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| birth_place = Sholashahar, [[Chittagong]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]
| birth_place = Sholashahar, [[Chittagong]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|1971|10|10|1922|08|15}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|1971|10|10|1922|08|15}}
| death_place = [[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>
| 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>
| resting_place = Paris, France
| resting_place = [[Vaulnaveys-le-Haut]], [[Grenoble]], France
| occupation = Novelist, short story writer, playwright, news editor
| occupation = novelist, short story writer, playwright, news editor
| alma_mater = [[Ananda Mohan College]] (1943) <br> [[University of Calcutta]] (dropped out)
| alma_mater = [[Ananda Mohan College]] (1943) <br> [[University of Calcutta]] (dropped out)
| spouse = {{marriage|Anne Marie|1955|1971|till his death}}
| spouse = {{marriage|Anne Marie Thibaud|1955|1971|end=till his death}}
| awards = [[Ekushey Padak]] (1983) [[Adamjee Award]](1965)
| awards = [[Ekushey Padak]]
| notable_works = ''[[Lalsalu]]''
| notable_works = ''[[Lalsalu]]''
| parents = Syed Ahmadullah (father)
| father = Syed Ahmadullah
}}
}}
'''Syed Waliullah''' (August 15, 1922 – October 10, 1971) was a [[Bangladesh]]i novelist, short-story writer and playwright. He is most well known in [[Bengali language|Bengali]] literature for his first novel, ''[[Lalsalu]]'' (translated as "Tree Without Roots", though it literally means "Red cloth"). He is a cousin of physicist and mathematician [[Jamal Nazrul Islam]]<ref>[http://gunijan.org.bd/GjProfDetails_action.php?GjProfId=223].</ref>
'''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).


==Early life and education==
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==Novels==
Waliullah was born on 15 August 1922 at Sholashahar in [[Chittagong District]]. His father, Syed Ahmadullah, was a government officer. Waliullah spent his childhood in [[Mymensingh]], [[Feni]], [[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 web | url=http://www.thedailystar.net/in-focus/syed-waliullah-existentialism-nostalgia-nationalism-1268767 | title=Syed Waliullah Existentialism, Nostalgia, Nationalism | publisher=The Daily Star | date=13 August 2016 | accessdate=13 August 2016 | author=Zaman, Niaz}}</ref>
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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, specially ''Kando Nadi Kando'', show his mastery in revealing the inner depths of his characters. However, his most famous work remains ''Lalsalu'', some would argue because of its relative simplicity.


Waliullah completed his bachelor's from [[Ananda Mohan College]] in [[Mymensingh]] in 1943. He then moved to [[Calcutta]] to complete his master's in economics. He joined ''[[The Statesman]]'' newspaper and worked until 1947.<ref name=existentialism/>
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Lalsalu tells the story of Majid, a poor man from a devout [[muslim]] background. Majid comes to a remote village. He declares an old grave to be the ''majar'' (mausoleum) that of a ''pir'' (a Muslim saint), 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.


==Career==
"''Tree Without Roots'' is the English translation of Syed Waliullah's much-admired ''Lal Shalu'' (Red Cloth). Though not admitted by Syed Waliullah, it is now fairly established that the English rendering was really done by the novelist himself, which explains why this new version is, in some respects, different from the original text in Bengali. In ''Tree Without Roots'' there are abridgements and alterations, and an important addition to the ending, which no one but the writer himself could have made. Moreover, in the original novel there are intricacies and suggestiveness of language, particularly in the dialogues, which would have been difficult, if not impossible, for an outsider to put into English as satisfactorily as has been done in ''Tree Without Roots''. This work is certainly a revised and improved version of ''Lal Shalu''."<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>
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.<ref name=existentialism/>


==Literature==
⚫
''[[Lalsalu (film)|Lalsalu]]'' was filmed by [[Tanvir Mokammel]] in 2001.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/event/tanvir-mokammel-retrospective-cu-1224466|title=Tanvir Mokammel Retrospective at CU|date=2016-05-15|access-date=2016-07-17}}</ref>
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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 ''Kando Nadi Kando'', show his mastery in revealing the inner depths of his characters.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/sites/default/files/issue/2014/02/Arts_&_Letters_2_1_1.pdf | title=Arts & Letters | publisher=Dhaka Tribune | date=5 January 2014 | accessdate=13 August 2016 | author=Haq, Kaiser}}</ref>


==Works==
==''Lalsalu''==
{{main article|Lalsalu}}
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''Lalsalu'' tells the story of Majid, a poor man from a devout [[Muslim]] background. Majid comes to a remote village. He declares an old grave to be the ''[[mausoleum|Majaar]]'' that of a ''[[saint|Peer]]'', 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>


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The novel was adapted to a [[Tanvir Mokammel]] film with [[Lalsalu (film)|the same title]] in 2001.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/event/tanvir-mokammel-retrospective-cu-1224466|title=Tanvir Mokammel Retrospective at CU|date=2016-05-15|access-date=2016-07-17}}</ref>
===Novels===

==Personal life and death==
Waliullah met Anne Marie Thibaud (1929–1997)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://billiongraves.com/grave/Anne-Marie-Thibaud-Waliullah/5199125 | title=Grave Site of Anne Marie Waliullah (Thibaud) | publisher=BillionGraves | accessdate=13 August 2016}}</ref>, a French woman, in Sydney. They were married in 1955.<ref name=existentialism/> 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 | accessdate=13 August 2016 | language=Bengali}}</ref>

