Rafiqun Nabi
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1943 (age 72–73) Chapai Nawabganj, British Raj (now in Bangladesh) |
| Nationality |
 Bangladeshi |
| Other names | Ranabi/রনবী |
| Ethnicity | Bengali |
| Education | masters in arts |
| Alma mater | University of Dhaka |
| Occupation | faculty in Dhaka University, cartoonist |
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Rafiqun Nabi (Bengali: রফিকুন নবী; also Ranabi, born in 1943) is a Bangladeshi artist and cartoonist. Nabi's most famous creation is Tokai, a character symbolizing the poor street boys of Dhaka who lives on picking things from dustbins or begging and having a knack of telling simple yet painful truths about current political and socio-economic situation of the country.[1]He has written few stories in Prothom Alo newspaper of Bangladesh.[2]
Career
Nabi was born in Nawabganj District in northwest Bangladesh in 1943.[3] He graduated from Pogose School, Dhaka. He enrolled in the Bangladesh College of Arts and Crafts (later renamed as Institute of Fine Arts under Dhaka University).[3] There, he studied under the supervision of artists like Zainul Abedin and Quamrul Hassan. Nabi received a scholarship from the Asia Foundation between 1962-64. After his graduation, he joined the institute as a faculty. He went to Athens and studied art between 1973-1976 under a scholarship from the Government of Greece.[3]
Awards
- Ekushey Padak (1993)
References
- ↑ "Rafiqun Nabi maintains relevance, brilliance » Dhaka Courier".
- ↑ "The Daily Star » Rafiqun Nabi – Recreating the Joy of Life".
- 1 2 3 "Rafiqun Nabi". Bengal Foundation. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
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