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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Bangladeshi litterateur, musicologist and rose expert}}<br />
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1941|2|25|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Kabirhat Upazila|Kabirhat]], [[Noakhali]], {{flag|Bengal Presidency}}<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|2013|1|15|1941|2|25|df=y}}<br />
| death_place = [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh<br />
| resting_place = Martyred Intellectuals' Graveyard, Mirpur<br />
| occupation = [[Litterateur]], [[Musicologist]]<br />
| language = [[Bengali language|Bengali]]<br />
| nationality = [[Bangladesh]]i<br />
| citizenship = [[Bangladeshis|Bangladeshi]]<br />
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| awards = [[Bangla Academy Literary Award]] (1979)<br>[[Ekushey Padak]] (2010)<br />
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'''Abdus Shakur''' (25 February 1941{{snd}}15 January 2013) was a Bangladeshi litterateur and musicologist.<ref name=death>{{cite news|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=265413|title=Abdus Shakur passes away|date=January 16, 2013|newspaper=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|The Daily Star]]|accessdate=July 9, 2022}}</ref> He was awarded [[Ekushey Padak]] by the [[Government of Bangladesh]] in 2014 for his contribution to language and literature.<ref>{{cite news |date=20 February 2014 |accessdate=11 April 2016|title=15 get Ekushey Padak|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/15-get-ekushey-padak-12218 |newspaper=The Daily Star}}</ref><br />
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==Education and career==<br />
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Shakur completed his BA (honors) and MA degree in English literature from [[Dhaka University]] in 1963 and 1964 respectively. In 1980 he earned another master's degree in development economics from the Netherlands.<ref name=death/><br />
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Shakur started his career at Dhaka University as a lecturer in the English department. Later he joined the [[Pakistan Civil Service]].<br />
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In 2000, he retired as a Secretary of the Government of Bangladesh.<ref name=death/><br />
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==Literature==<br />
Shakur's book "Bangalir Muktir Gaan" received Bangla Academy Award in 2007.<ref name=Juberee>{{cite news |last=Juberee |first=Abdullah |date=1 March 2007 |title=Ekushey book fair ends with record sales |url=http://www.newagebd.com/2007/mar/01/met.html |newspaper=New Age Metro |location=Dhaka |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080401053820/http://www.newagebd.com/2007/mar/01/met.html |archive-date=1 April 2008 |access-date=31 October 2022}}</ref><br />
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==Awards==<br />
* [[Bangla Academy Literary Award]] (1979)<br />
* Amiobhushon Award (2003)<br />
* Alokto Sahitya Puroshkar (2008)<br />
* [[Ekushey Padak]] (2014)<br />
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[[Category:Recipients of Bangla Academy Award]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of the Ekushey Padak]]<br />
[[Category:University of Dhaka alumni]]<br />
[[Category:Burials at Mirpur Martyred Intellectual Graveyard]]<br />
[[Category:People from Kabirhat Upazila]]<br />
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