Ghulam Murshid


Ghulam Murshid was a Bangladeshi author, scholar and journalist based in London. He won a number of awards, including the Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1982 for his contribution to research; the Prothom Alo Book Award in 2007; the IFIC literary prize 2018; and the Ekushey Padak for language and literature in 2021

Life and career

Murshid was born on 8 April 1940 at Dhamura village of Barisal district. Besides being a prolific author, he was also a distinguished lexicographer. Murshid edited a three-volume Bengali dictionary, called 'Bibartonmulak Bangla Abhidhan', published in 2013–2014. Two hundred years' of history of Bengali dictionaries, it is the first to be based on historical principles. It provides the evolution of the form and meaning of every word and traces the first use thereof in written Bengali.
Murshid died in London on 22 August 2024, at the age of 84.

Selected research and publications

Books in EnglishReluctant Debutante: Response of Bengali Women to Modernization, 1849–1905Lured by Hope: A Biography of Michael Madhusudan Dutt.The Heart of a Rebel Poet: Letters of Michael Madhusudan Dutt.Bengali Culture Over A Thousand Years
Books in BengaliVaishnava Padavali Prabeshak Vidyasagar .Bangladesher Swadhinata Sangramer Samskritik Patabhumi Rabindraviswe Purba-Banga Purba-Bange Rabindracharcha Samaj Samskar Andolan O Bangla Natak, 1865-76Bangla Mudran O Prakashanar Adi-ParbaSamkocher Bivhabalata: Adhunikatar Abhighate Banga-Ramanir PratikriyaBengali English Bengali DictionaryKalantare Bangla GadyaJakhan PalatakRasasundari theke Rokeya: Nariprogatir Eksho BachharAshar Chhalaner BhuliUjan Srote BangladeshHazar Bachhorer Bangali SamskritiNari Dharmo ItyadiMadhur KhonjeKalapanir Hatchhani: Bilete Bangalir ItihasAtharo Shataker Bangla Gadya: Itiahs O SankalanChhoto-barho Sobar MichaelMuktijuddha O tarpor: Ekti Nirdaliya ItihasBangla Academy Bibartanmulak Abhidhan, 3 Vols, EditorRenaissance Banglar RenaissanceAlokita MukhocchabiBidrohi Ranaklanta: Nazrul JibaniRabindranather Nari-bhabna
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