Dwijen Sharma

Dwijen Sharma

Sharma in 2011
Native name দ্বিজেন শর্মা
Born (1929-05-29) 29 May 1929
Shimulia village, Barlekha Upazila, Moulvibazar District, British India (now Bangladesh)
Nationality Bangladeshi
Fields Nature Conservation, Botany
Institutions
Alma mater
Known for Nature Conservation, science writer
Notable awards

Dwijen Sharma (born May 29, 1929) is a Bangladeshi naturalist and science writer.[1] He was awarded Bangla Academy Award in 1987 and Ekushey Padak in 2015 by the Government of Bangladesh for his contribution in language and literature.[2]

Early life

Sharma was born in Shimulia village of Barlekha Upazila of Moulvibazar District in Sylhet Division. His father Chandrakand Sharma was a "Kobiraj" or rural doctor and his mother Mognomoyi Debi was a social worker. During his childhood he was fond of visiting the forest of Patharia hill which is situated in Barlekha upazilla.

Education and professional work

Sharma received his bachelor's degree from City College, Kolkata. He earned his master's degree in Botany in 1958 from the University of Dhaka. He then joined Brojomohun College, Barisal. In 1962 he left Barisal to join the faculty of Notre Dame College, Dhaka and worked until 1974. Then, he moved to Moscow to work for Progress Publishers as a translator.

He moved back to Bangladesh in 2000 and joined Asiatic Society of Bangladesh as an editor and translator of biology. He served as vice president of Asiatic Society for 3 years. An encyclopedia of the flora and fauna of Bangladesh in 56 volumes was published by the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh while he was the president of the publishing committee.[3]

Honors and awards

Personal life

Sharma is married to Devi Sharma, a former professor at Central Women's University.[3] They have one son and one daughter.

Books

Sharma wrote more than 30 books.[3] Some notable ones are as follows.

References

  1. ↑ দ্বিজেন শর্মা [Dwijen Sharma]. Gunijan Trust (in Bengali). Retrieved April 17, 2015.
  2. ↑ "14 honoured with Ekushey Padak 2015". The Daily Star. February 9, 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 Amitava Kar (July 19, 2013). "Sunshine on His Shoulders". The Daily Star. Retrieved April 17, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Prof Dwijen Sharma awarded". The Daily Star. July 31, 2011. Retrieved April 17, 2015.

Further reading

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