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{{Short description|Bangladeshi academician (1940–2021)}}
{{infobox officeholder
| name = Shamsuzzaman Khan
| image = Shamsuzzaman Khan - Kolkata 2016-02-02 0543.JPG
| caption = Khan in Kolkata Book Fair, 2016
| native_name = শামসুজ্জামান খান
| native_name_lang = bn
| office = President of [[Bangla Academy]]
| term_start = 29 June 2020
| term_end = 14 April 2021
| predecessor = [[Anisuzzaman]]
| successor = [[Rafiqul Islam (educationist)|Rafiqul Islam]]
| office1 = Director General of Bangla Academy
| term_start1 = 24 May 2009
| term_end1 = 23 May 2018
| predecessor1 = [[Syed Mohammad Shahed]]
| successor1 = [[Habibullah Siraji]]<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2018/12/20/bangla-academy-gets-habibullah-siraji-as-director-general|title=Bangla Academy gets Habibullah Sirajee as director general|work=bdnews24.com|access-date=2020-03-20|date=2018-12-20}}</ref>
| nationality = Bangladeshi
| birth_date = {{birth date|1940|12|29|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Manikganj District]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]
| occupation = Academician, administrator, folklorist
| awards = {{ubl|[[Bangla Academy Literary Award]] (2001)|[[Ekushey Padak]] (2009)|[[Independence Day Award]] (2017)}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2021|4|14|1940|12|29|df=y}}
}}
'''Shamsuzzaman Khan''' (29 December 1940 <ref name=president>{{Cite news |title=Shamsuzzaman Khan becomes Bangla Academy president|url=https://www.newagebd.net/article/109802/shamsuzzaman-khan-becomes-bangla-academy-president|access-date=2020-11-09|work=New Age|language=en}}</ref> – 14 April 2021 )<ref>{{Cite web|last=Correspondent|first=Dhaka University|last2=bdnews24.com|title=Shamsuzzaman Khan, president of Bangla Academy, dies after contracting COVID|url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2021/04/14/shamsuzzaman-khan-president-of-bangla-academy-dies-after-contracting-covid|access-date=2021-04-14|website=bdnews24.com}}</ref> was a Bangladeshi academician, folklorist, and writer who served as president of [[Bangla Academy]] since June 2020 until his death in April 2021. He also served as the director general of the academy during 2009–2018.<ref name="dg">{{cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-89812|title=Shamsuzzaman takes over as Bangla Academy DG|date=25 May 2009|work=The Daily Star|access-date=8 August 2022}}</ref> He was notable for editing book series on folk culture of 64 different districts in 64 volumes and collections of folklore series in 114 volumes. He was awarded [[Bangla Academy Literary Award]] in 2001, [[Ekushey Padak]] in 2009 and [[Independence Day Award]] in 2017 by the [[Government of Bangladesh]].<ref name="ekushey">{{cite news|url=http://www.moca.gov.bd/site/page/c706da0c-29ee-4f0f-95d9-fa6705e19001/|access-date=8 August 2016|publisher=Government of Bangladesh|language=bn|script-title=bn:একুশে পদকপ্রাপ্ত সুধীবৃন্দ}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/independence-award-2017-announced-1362568|title=Air Force, 15 people get Independence Award 2017|date=2017-02-17|work=The Daily Star|language=en|access-date=2020-03-20}}</ref>

==Early life==

Khan's father M.R. Khan was a translator at the government house of Calcutta. His great grandfather Elhadad Khan and his brother Ada la t Khan were highly acclaimed intellectuals of colonial India. Shamsuzzaman's father died when he was only two. He was brought up by his mother and maternal grandmother.<ref name=giant/>

Khan completed his honours and master's degrees from Dhaka University in 1963 and 1964 respectively and joined Munshiganj Haraganga College as a lecturer in the department of Bangla in 1964. In the same year he joined Jagannath College as an assistant Professor.

