent critic, dramatist and biographer. He was born into a lower-middle-class family, in larger Faridpur (present) Rajbari, Pangsha. His father's name was Kazi Sagiruddin.

Early life and education

Abdul Wadud was born on 26 April 1894 to a Bengali family of Muslim Kazis in the village of Bagmara in Pangsha, Goalanda subdivision, Faridpur district, Bengal Presidency. He was the son of railway station master Kazi Syed Husain and a relative of Qazi Motahar Hossain. His forefathers had arrived to Mughal Bengal from Western Asia during the reign of Emperor Jahangir, designated as Islamic court judges.[1]

Academic life

In 1913, he passed matriculation from Dhaka Collegiate School. Then he passed l.A. and B.A. from Presidency College, Kolkata. In 1919 he completed an M.A. in economics from Calcutta University.

Contributions

In 1926, he founded Muslim Sahitto Somaj[2] in Dhaka and he also led the Buddhir Mukti (rising up from ignorance) movement[3] with some young writers. His newspaper Shikha[4] helped to increase the growth of the movement. Sayed Abdul hossen and Qazi Motahar Hossain also joined this movement. Kazi Abdul Wadud was closely related with the Bengali Muslim literary movement.

Career

He took a job with Calcutta textbook board. In 1920 he joined the Dacca Intermediate College (now Dhaka College) as a professor of literature because it was very rare to find a graduate post in Bengali. After 1947, Dhaka University proposed him for teaching but he got more opportunities for writing in Calcutta and stayed there for the remainder of his life.

Marriage

In 1916, he married his uncle's eldest daughter, Jamila Khatun. She died in 1954.[5]

Essays

• Saswoto Bongo
• Somaj O Sahitto

Others books

• Mir poribar (story), 1918
• Nodibokshe(Novel), unknown date
• Robindro kabbo pattho(Criticism), Bengali 1334 AD
• Torun (A collection of story and short dramas) Kolkata, Bengali 1355 A.D.
• Poth o bipoth(Drama) Bengali 1346
• Nazrul prothiva(Criticism), 1949
• Azad(Novel), 1948
• Creative Bengal (a translation of Bengali essays), 1950
• Pobitro Quraner Prothom part (torjoma) Bengali 1337 Adt

Awards

In 1970, he got "Shisir kumar award"[6]

Quotation

"I don't want poverty for man, I want that which is great prosperity."[7]

References

1. "Qazi Motahar Hossain: A man of unparalleled dexterity". Qazi Motahar Hossain: A man of unparalleled dexterity | theindependentbd.com. Retrieved 2023-03-20.
2. Nirbachito probondho ,Kollol prokashoni ISBN 984 617 009 2
3. Discussion on Kazi Abdul Odud held on Department of Bengali , Govt. Rajendra college Faridpur . Date : 10-3-2013
4. Kazi Abdul Wadud : Somaj cheytona ,Dr. Sahin Afjal .First publish : Ekushey Boimela 2005
5. Kazi Abdul Oduder songkhipto Jibonponji ,porishistho ,Nirbachito probondho Edition : Mossamot Selina khatun .,Lecturer ,Bengali ,Eden Govt. Mohila college
6. Discussion on Kazi Abdul Odud held on Department of Bengali , Govt. Rajendra college Faridpur . Date : 10-3-2013
7. Nirbachito probondho ,Kollol prokashoni ISBN 984 617 009 2