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{{Infobox person<br />
| image = ShawkatOsmanPic.jpg<br />
| name = Shawkat Osman <br />
| native_name= শওকত ওসমান<br />
| native_name_lang = bn<br />
| birth_name = Sheikh Azizur Rahman<br />
| caption = <br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1917|1|2}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Hooghly (town)|Hughli]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]] <br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1998|5|14|1917|1|2}}<br />
| death_place = [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh<br />
| father = Sheikh Mohammad Yehia <br />
| children = [[Yafes Osman]]<br />
| education = [[Master of Arts|MA]] ([[Bengali language|Bengali]])<br />
| alma_mater = [[Aliah University]]<br/>[[St. Xavier's College, Calcutta]]<br/>[[University of Calcutta]]<br />
| awards = [[#Awards|full list]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Sheikh Azizur Rahman''' (known as '''Shawkat Osman'''; 2 January 1917 – 14 May 1998) was a Bangladeshi novelist and short story writer.<ref name=bpedia>{{cite book |last=Islam |first=Sirajul |year=2012 |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=Asiatic Society of Bangladesh|chapter=Osman, Shawkat|chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Osman,_Shawkat|editor2-first=Syed|editor2-last=Huq}}</ref> He won the [[Bangla Academy Literary Award]] in 1962, the [[Ekushey Padak]] in 1983 and the [[Independence Day Award]] in 1997.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://banglaacademy.org.bd/?page_id=1315|script-title=bn:পুরস্কারপ্রাপ্তদের তালিকা|language=bn|trans-title=Winners list|access-date=2 April 2019|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=3 April 2019|publisher=Government of Bangladesh|language=bn|trans-title=Ekushey Padak winners list}}</ref><ref name=indepen>{{cite web|url=http://brri.portal.gov.bd/sites/default/files/files/brri.portal.gov.bd/page/87944ec4_496e_415d_af37_27a10fb35625/Independence%20Day%20Award.pdf|title=Independence Day Award|language=bn|access-date=5 February 2019|publisher=Government of Bangladesh}}</ref><br />
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==Early life and education==<br />
Osman was born in Sabalsinghapur, [[Hooghly district|Hughli]], [[West Bengal]]. Osman was educated at the [[Aliah University]], and at the [[St. Xavier's College, Calcutta]] from where he graduated in 1938. He then earned his master's in Bengali literature from the [[University of Calcutta]] in 1941.<ref name=bpedia/><br />
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==Career==<br />
Osman migrated to [[East Pakistan]] (present-day Bangladesh) after the [[partition of India]] in 1947. He started teaching at [[Government College of Commerce, Chittagong|Chittagong Commerce College]].<ref name=bpedia/> He then served as a faculty member at [[Dhaka College]] during 1959–1972.<ref name=bpedia/><br />
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==Literature==<br />
Osman's first prominent novel was ''Janani'', a portrait of the disintegration of a family because of the rural and urban division. In ''Kritadasher Hashi'' (Laugh of a Slave), Osman explored the darkness of contemporary politics and reality of dictatorship.<ref name=bpedia/><br />
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==Family==<br />
Osman's son [[Yafes Osman]] is the incumbent [[Ministry of Science and Technology (Bangladesh)|Science and Technology minister of Bangladesh]].<ref name=profile>{{cite news |date=2009-01-08 |title=Profile of ministers |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/profile/index.htm |newspaper=The Daily Start |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130126034248/http://www.thedailystar.net/profile/index.htm |archive-date=2013-01-26 |access-date=2012-08-05}}</ref><br />
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==Awards==<br />
* [[Bangla Academy Literary Award]] (1962)<br />
