Fakrul Alam
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Fakrul Alam at Bangla Academy, Dhaka, on 16 November 2013.
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| Born | 20 July 1951 |
| Occupation | Professor, Writer, Translator |
| Language | Bengali, English |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Alma mater | University of Dhaka |
| Notable awards | Bangla Academy Award (2013) |
Dr. Fakrul Alam (Bengali: ফকরুল আলম, born 20 July 1951) is a Bangladeshi academic, writer, and translator. He writes on literary matters and postcolonial issues and translated works of Jibanananda Das and Rabindranath Tagore into English.
Dr. Alam began his schooling at Little Jewels Kindergarten and later attended St. Joseph's School and spent his college days in Notre Dame College. He completed BA and MA in English at the University of Dhaka, earned a second master's degree from Simon Fraser University and achieved his PhD degree from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver.
Dr. Alam became a faculty member at the Department of English of the University of Dhaka after the liberation war of Bangladesh. As of today, he taught at several universities around the globe, including Clemson University, USA as a Fulbright Scholar, and Jadavpur University, India as a Visiting Associate Professor. Besides academic responsibilities, he was also the Director of the Advanced Studies in the Humanities of the University of Dhaka from 1993 to 1996, and Adviser of the Dhaka University Central Library from 2002 to 2003. He is currently a member of the Education Policy Implementation Committee constituted by the Government of Bangladesh. At present he also acts as an Advisor at the Department of English of East West University.
Alam writes in a vibrant style with logical argumentation on literary matters that range from colonial to post-colonial literature. For him, reading and writing are a living experience. He received widespread recognition as one of the best translators and foremost authorities of Jibanananda Das and Rabindranath Tagore. Appreciating Alam's translation of Jibanananda Das, Syed Manzoorul Islam said "the sights and sounds of Bengal's landscape, its crowded botany and its constantly shifting lights and shadows find their way into Alam's translation". In 2011 he edited The Essential Tagore in collaboration with Radha Chakravarty for Visva-Bharati University, India and Harvard University Press, USA. Below is an excerpt of Alam's translation of "Amar Shonar Bangla" (My Bengal of Gold) by R.Tagore from The Essential Tagore:
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