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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Bangladeshi novelist and playwright}}<br />
{{infobox writer<br />
| name = Syed Waliullah <br />
| image=<br />
| native_name= সৈয়দ ওয়ালিউল্লাহ<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1922|08|15}}<br />
| birth_place = Sholashahar, [[Chittagong]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]] <br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|1971|10|10|1922|08|15}}<br />
| death_place = [[Meudon]], [[Paris]], France<ref name=bpedia>{{cite book |last=Alam |first=Shafiul |year=2012 |chapter=Waliullah, Syed |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Waliullah,_Syed |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last=Jamal |editor2-first=Ahmed A. |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]}}</ref><br />
| resting_place = [[Meudon]], France<br />
| occupation = novelist, short story writer, playwright, news editor<br />
| alma_mater = [[Ananda Mohan College]] (1943) <br /> [[University of Calcutta]] <br />
| spouse = {{marriage|Anne Marie Thibaud|1955|1971|end=till his death}}<br />
| awards = [[Ekushey Padak]]<br />
| notableworks = ''[[Lalsalu]]''<br />
| relatives = Syed Ahmadullah (father)<br />
| website = {{url|https://www.syedwaliullah.com/}}<br />
}}<br />
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'''Syed Waliullah''' (August 15, 1922 – October 10, 1971) was a Bangladeshi novelist, short-story writer and playwright. He was notable for his [[debut novel]], ''[[Lalsalu]]'' (translated in English with the title ''"Tree Without Roots"''). He was awarded [[Bangla Academy Literary Award]] (1961), Adamjee Prize (1965), [[Ekushey Padak]] (1984) and [[26th Bangladesh National Film Awards|Bangladesh National Film for Best Story]] (2001).<br />
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==Early life and education==<br />
Waliullah was born on 15 August 1922 at Sholashahar in [[Chittagong District]] to Nasim Ara Khatun and Syed Ahmadullah. His mother died when he was twelve. He has an elder brother, Syed Nasrullah. His father, Syed Ahmadullah, was a government officer. He was a district magistrate of British Raj period. Waliullah spent his childhood in [[Mymensingh]], [[Feni District|Feni]], [[Krishnanagar, Bangladesh|Krishnanagar]] and [[Kurigram]]. His notable novel, ''Lalsalu'', was inspired by a shrine covered with red cloth that he would often pass when he lived in Mymensingh.<ref name="existentialism">{{cite news | url=http://www.thedailystar.net/in-focus/syed-waliullah-existentialism-nostalgia-nationalism-1268767 | title=Syed Waliullah Existentialism, Nostalgia, Nationalism | work=The Daily Star | date=13 August 2016 | access-date=13 August 2016 | author=Zaman, Niaz}}</ref><br />
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Waliullah passed his matriculation examination in 1939 from Kurigram High School. He completed his IA from Dhaka Intermediate College in 1941and bachelor's from [[Ananda Mohan College]] in [[Mymensingh]] in 1943. He then moved to [[Calcutta]] to complete his master's in economics. But he couldn't complete his master's due to untimely demise of his father. He joined ''[[The Statesman (India)|The Statesman]]'' newspaper and worked until 1947.<ref name=existentialism/><ref>{{cite web|title = Syed Waliullahs Childhood|url=https://www.syedwaliullah.com/life}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
In 1947, Waliullah moved from Calcutta to [[Dhaka]]. He joined [[Radio Pakistan]]. In 1950, he was transferred to [[Karachi]]. In 1951, he started serving as the press attaché at the Pakistan missions in [[New Delhi]], [[Sydney]], [[Jakarta]] and London. In 1960, he was appointed as the First Secretary at the Pakistan embassy in Paris. In 1967, he joined the UNESCO in Paris.<br />
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==Literature==<br />
Waliullah is often considered the pioneer of existential analysis of the characters psyche in the literature of Bangladesh. The last two of his three novels, especially '<nowiki/> ''Kando Nadi Kando (Cry, o river)'', (কাঁদো নদী কাঁদো) (1968), show his mastery in revealing the inner depths of his characters.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/sites/default/files/issue/2014/02/Arts_&_Letters_2_1_1.pdf | title=Arts & Letters | work=Dhaka Tribune | date=5 January 2014 | access-date=13 August 2016 | author=Haq, Kaiser | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305232658/http://www.dhakatribune.com/sites/default/files/issue/2014/02/Arts_%26_Letters_2_1_1.pdf | archive-date=5 March 2022}}</ref> ''Chander Amaboshay (Dark moon)'' (চাঁদের অমাবস্যা ), (1964) was another famous novel of him. ''Nayanchara'' (নয়নচারা), (1946) and ''Dui Tir O Anyanya Galpa'' (দুই তীর এবং অন্যান্য গল্প), (1965) are storybooks written by him.<br />
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==''Lalsalu''==<br />
{{main|Lalsalu}}<br />
''Lalsalu'' tells the story of Majid, a poor man from a misguided [[Muslim]] background. Majid comes to a remote village. He declares an old grave to be the ''[[Mazar (mausoleum)|Mazar]]'' that of a ''[[Pir (Sufism)|Pir]]'', covers it with the traditional red cloth used for mausoleums, and establishes his stronghold on the life of the people using the reflected power on him of the supposed saint. The novel shows his struggle with other religious figures trying to establish dominance, the undercurrent of pagan ideas among the people, and his own weaknesses.<ref>{{cite book|last=Choudhury|first=Serajul Islam|title="Introduction" Tree Without Roots|year=2005|publisher=writers.ink|location=Dhaka, Bangladesh|isbn=984-32-2546-5|pages=ix}}</ref><br />
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The novel was adapted to a [[Tanvir Mokammel]] film with [[Lalsalu (film)|the same title]] in 2001.<br />
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==Personal life and death==<br />
Waliullah met Anne Marie Thibaud (1929–1997), a French woman, in Sydney. They were married in 1955 and had two children, Simine and Iraj. He was a cousin of [[Jamal Nazrul Islam]], a physicist and mathematician.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://gunijan.org.bd/GjProfDetails_action.php?GjProfId=223 | title=জামাল নজরুল ইসলাম | publisher=gunijan.org.bd | access-date=13 August 2016 | language=bn}}</ref><br />
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Waliullah died in [[Meudon]] in [[Paris]] on October 10, 1971.<br />
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==Works==<br />
;Novels<br />
* ''[[Lalsalu]]'' (Tree without roots), 1948<br />
* ''Chander Amaboshay'' (Dark moon), 1963<br />
* ''Kando Nadi Kando'' (Cry, o river), 1966<br />
* ''The Ugly Asian'', 1959<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thedailystar.net/observations-in-or-about-politics-17131 | title=Observations in or about politics | work=The Daily Star | date=25 March 2014 | access-date=13 August 2016 | author=Alam, Shahid}}</ref><br />
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;Dramas<br />
* ''[[Bahipir]]'' (1955)<br />
* ''Tarangabhanga'' (1964)<br />
* ''Sudanga'' (1964)<br />
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;Short story collection<br />
* ''Nayanchara'' (1945)<br />
* ''Dui Teer O Anyanya Galpa'' (1965)<br />
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