==Career==
Khan started his teaching career at Haraganga College.<ref name=giant/> Khan was a faculty member of [[Jagannath College]], [[Bangladesh Agricultural University]] (1968–73) and [[National University of Bangladesh]] (1998-2001).<ref name=dg/><ref name=giant/>

On 24 May 2009, Khan became the director general of [[Bangla Academy]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2009/05/24/shamsuzzaman-khan-new-bangla-academy-dg|title=Shamsuzzaman Khan new Bangla Academy DG|work=bdnews24.com|access-date=2020-03-20}}</ref> His contract for the position was extended three times until 23 May 2018.<ref name="dg2">{{cite news | url=http://www.thedailystar.net/city/shamsuzzaman-made-dg-bangla-academy-again-113707 | title=Shamsuzzaman made DG of Bangla Academy again | work=The Daily Star | date=17 July 2015 | access-date=8 August 2022}}</ref> He also served as the director general of the [[Bangladesh National Museum]] and [[Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy]].<ref name=dg2/> On 1 October 2018 Shamsuzzaman Khan was appointed 'Bangabandhu Chair' Professor at [[Islamic University, Bangladesh]] in Kushtia.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.unb.com.bd/category/Bangladesh/shamsuzzaman-made-bangabandhu-chair-professor-at-iu/3357|title=Shamsuzzaman made Bangabandhu Chair Professor at IU|work=UNB|language=en|access-date=2020-03-20}}</ref>

According to Nobel Laureate [[Amartya Sen]], "the critical judgment, historical insights and remarkable scholarship that Shamsuzzaman brings to his analyses and writings are altogether exceptional".<ref name=giant/>

== Criticism ==
Khan was criticized and condemned severely since he allowed different organizations to arrange events in the English language in the premises of Bangla Academy in his tenure.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://opinion.bdnews24.com/bangla/archives/54577|script-title=bn:'ঢাকা লিট ফেস্ট'-এর পৃষ্ঠপোষকতা ও ইংরেজিকে 'লিডিং' অবস্থানে নিয়ে যাওয়ার ব্যবস্থা!|date=2018-11-12|work=bdnews24.com|type=Opinion|language=en-US|access-date=2018-12-20}}</ref>

== Death ==
He died from complications of [[COVID-19]] during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh]] on 14 April 2021 in [[Dhaka]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bangla Academy president Prof Shamsuzzaman Khan passes away|url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/people/2021/04/14/bangladesh-academy-president-prof-shamsuzzaman-khan-passes-away|publisher=[[Dhaka Tribune]]|date=14 April 2021|accessdate=15 April 2021}}</ref>

==Awards==
* [[Bangla Academy Literary Award]] (2001)
* [[Ekushey Padak]] (2009)
* [[Independence Day Award]] (2017)<ref>{{cite news |title=15 persons get 'Independence Award-2017' |url=http://www.newagebd.net/article/9307/15-persons-get-independence-award-2017 |work=New Age |location=Dhaka |agency=BSS |date=16 February 2022}}</ref>

==Works==
Khan wrote more than seventy books on topics ranging from serious literary articles and folklore to children's literature.<ref name=giant>{{cite news | url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news/a-giant-in-our-cultural-history | title=A Giant in Our Cultural History | work=The Daily Star | date=17 May 2013 | access-date=8 August 2016 | author=Kar, Amitava}}</ref>
* ''Folklore: New Challenges'' (2015)<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thedailystar.net/book-reviews/spotlight-essence-bangladeshs-culture-165904 | title=Spotlight on an essence of Bangladesh's culture | work=The Daily Star | date=2 November 2015 | access-date=8 August 2016 | author=Alam, Shahid}}</ref>

==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite news |last=Debnath |first=Bipul K. |date=24 February 2017 |title=In Conversation with Shamsuzzaman Khan |url=http://www.theindependentbd.com/magazine/details/82266/In-Conversation-with-Shamsuzzaman-Khan |work=The Independent |location=Dhaka}}

==External links==
* {{cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/emergence-of-bengali-new-year-and-calendar-20078|title=Emergence of Bengali New Year and Calendar|author=Shamsuzzaman Khan}}
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[[Category:Bangladeshi folklorists]]
[[Category:Jagannath University faculty]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Ekushey Padak]]
[[Category:Recipients of Bangla Academy Award]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Independence Day Award]]
[[Category:Islamic University, Bangladesh faculty]]
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[[Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh]]

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