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{{infobox person<br />
|name=Shawkat Ali<br />
|native_name = শওকত আলী<br />
|native_name_lang = bn<br />
|image = Shawkat Ali (novelist).jpg<br />
|birth_date={{birth date|df=y|1936|02|12}}<br />
|birth_place=[[Raiganj]], [[West Dinajpur district|Dinajpur District]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]<br />
(Now in [[West Bengal]])<br />
|nationality=Bangladeshi<br />
|death_date={{death date and age|df=y|2018|01|25|1936|02|12}}<br />
|death_place=[[Dhaka]], [[Bangladesh]]<br />
|alma_mater=[[University of Dhaka]]<br />
|awards=[[#Awards|full list]]<br />
}}<br />
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''' Shawkat Ali''' (12 February 1936 – 25 January 2018) was a Bangladeshi writer.<ref name=prom>{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/country/prominent-writer-shawkat-ali-passes-away-1524904|title=Prominent writer Shawkat Ali passes away|work=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|The Daily Star]]|date=25 January 2018|access-date=25 January 2022}}</ref> He was awarded [[Bangla Academy Literary Award]] in 1968 and [[Ekushey Padak]] in 1990 by the [[Government of Bangladesh]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://banglaacademy.org.bd/?page_id=1315|script-title=bn:পুরস্কারপ্রাপ্তদের তালিকা|language=bn|trans-title=Winners list|access-date=23 August 2017|publisher=Bangla Academy}}</ref><ref name=ekushey>{{cite news|url= http://www.moca.gov.bd/site/page/c706da0c-29ee-4f0f-95d9-fa6705e19001/|script-title=bn:একুশে পদকপ্রাপ্ত সুধীবৃন্দ|access-date=23 August 2017|publisher=Government of Bangladesh|language=bn|trans-title=Ekushey Padak winners list}}</ref><br />
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==Early life and education==<br />
Ali was born in Raiganj in [[West Dinajpur district]] in British India.<ref name=pen/> He passed his IA from [[Surendranath College]] in 1951 and BA in 1955. He completed his MA in [[Bengali literature]] from the [[University of Dhaka]] in 1958.<ref name=pen/><br />
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==Career==<br />
Ali started writing articles in newspapers in 1955. He started his career at the news desk of ''Dainik Millat'' in the same year. He worked in [[Thakurgaon District|Thakurgaon]] as a schoolteacher for six months.<ref name=pen/> He taught Bengali at [[Jagannath College]] in Dhaka between 1962 and 1987. He joined the Dhaka head office of District Gazetteer as an assistant director and later became its director. He was appointed principal of Government Music College in 1989 from where he retired in 1993.<ref name=pen/><br />
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==Works==<br />
Ali's notable novels include ''Prodoshe Prakritojon'' (1984), ''Opekkha'' (1984) and ''Dakkhinyaoner Din'' (1985).<ref name=pen>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/the-pen-stops-1525315|title=The pen stops|date=2018-01-26|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2018-01-26|language=en}}</ref> ''Prodoshe Prakritojon'' is his most notable – which tells the story of the oppression faced by the lower-caste people in the [[Sena Empire]] that ruled the Bengal through 11th and 12th centuries.<ref name=pen/> ''Uttarer Khep'' was adapted into a film of [[Uttarer Khep|the same name]] in 2000.<ref name=pen/> The film won the [[Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Actress]] for the performance by [[Champa (actress)|Champa]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.ittefaq.com.bd/print-edition/anondo-binodon/2014/11/13/14342.html|script-title=bn:চম্পার আজকাল|work=The Daily Ittefaq|language=bn|access-date=2018-01-26|date=2014-11-13}}</ref><br />
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==Novels==<br />
*''Pingal Akash'' (The Reddish-Brown Sky, 1963)<br />
*''Jaatra'' (Journey, 1976)<br />
*''Prodoshe Praakritajon'' (The Commoners in the Twiltghat, 1984)<br />
*''Apeksha'' (Waiting, 1985)<br />
*''Dakshinayaner Din'' (The Days of Southward Way, 1985)<br />
*''Kulyaai Kalasrot'' (Time the Flow of in a Bird's Nest, 1986)<br />
*''Purbaratri Purbadin'' (The Night Before, the Day Before, 1986)<br />
*''Sambal'' (Saving, 1986)<br />
*''Gantabye Atahpar'' (After towards Destinations, 1987)<br />
*''Bhalobasa Kare Kay'' (What is Love Called, 1988)<br />
*''Jete Chai'' (I want to Go, 1988)<br />
*''Warish'' (The Successor, 1989)<br />
*Basar O Madhucandrima (Bride-Chamber and Honey Moon, 1990)<br />
*Uttarer Khep (A Trip to the North, 1991)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-107051|title=Life in Bangla filmdom|date=26 September 2009|newspaper=The Daily Star|access-date=25 January 2022}}</ref><br />
*Tripodi (2002)<br />
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==Awards==<br />
* [[Bangla Academy Literary Award]] (1968)<br />
* Humayun Kabir Memorial Award<br />
* Lekhak Shibir Medal (1978)<br />
* Ajit Guha Literary Prize (1982)<br />
* Philips Literary Award (1986 and 1989)<ref name=pen/><br />
* [[Ekushey Padak]] (1990)<br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Ali has Three sons.<ref name=prom/><br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:1936 births]]<br />
[[Category:2018 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:University of Dhaka alumni]]<br />
[[Category:Bangladeshi essayists]]<br />
[[Category:Jagannath University faculty]]<br />
[[Category:Bangladeshi male novelists]]<br />
[[Category:People from Uttar Dinajpur district]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of Bangla Academy Award]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of the Ekushey Padak]] <br />
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