Waliullah died in [[Meudon]] in [[Paris]] on October 10, 1971. He was buried in a cemetery in [[Vaulnaveys-le-Haut]] in southeastern France.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://billiongraves.com/grave/Syed-Waliullah/5199124 | title=Grave Site of Syed Waliullah | publisher=BillionGraves | accessdate=13 August 2016}}</ref>

==Works==
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;Novels
* ''Lalsalu'' (Tree without roots), 1948
* ''Lalsalu'' (Tree without roots), 1948
* ''Chander Amaboshay'' (Dark moon), 1964
* ''Chander Amaboshay'' (Dark moon), 1964
* ''Kando Nadi Kando'' (Cry, o river), 1968
* ''Kando Nadi Kando'' (Cry, o river), 1968
* ''The Ugly Asian'', 1959<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thedailystar.net/observations-in-or-about-politics-17131 | title=Observations in or about politics | publisher=The Daily Star | date=25 March 2014 | accessdate=13 August 2016 | author=Alam, Shahid}}</ref>
* ''The Ugly Asian'', 1959
* ''Sim kivabe ranna kortay hoy


===Dramas===
;Dramas
* ''Bahipir'' (1960)
* ''Bahipir'' (1960)
* ''Tarangabhanga'' (1964)
* ''Tarangabhanga'' (1964)
* ''Sudanga'' (1964)
* ''Sudanga'' (1964)


===Short story collection===
;Short story collection
* ''Nayanchara'' (1951)
* ''Nayanchara'' (1951)
* ''Dui Tir O Anyanya Galpa'' (Akte Tulse Gaser Khine)
* ''Dui Tir O Anyanya Galpa'' (Akte Tulse Gaser Khine)


== References ==
== References ==
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==External links==
* The Ugly Asian [http://www.hayfestival.com/p-7513-the-ugly-asian.aspx?skinid=16]
* The Ugly Asian by Shahid Alam [http://www.thedailystar.net/observations-in-or-about-politics-17131]
* The Ugly Asian by Kaiser Haq [http://www.dhakatribune.com/sites/default/files/issue/2014/02/Arts_&_Letters_2_1_1.pdf]


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Syed Waliullah
File:Syed Waliullah photograph.jpg
Native name
সৈয়দ ওয়ালিউল্লাহ
Born(1922-08-15)August 15, 1922
Sholashahar, Chittagong, Bengal Presidency, British India
DiedOctober 10, 1971(1971-10-10) (aged 49)
Meudon, Paris, France[1]
Resting placeVaulnaveys-le-Haut, Grenoble, France
Occupationnovelist, short story writer, playwright, news editor
Alma materAnanda Mohan College (1943)
University of Calcutta (dropped out)
Notable worksLalsalu
Notable awardsEkushey Padak
Spouse
Anne Marie Thibaud
​
​
(m. 1955; till his death 1971)​

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 Bangladesh National Film for Best Story (2001).

Early life and education

Waliullah was born on 15 August 1922 at Sholashahar in Chittagong District. His father, Syed Ahmadullah, was a government officer. Waliullah spent his childhood in Mymensingh, Feni, 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.[2]

Waliullah completed his bachelor's from Ananda Mohan College in Mymensingh in 1943. He then moved to Calcutta to complete his master's in economics. He joined The Statesman newspaper and worked until 1947.[2]

Career

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.[2]

Literature

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 Kando Nadi Kando, show his mastery in revealing the inner depths of his characters.[3]

Lalsalu

Main article: Lalsalu

Lalsalu tells the story of Majid, a poor man from a devout Muslim background. Majid comes to a remote village. He declares an old grave to be the Majaar that of a Peer, 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.[4]

The novel was adapted to a Tanvir Mokammel film with the same title in 2001.[5]

Personal life and death

Waliullah met Anne Marie Thibaud (1929–1997)[6], a French woman, in Sydney. They were married in 1955.[2] He was a cousin of Jamal Nazrul Islam, a physicist and mathematician.[7]

Waliullah died in Meudon in Paris on October 10, 1971. He was buried in a cemetery in Vaulnaveys-le-Haut in southeastern France.[8]

Works

Novels
  • Lalsalu (Tree without roots), 1948
  • Chander Amaboshay (Dark moon), 1964
  • Kando Nadi Kando (Cry, o river), 1968
  • The Ugly Asian, 1959[9]
Dramas
  • Bahipir (1960)
  • Tarangabhanga (1964)
  • Sudanga (1964)
Short story collection
  • Nayanchara (1951)
  • Dui Tir O Anyanya Galpa (Akte Tulse Gaser Khine)

References

  1. ^ Alam, Shafiul (2012). "Waliullah, Syed". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  2. ^ a b c d Zaman, Niaz (13 August 2016). "Syed Waliullah Existentialism, Nostalgia, Nationalism". The Daily Star. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  3. ^ Haq, Kaiser (5 January 2014). "Arts & Letters" (PDF). Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  4. ^ Choudhury, Serajul Islam (2005). "Introduction" Tree Without Roots. Dhaka, Bangladesh: writers.ink. pp. ix. ISBN 984-32-2546-5.
  5. ^ "Tanvir Mokammel Retrospective at CU". 2016-05-15. Retrieved 2016-07-17.
  6. ^ "Grave Site of Anne Marie Waliullah (Thibaud)". BillionGraves. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  7. ^ "জামাল নজরুল ইসলাম" (in Bengali). gunijan.org.bd. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  8. ^ "Grave Site of Syed Waliullah". BillionGraves. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  9. ^ Alam, Shahid (25 March 2014). "Observations in or about politics". The Daily Star. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
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