Shawkat Osman
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| Native name | শওকত ওসমান |
| Born |
Sheikh Azizur Rahman January 2, 1917 Sabalsinghapur, Hughli, West Bengal, British India (now India) |
| Died | May 14, 1998 (aged 81) Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Education | MA (Bengali) |
| Alma mater | University of Calcutta |
| Children | Bulban Osman, Mujibur Rahman, Yafes Osman, Janesar Osman, Laily. |
| Parent(s) | Sheikh Mohammad Yehia (father) |
| Awards |
Bangla Academy Award (1962) Ekushey Padak (1983) |
Sheikh Azizur Rahman (2 January 1916 – 14 May 1998; known as Shawkat Osman) was a Bangladeshi novelist and short story writer.
Osman was born in Sabalsinghapur, Hughli, West Bengal. His father was Sheikh Mohammad Yehia. Osman was educated at the Aliah University (Anglo-Persian Department), and at the St. Xavier's College, Calcutta from where he graduated in 1938. Thereafter, he would earn an MA degree in Bengali literature from the University of Calcutta in 1941.
Osman migrated to East Pakistan (present-day Bangladesh) after the partition of India in 1947. He started his professional life by teaching at Dhaka College in Dhaka. He also taught at Chittagong Commerce College. He died in Dhaka on 14 May 1998.
Osman's first prominent novel was Janani. Janani (Mother)is a portrait of the disintegration of a family because of the rural and urban divide. In Kritadaser Hasi (Laugh of a Slave), Osman explores the darkness of contemporary politics and reality of dictatorship.
Osman's son Yafes Osman became the Science and Technology minister of Bangladesh in 2009.
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