Sardar Jainuddin (Bengali: সরদার জৈনুদ্দিন; 1 March 1918 – 22 November 1986) was a Bangladeshi novelist. He was awarded the Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1967. In 1994, he was posthumously honoured with the Ekushey Padak.
Early life Sardar Jayenuddin was born in 1918 in the village of Kamarhat, part of the Najirganj Union in Sujanagar Upazila, which is located in the Pabna District of what is now Bangladesh. He was born into the esteemed 'Sardar family' in a region that was under the British Empire's colonial administration as part of the Bengal Presidency during the year of his birth.
In 1939, Sardar Jayenuddin completed his Matriculation examination at Kholilpur High School. Subsequently, he pursued further studies and achieved an equivalent of a higher secondary education at Govt. Edward College, Pabna.
Career 1941-47: British Indian Army, during Second World War, as an active military person. He left the job on 31-10-47 (released) and came to his own country East Pakistan. He tried to do some business with the money he got from the service, but it did not work. 1948: Manager Mukul, a journal for the youth (Kishore Potrika) 1948-51: As assistant in the advertisement section of the Daily Pakistan Observer 1949: Publisher and Manager Chandrabindu a fortnightly published paper 1950: Publisher and Manager of a monthly paper Mukti 1951-55: Manager, advertisement section, Daily Sangbad 1955-56: Editor "Shaheen" and "Sitara" two fortnightly published paper for children and youth 1956-57: Director, printer and publisher of an English literature paper "The Republic", published quarterly (every three months) 1958: Manager, advertisement section, The Daily Ittafaq 1959: Deputy general manager, The Daily Ittehad 1959: General secretary of Titas Publication Society (Titas Prokashony Sangstha) 1960: Inspector, Eastern Federal Insurance Company. 1961-64: Assistant publication officer, Bangla Academy 1964: Research officer, National Book Centre of Pakistan 1966: Assistant director, National Book Centre of Pakistan 1972-78: Director, Jatiyo Grantho Kendro (former National Book Center of Pakistan was converted to Jatio Grantho Kendro after Independence of Bangladesh) 1978-80: Senior specialist Textbook Board (till retirement)
Works Novels Adiganta (1958) Pannamoti (1965) Neel Rong Rokto (1965) Onek Surger Asha (1967) Begum Shefali Mirza (1968) Shrimoti Ka o Kha Ebong Shriman Taleb Ali (1973) Bidhosto Roder Dheu (1975) Kodom Alider Bari (1989)
Short story collections Nayan Dhuli – 7 stories (1952) Birkonthir Biye – 12 stories (1955) Khorossrot – 11 stories (1956) Oshtoprohor – 14 stories (1971) Bela Banarjeer Prem – 10 stories (1973) Matir Kachakachi – 10 stories (2010) Children-Youth Literature Obak Obhijan (1964) Ulta Rajar Deshe (1970) Tukur Bhugal Path (1979) Amra Tomader Bhulbo Na (1981)
Poetry Sadar Jainuddin er Chara – 56 poems (1990)
Translation Folk Tales of Asia – Part IV (Asiar Lok Kahini, Choturtha Vag), Translated in Bengali from English version, (1990)
Samagra Golpo Samagra (2006) Kishore Samagra (2010)
Awards Adamjee Literature Award (Adamjee Sahitya Puroskar), 1968 Bangla Academy Award, 1968 Silver Medal, Frankfurt International Book Fair, 1974–75 Bank Award – Children Literature (Bank Puroskar Shishu Sahitya), 1981 Agrani Bank Award – Children Literature (Agrani Bank Puroskar- Shishu Shahitya) – 1982 Ekushey Padak (Posthumous), 1994. He was also awarded "Tamghaye Imtiaz" award in early 1971 by the then Pakistan Government. But he refused the award in support of the non-cooperation movement called by Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in March 1971.
Personal life Jayenuddin's son, Zia Ahmed, was a major general in Bangladesh Army and former chairman of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission.
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