Alam Khorshed

Alam Khorshed
Alam Khorshed
Born	1960 (approx. 63); Comilla, Bangladesh
🏳️ Nationality	Bangladeshi
🏫 Education	MSc
🎓 Alma mater	Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology; Baruch College;
💼 Occupation	translator; essayist; editor; engineer;
📆 Years active	1990s-present
🏅 Awards	Bangla Academy Literary Award (2022)

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Alam Khorshed (born 1960) is a Bangladeshi translator, essayist, editor, and former mechanical engineer. He has published about twenty books including original writing, editing and translation. His notable works include Nijer Ekti Kamra (2012), a translation of Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own (1929); Bhabnaguccho (2012), a translation of an autobiographical book Reflections (1981) by Henry Miller; The Jaguar Smile (1987), a non-fiction by Salman Rushdie; and commection of stories titled Jadubastabatai Ghera: Latin Americar Galpa (2017) etc.

He received a Lifetime Achievement Award at Anubad Sahitya Puraskar in 2021 for his contribution to translation literature.^[1]^[2] In 2022, he won the Bangla Academy Literary Award for Translation Literature.^[3]^[4]

Early life[edit]

Khorshed was born in 1960^[5] in Comilla, Bangladesh (then East Pakistan). Apart from literary studies and cultural activities since his student days, he was actively involved with Bangladesh Group Theatre Federation, Federation of Film Societies of Bangladesh and the contemporary art movement.^[5] He was graduated from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) in Mechanical Engineering. After, he post-graduated at Baruch College in New York City.^[5] After almost fifteen years of working abroad, he left the engineering profession and came back in 2004.^[5] After that, he started a socio-cultural organization called Bishaud Bangla in Chittagong.^[5] After nine years of running Bishaud Bangla, in late 2014 under a non-profit project called Chittagong Arts Trust he founded Bistaar: Chittagong Arts Complex.^[6]^[7]

Literary works[edit]

His main interest is contemporary literature and translation. His edited Latin American short story collection Jadubastabatai Ghera: Latin Americar Galpa (1991) is a pioneering work in Bangla translation literature.^[7]

Original works[edit]

Stories

Manobimongol. Panjeree Publications. 2020. p. 127. ISBN 9789849435365. Search this book on

Others

Nuyork Nisorgo (Sandesh)

Translations[edit]

Poetry

ভিস্লাভা শিমবরস্কার ত্রিশটি কবিতা (in Bengali). Translated by Khorshed, Alam. Abosar Prokashana Sangstha. 1997. p. 54. ISBN 9844150450. Search this book on
নৈঃশব্দ্যের নামগান (in Bengali). Translated by Khorshed, Alam. Kathaprokash. 2020. p. 72. ISBN 9789845100724. Search this book on
নির্জন নিশ্বাস: নারী বিশ্বের কবিতা (in Bengali). Translated by Khorshed, Alam. Pathak Shamabesh. 2021. p. 113. ISBN 9789848125991. Search this book on
Khorshed, Alam, ed. (2022). Arise out of the Lock: 50 Bangladeshi Women Poets in English. Translated by Das, Nabina. Balestier Press. Search this book on ^[8]

Referances[edit]

↑ অনুবাদ সাহিত্য পুরস্কার পাচ্ছেন আলম খোরশেদ ও রওশন জামিল (in Bengali). The Bonik Barta. 27 November 2021. Archived from the original on 13 March 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
↑ অনুবাদ সাহিত্য পুরস্কার পেলেন আলম খোরশেদ ও রওশন জামিল (in Bengali). Banglanews24.com. 30 November 2021. Archived from the original on 13 March 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
↑ "Bangla Academy Literary Award" বাংলা একাডেমি সাহিত্য পুরস্কার (in Bengali). Bangla Academy. 2022. Archived from the original on 19 December 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
↑ আমার অঙ্গীকার আরো দৃঢ় হয়েছে: আলম খোরশেদ. Bangla Tribune. 25 January 2023. Archived from the original on 13 March 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 ^5.4 "Alam Khorshed". 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art is an initiative of the Asian Australian Artists' Association Inc. Archived from the original on 5 March 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
↑ Chakraborty, Pranabesh (January 2, 2015). "Chittagong gets new arts complex, Bistaar". The Daily Star (Bangladesh). Chittagong. Archived from the original on 6 December 2017. Retrieved December 5, 2017. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 "Alam Khorshed" (in Bengali). Bengal Publications. Archived from the original on 18 May 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
↑ Saaz, Sadaf (2 April 2022). "Arise Out of the Lock: Celebrating 50 Years of Poetry by Woman Poets of Bangladesh". The Daily Star (Bangladesh). Retrieved 21 October 2023.

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[Bonik-Anubad-1] অনুবাদ সাহিত্য পুরস্কার পাচ্ছেন আলম খোরশেদ ও রওশন জামিল (in Bengali). The Bonik Barta. 27 November 2021. Archived from the original on 13 March 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.

[ASP-2] অনুবাদ সাহিত্য পুরস্কার পেলেন আলম খোরশেদ ও রওশন জামিল (in Bengali). Banglanews24.com. 30 November 2021. Archived from the original on 13 March 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)

[Academy-3] "Bangla Academy Literary Award" বাংলা একাডেমি সাহিত্য পুরস্কার (in Bengali). Bangla Academy. 2022. Archived from the original on 19 December 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2023.

[My_Commitment-4] আমার অঙ্গীকার আরো দৃঢ় হয়েছে: আলম খোরশেদ. Bangla Tribune. 25 January 2023. Archived from the original on 13 March 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.

[4A-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 ^5.4 "Alam Khorshed". 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art is an initiative of the Asian Australian Artists' Association Inc. Archived from the original on 5 March 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)

[Chakraborty-6] Chakraborty, Pranabesh (January 2, 2015). "Chittagong gets new arts complex, Bistaar". The Daily Star (Bangladesh). Chittagong. Archived from the original on 6 December 2017. Retrieved December 5, 2017. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)

[Bengal-7] 7.0 ^7.1 "Alam Khorshed" (in Bengali). Bengal Publications. Archived from the original on 18 May 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2023.

[Saaz-8] Saaz, Sadaf (2 April 2022). "Arise Out of the Lock: Celebrating 50 Years of Poetry by Woman Poets of Bangladesh". The Daily Star (Bangladesh). Retrieved 21 October 2023.

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