Liaquat Ali Lucky
লিয়াকত আলী লাকী
Director General of Shilpakala Academy
Assumed office
10 April 2011
Preceded byKamal Lohani[1]
Personal details
Born (1957-01-13) 13 January 1957
Nawabganj Upazila, Dhaka, East Pakistan, Pakistan
NationalityBangladeshi
Alma materUniversity of Dhaka

Liaquat Ali Lucky (born 13 January 1957)[2] is a Bangladeshi actor, director, singer, composer and cultural organiser. He has been the director general of Shilpakala Academy since April 2011.[3][4] He was awarded Ekushey Padak by the Government of Bangladesh in 2019.[5] As of 2018, he has acted in 58 theatre plays and directed 82 plays.[2]

Early life and career

Lucky was born to Sheikh Sadek Ali and Majeda Begum on 13 January 1957 in Nawabganj Upazila, Dhaka.[3] He completed his bachelor's and master's in English literature from the University of Dhaka.[6]

Awards

  • Dhaka University Gold Medal (1984)
  • The Unique Group Gold Medal (2000)
  • The Face of Bengal Award (2004)
  • Honorary Cultural Envoy of Japan Award (2004)
  • Munier Chowdhury Medal (2013)
  • Poet Mahbub ul Alam Chowdhury Award (2015)
  • Journalist Bojlur Rahman Memorial Medal (2015)
  • Dr Bhupen Hazarika Byatikrom International Award (2018)[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Lucky new DG of Shilpakala". The Daily Star. 2011-04-11. Retrieved 2019-02-13.
  2. 1 2 3 "Lucky to receive Bhupen Hazarika Byatikrom Int'l award". New Age. 2018-08-29. Retrieved 2019-02-13.
  3. 1 2 "Tete-a-tete With Liaquat Ali Lucky". Daily Sun. 2017-05-05. Retrieved 2019-02-13.
  4. ↑ "Stars who will receive the Ekushey Padak for 2019". The Daily Star. 2019-02-08. Retrieved 2019-02-13.
  5. ↑ "21 named for Ekushey Padak". The Daily Star. 2019-02-07. Retrieved 2019-02-13.
  6. ↑ লিয়াকত আলী লাকী (in Bengali). Retrieved 2019-02-13.
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