Sarder Jayenuddin


Sardar Jainuddin was a Bangladeshi novelist. He was awarded the Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1967. In 1994, he was posthumously honoured with the Ekushey Padak.

Early life

Sardar Jayenuddin was born in 1918 in the village of Kamarhat, part of the Najirganj Union in Sujanagar Upazila, which is located in the Pabna District of what is now Bangladesh. He was born into the esteemed 'Sardar family' in a region that was under the British Empire's colonial administration as part of the Bengal Presidency during the year of his birth.
In 1939, Sardar Jayenuddin completed his Matriculation examination at Kholilpur High School. Subsequently, he pursued further studies and achieved an equivalent of a higher secondary education at Govt. Edward College, Pabna.

Career

  • 1941-47: British Indian Army, during Second World War, as an active military person. He left the job on 31-10-47 and came to his own country East Pakistan. He tried to do some business with the money he got from the service, but it did not work.
  • 1948: Manager Mukul, a journal for the youth
  • 1948-51: As assistant in the advertisement section of the Daily Pakistan Observer
  • 1949: Publisher and Manager Chandrabindu a fortnightly published paper
  • 1950: Publisher and Manager of a monthly paper Mukti
  • 1951-55: Manager, advertisement section, Daily Sangbad
  • 1955-56: Editor "Shaheen" and "Sitara" two fortnightly published paper for children and youth
  • 1956-57: Director, printer and publisher of an English literature paper "The Republic", published quarterly
  • 1958: Manager, advertisement section, The Daily Ittafaq
  • 1959: Deputy general manager, The Daily Ittehad
  • 1959: General secretary of Titas Publication Society
  • 1960: Inspector, Eastern Federal Insurance Company.
  • 1961-64: Assistant publication officer, Bangla Academy
  • 1964: Research officer, National Book Centre of Pakistan
  • 1966: Assistant director, National Book Centre of Pakistan
  • 1972-78: Director, Jatiyo Grantho Kendro
  • 1978-80: Senior specialist Textbook Board

    Works

Novels

Jayenuddin's son, Zia Ahmed, was a major general in Bangladesh Army and former chairman of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission.