Shishir Bhattacharja (born 4 August 1963) is a Bangladeshi linguist, writer, columnist, and a professor of the French language at the University of Dhaka.[1] He is also the Director of the Institute of Modern Languages, University of Dhaka.[2][3][4] An ardent advocate and promoter of the Bengali language, he has written extensively on the use of Bengali in Bangladesh. He translated works of Guillaume Apollinaire, Arthur Rimbaud, and Bernard-Henri Lévy into Bengali and poems of Jibanananda Das into French.[5]
Shishir Bhattacharja | |
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শিশির ভট্টাচার্য্য | |
| Born | 4 August 1963 Sitakunda, Chattogram, Bangladesh |
| Occupation(s) | Professor, writer |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Linguistics |
| Sub-discipline | Bengali language, literature and culture |
| Institutions | University of Dhaka |
| Website | shishirbhattacharja |
Education and career
editBorn in Sitakunda, Chattogram, he completed Bachelor's and Master's in Indology and Linguistics at Université Sorbonne Nouvelle.[6] He received his PhD from the University of Montreal, Canada.[5] He did his post-doctorate at the Institute of State Language in University of Tokyo. In 1989, Bhattacharja joined Dhaka University where he is, at present, the Director of the Institute of Modern Languages.[citation needed]
Selected works
editIn Bengali
edit- Ishwar Dharma Bishwas (ঈশ্বর ধর্ম বিশ্বাস, God Religion Faith)
- Samaj Sangskriti Shilpakala (সমাজ সংস্কৃতি শিল্পকলা, Society Culture Arts)
- Bangla Byakaraner Ruparekha (বাংলা ব্যাকরণের রূপরেখা, An Outline of Bengali Grammar)
- Bangla Bhasha: Prakrita Samasya o Peshadari Samadhan (বাংলা ভাষা: প্রকৃত সমস্যা ও পেশাদারি সমাধান, The Bengali Language: Problems and Solutions)
- Ja Kichu Byakaran Nay (যা কিছু ব্যাকরণ নয়, Whatever is not Grammar)
- Antaranga Byakaran (অন্তরঙ্গ ব্যাকরণ, Intimate Grammar)
- Uchit Shiksha (উচিৎ শিক্ষা, Right Education)
- Bishwabidyalayer Itihas: Adiparba (বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের ইতিহাস: আদিপর্ব, History of University: The First Phase)[7][8]
- Jatrapala Chandragupta kingba Khamatasastrer Sohoj Path (যাত্রাপালা চন্দ্রগুপ্ত king-বা ক্ষমতা-শাস্ত্রের সহজপাঠ, Jatrapala Chandragupta or an Introduction to Power-politics)
Translations
edit- Bangladesh Jakhan Swadhin Hacchila (বাংলাদেশ যখন স্বাধীন হচ্ছিল, When Bangladesh was getting liberated), a Bengali translation of Bernard-Henri Lévy's Bangla-Desh, Nationalisme dans la révolution (1973)
- Rimbaud: Nirbachita Kabita ebang Patrabali (র্যাঁবো: নির্বাচিত কবিতা ও পত্রাবলি, Selected Poems and Letters of Rimbaud)
- Apollinaire: Nirbachita Kabita (আপোলিন্যার: নির্বাচিত কবিতা, Selected Poems of Apollinaire)
In English
edit- Word Formation in Bengali: A Whole Word Morphological Description and its Theoretical Implications
In French
edit- Bhagwan et son monde orange (1991)
- La poésie contemporaine du Bangladesh (Co-author)
References
edit- ^ অখণ্ড আলোয় বাংলা ব্যাকরণ. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 7 October 2016. Archived from the original on 22 April 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
- ^ "Bangla state language only in law, not in practice: speakers". New Age. Archived from the original on 21 April 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
- ^ "MoU between Dhaka University and Tokyo University of Foreign Studies signed". Daily Sun. Archived from the original on 13 June 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
- ^ "Enhance opportunity for research-based education". The Daily Star. 20 October 2018. Archived from the original on 21 April 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
- ^ a b শিশির ভট্টাচার্য্য. bdnews24.com (in Bengali). 15 October 2015. Archived from the original on 6 April 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
- ^ "Shishir Bhattacharja".
- ^ বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় তবে ইউরোপের সৃষ্টি!. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 12 October 2018. Archived from the original on 21 April 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
- ^ বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের মানে কজন জানেন?. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 11 June 2018. Archived from the original on 30 June 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2019.