* [[Adamjee Literary Award]] (1966)<br />
* President Award (1967)<br />
* [[Ekushey Padak]] (1983)<br />
* Mahbubullah Foundation Prize (1983)<br />
* Muktadhara Literary Award (1991)<br />
* [[Independence Day Award]] (1997)<br />
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==Literary works==<br />
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;Novels<br />
{{columns-list|<br />
* Boni Adam (1943)<br />
* Janani (1958)<br />
* Kritadaser Hasi (1962)<br />
* Samagam (1967)<br />
* Chaurasandhi (1968)<br />
* Raja Upakhyan (1971)<br />
* Jahannam Haite Biday (1971)<br />
* Dui Sainik (1973)<br />
* Nekre Aranya (1973)<br />
* Patanga Pinjar (1983)<br />
* Rajsakkhi (1985)<br />
* Jolangi (1986)<br />
* Puratan Khanjar (1987)<br />
}}<br />
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;Short stories<br />
{{columns-list|<br />
* Pinjrapol (1358)<br />
* Junu Apa o Anyanya Galpo (1358)<br />
* Sabek Kahini (1953)<br />
* Prostor Phalok (1964)<br />
* Upolakso (1965)<br />
* Netrapath (1968)<br />
* Ubhosringo (1375)<br />
* Janmo Jadi Tabo Bange (1975)<br />
* Monib o Tahar Kukur (1986)<br />
* Iswarer Protidandi (1990)<br />
* Bigata Kaler Galpo (1986)<br />
}}<br />
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;Dramas<br />
{{columns-list|<br />
* Amlar Mamla (1949)<br />
* Taskar o Laskar (1953)<br />
* Baghdader Kabi (1359)<br />
* Daktar Abdullahr Karkhana (1973)<br />
* Tinti Chhoto Natak (1989)<br />
* Purna Swadhinata Churna Swadhinata (1990)<br />
}}<br />
<br />
;Memoires<br />
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* Kalratri Khandachitra (1986)<br />
* Swajan Sangram (1986)<br />
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;Children literature<br />
{{columns-list|<br />
* Oten Saheber Banglow (1944)<br />
* Etimkhana (1955)<br />
* Chhotoder Nanagalpo (1969)<br />
* Digbaji (1964)<br />
* Prize o Anyanyagalpo (1969)<br />
* Tara Dui Jan (1944)<br />
* Ksude Socialist (1973)<br />
* Katha Rachanar Katha (1389)<br />
* Panchasangi (1975)<br />
* Itihas Bistarito (1985)<br />
* Mosquitophone<br />
}}<br />
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;Translation<br />
{{columns-list|<br />
* Panchti Natak ( from Molière 1965)<br />
* Time Machine ( from H.G. Wells 1959)<br />
* Panchti Kahini ( from Leo Tolstoy 1959)<br />
* Spainer Chhotogalpo (1372)<br />
* Prithibir Rangomonche Manush: Santaner Swikarokti ( Amrita Pritom 1985)<br />
* Nisso 1948<br />
}}<br />
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;Editor<br />
{{columns-list|<br />
* Fazlul Huquer Galpo (1983)<br />
}}<br />
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===Non-fiction===<br />
{{columns-list|<br />
* Samudra Nadi Samarpito (1973)<br />
* Sangskritir Charai Utrai (1985)<br />
* Muslim Manoser Rupantar (1986)<br />
* Bhab Bhasha Bhabna (1974)<br />
* Nashta tan Ashta Bhan (1986)<br />
* Haptam Pancham (1957)<br />
* Pitripurusher Pap (1986)<br />
* Ebong Tin Mirza (1986)<br />
}}<br />
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[[File:12122009 Shaukat Osman grave photo RanadipamBasu.jpg|thumb|right|Osman's grave]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:1917 births]]<br />
[[Category:1998 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:People from Hooghly district]]<br />
[[Category:University of Calcutta alumni]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of the Ekushey Padak]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of the Independence Day Award]]<br />
[[Category:Dhaka College faculty]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of Bangla Academy Award]]<br />
[[Category:Bengali novelists]]<br />
[[Category:Bangladeshi male novelists]]<br />
[[Category:Novelists from West Bengal]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of the Adamjee Literary Award]]<br />
[[Category:Writers from West Bengal]]</div>
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