Abdus Selim | |
|---|---|
আবদুস সেলিম | |
 Selim in July 2018 | |
| Born | 19 September 1945 |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Alma mater | University of Dhaka |
| Occupation(s) | Academic, writer, translator |
| Awards | full list |
Abdus Selim (born 19 September 1945)[1] is a Bangladeshi academic, writer and translator. He was awarded Bangla Academy Literary Award in 2015 in the translation category and Shaheed Muneir Chowdhury Award in 2010 for his contribution to theatre.[2][3] He is currently a faculty member of the Department of English Language-Literature at Central Women's University.[4]
Background
Selim completed his bachelor's and master's in English from the University of Dhaka.[3] He got his breakthrough in translation work by translating Bertolt Brecht's Life of Galileo in 1975 on a request by film director Masihuddin Shaker and was published in 1979.[5] [6] Nagorik Natya Sampradaya theatre group staged the play under the direction of Ataur Rahman in 1988.[5]
Career
Selim taught at the teachers' training college in Libya as well as in England, United States and Germany.[3] He occasionally teaches the Aesthetics of Theatre at Ramendu Majumdar's theatre school.[3] He served as the vice-president and an executive body member of International Theatre Institute.[3] He was a faculty member of the English Department at North South University.[3]
Majority of the drama plays translated by Selim have been directed by Ataur Rahman.[5]
Translation works
- Life of Galileo, Mother Courage and Her Children and Round Heads and Pointed Heads by Bertolt Brecht[5]
- Lady from the Sea by Henrik Ibsen
- One Hundred Sacks of Rice by Yūzō Yamamoto
- The Homecoming and The Birthday Party by Harold Pinter
- Play with a Tiger by Doris Lessing
- Nocturnal Wanderer by Gao Xingjian
- Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
- Would-be Gentleman by Moliere
- The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Caroll[7]
- The Government Inspector of Nikolai Gogol[5]
Awards
- Bangla Academy Literary Award (2005)
- Uchimura Prize (2008)
- Shaheed Muneir Chowdhury Award (2010)
References
- ↑ "আবদুস সেলিম". opinion.bdnews24.com. 2011-10-28. Retrieved 2020-08-18.
- ↑ "11 honoured with Bangla Academy awards". The Daily Star. 2016-01-28. Retrieved 2020-08-18.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "A Scholar's Paeans to a Martyr". The Daily Star. 2010-12-04. Retrieved 2020-08-18.
- ↑ "Faculty Members of the Department of English Language-Literature". www.cwu.edu.bd. Retrieved 2020-08-18.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Foreign plays in Bangla". The Daily Star. 2004-09-16. Retrieved 2020-08-18.
- ↑ "When Aly Zaker was possessed by Galileo's excellence". The Daily Star. 2018-10-06. Retrieved 2020-08-18.
- ↑ "An exciting theatrical adaptation of Alice in Wonderland". Dhaka Tribune. 2020-06-11. Retrieved 2020-08-18.
External links
- Abdus Selim (2016-10-06). "Death of a versatile aesthete". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 2020-08-18.