Zillur Rahman Siddiqui

Zillur Rahman Siddiqui (23 February 1928 – 11 November 2014) was a Bangladeshi writer, academic and educationist.

Career Siddiqui was a professor of English at Rajshahi University. He served as a vice-chancellor of Jahangirnagar University from 1976 to 1984.

Works Siddiqui authored around 40 books in Bengali and English. He edited the literary quarterly Purbamegh. He edited the dictionary, Bangla Academy English-Bengali Dictionary.

Awards Alaol Sahitya Purashkar (1977) Bangla Academy Literary Award (1979) Independence Day Award Kazi Mahbub Ullah Begum Zebunnisa Trust Award (1990) Alokto Sahitya Purashkar (1998) MA Haque Swarna Padak (2003)

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