Saymon Zakaria Explained
| Saymon Zakaria |
| Native Name: | সাইমন জাকারিয়া |
| Native Name Lang: | bn |
| Birth Date: | 3 December 1972 |
| Birth Place: | Kushtia, Bangladesh |
| Nationality: | Bangladeshi |
| Occupation: | Folk researcher |
| Awards: | Bangla Academy Literary Award (2019) |
Saymon Zakaria (born 3 December 1972) is a Bangladeshi folk researcher and Deputy Director of the Department of Research in the Bangla Academy.[1] [2] He was awarded Bangla Academy Literary Award in 2020 for his contribution in Bangladeshi folklore.[3]
Early life
Zakaria was born on 3 December 1972 at the Jungli village under Kumarkhali Upazila of Kushtia District in Bangladesh.[4] He received a Master of Philosophy on "The Characters of Rama and Sita in the Popular Versions of the Ramayana in Bangladesh" from the Jahangirnagar University and obtained Doctor of Philosophy on the "Traditional Theater in Bangladesh: Content and Mode of Language" from the University of Dhaka.
Career
He has delivered academic lectures on language, literature, and culture to the University of Chicago, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of California (Santa Barbara), the University of Washington, the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, and the Sapientia-Hungarian University of Transylvania, IRCI (Japan). Additionally, he has attended and conducted various workshops in France, Sri Lanka, Turkey, Kyrgyz Republic, Nepal, Philippines, Morocco and different regions of India. He is an editor of Bhābanagara: International Journal of Bengal Studies.He received his PhD on The Traditional Theater in Bangladesh: Content and Mode of Language. His MPhil was on The Characters of Rama and Sita in the Popular Versions of the Ramayana in Bangladesh.
Zakaria joined the Bangla Academy's folklore department as a manuscript editor in 2005. He was the research assistant of the cultural survey project at the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh in 2004, research lead of the UNESCO's Action Plan for the Safeguarding of Baul Songs project run by the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in 2010 and the sub-editor of the daily Samakal.[4]
Major publications
Some of his notable publication includes:[5]
Bibliography
- Prachin Banglar Buddho Natok (The Buddhist Theatre in Ancient Bengal), 2007
- Bangladesher Lokonatok: Bisoy o Angik-Boychittra (Folk-Theatre in Bangladesh : Variation of Content and Phenomenon), 2008
- Abaṇāgabaṇa: samakālīna Bāṃlā bhāṣāya prācīna caryāpadera rūpāntarita gītabāṇī, 2010
- Banga sahityer alikhita Itihas (co-editor), 2010
- Pronomohi Bongomata: Indigenous Cultural Forms of Bangladesh, 2011
- Folklore o Likhito Sahitya : Jaarigaaner Asore ‘Bishad-Sindhu’ Attikoron o Poribeshon Poddhoti (co-editor), 2012
- Bangladesher Oitijjobahi Badyajantro (co-editor), 2013
- Bangladesher Lokosogeet, 2014
- Selim Al Din Racanasamagra (complete literary works of Selim Al-Din), 8 vols, 2005-2013
- Baulsangeet (co-editor), 2013
- Traditional Music Instruments of Bangladesh, 2018
- City of Mirrors: Songs of Lālan Sā̃i, 2017
Others
- Suru kari bhumir name (drama), 1996
- Ke Tahare Cinte Pare (novel), 2009
- Sadanonder sansare (a collection of poems), 2009
- Natoksangroho vol. 1 & 2 (a collection of play), 2010
- Anandamoyer Agomone (a collection of poems), 2011
- Uttarlaloncarita, 2014
- Bodhidrum : Ekti Buddha Natak, 2014
- Rabindranath: Janamanusher Kachhe
- Pronomohi Bongomata, 2004-2017
- Doyaal Tomar Asol Namta ki, 2017
- Kulhara Kalongkini, 2017
Awards
Notes and References
- Web site: Saymon Zakaria: Generating interest at home and broad in Bangladeshi folk traditions . The Daily Star . 13 February 2020 . en . 9 June 2012.
- Web site: মধুসূদন একাডেমি পুরস্কার পাচ্ছেন ড.সাইমন জাকারিয়া . Kalerkantho . 13 February 2020 . bn.
- Web site: Bangla Academy names 10 winners of 2019 literature awards . bdnews24.com . 13 February 2020.
- Web site: The Norman Cutler Conference on South Asian Literature . cosal.uchicago.edu . 13 February 2020.
- Web site: Saymon Zakaria Books: সাইমন জাকারিয়া এর বই সমূহ Rokomari.com . www.rokomari.com . 14 February 2020 . en.
- Web site: মধুসূদন একাডেমি পুরস্কার পাচ্ছেন ড.সাইমন জাকারিয়া কালের কণ্ঠ . Kalerkantho . 14 February 2020 . bn.
- Web site: লেখক-পাঠক-প্রকাশকদের পুনর্মিলনী . www.prothom-alo.com . 14 February 2020.
