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|name=Sikandar Abu Zafar<br />
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| caption = Sikandar Abu Zafar<br />
|birth_date={{birth date|1918|3|19|df=y}}<br />
|birth_place=[[Satkhira District]], [[Bengal]], [[British India]] (now [[Bangladesh]])<br />
|awards=[[#Awards|full list]]<br />
|death_date={{death date and age|1975|7|5|1919|3|19|df=y}}<br />
|alma_mater=[[Ripon College, Calcutta|Ripon College]]<br />
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'''Sikandar Abu Zafar''' (19 March 1919 – 5 August 1975) was a Bangladeshi journalist and poet.<ref name=star>{{cite news |title=Sikandar Abu Zafar's 95th birth anniversary |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/sikandar-abu-zafars-95th-birth-anniversary-16492 |newspaper=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|The Daily Star]] |date=21 March 2022}}</ref><br />
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==Early life and education==<br />
Zafar passed the entrance examination in 1936 from Tala B Dey Institute in Satkhira. He received his IA degree from [[Ripon College, Calcutta]] (later renamed to Surendranath College).<ref name=star/><br />
<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=Zafar, Sikander Abu|chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Zafar,_Sikander_Abu |editor2-last=Pinu |editor2-first=Golam}}</ref><br />
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He moved to [[Dhaka]] from [[Calcutta]] in 1950 and worked as a journalist for the dailies ''[[Nabajug]]'', ''Ittefaq'', ''Sangbad'' and ''Millat''. He founded and edited a monthly magazine called ''Samakal'' during 1959–1970.<ref name=star/><br />
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==Awards==<br />
* [[Bangla Academy Literary Award]] (1966)<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><br />
* [[Ekushey Padak]] (1984)<br />
* [[Independence Day Award]]<ref name=star/><br />
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==References==<br />
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