'Shawkat Osman was the voice of revolution in Bangla literature'

Finance minister Abul Maal Abul Muhith said the writing of Shawkat Osman was the voice of revolution in the Bangla literature.
He said while addressing the celebration programme of the centenary of Shawkat's birth organized by Bangla Academy as chief guest.
'Osman introduced his revolutionary soul leaving the country as the protest to the killing of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in 1975. He also criticized against the injustice through his sarcastic writing.' said Abul Maal Abul Muhith.
Cultural affairs minister Asaduzzaman Noor said that he was a author but he used to concentrate politics, society and human welfare. His dream was the emancipation of the oppressed people.
Dhaka University Prof Emeritus Dr Anisuzzaman presided over the discussion while director general of the Academy Shamsuzzaman Khan delivered the welcome speech.
A film titled 'Abbas' based in his story directed by Syed Shamsul Haque was shown in the end of the programme.
Sheikh Azizur Rahman, known as Shawkat Osman, was born in Hooghly of West Bengal on January 2 in 1917. He migrated to East Pakistan (present-day Bangladesh) after the partition of India in 1947. He started his professional life through teaching at Dhaka College in Dhaka. He also taught at Chittagong Commerce College.
Shawkat Osman wrote novels, short stories, poems, drama, stories for children and essays.
His novel 'Kritodasher Hanshi', featuring an upsurge against dictatorship, is considered a classic while his another classic 'Janani' (mother), a portrait of the disintegration of a family because of the rural and urban division, was translated into English and has been acclaimed in many countries.    �UNB