Shishir Bhattacharja | |
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শিশির ভট্টাচার্য্য | |
| Born | 4 August 1963 |
| Occupation(s) | Professor, writer |
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| Discipline | Linguistics |
| Sub-discipline | Bengali language,literature and culture |
| Institutions | University of Dhaka |
| Website | shishirbhattacharja |
Shishir Bhattacharja (born 4 August 1963) is a Bangladeshi linguist,writer,columnist,and a professor of the French language at the University of Dhaka. [1] He is also the Director of the Institute of Modern Languages,University of Dhaka. [2] [3] [4] An ardent advocate and promoter of the Bengali language,he has written extensively on the use of Bengali in Bangladesh. He translated works of Guillaume Apollinaire,Arthur Rimbaud,and Bernard-Henri Lévy into Bengali and poems of Jibanananda Das into French. [5]
Born in Sitakunda,Chattogram,he completed bachelor's and master's degrees in Indology and linguistics at UniversitéSorbonne Nouvelle. [6] He received his PhD from the University of Montreal,Canada. [5] He did his post-doctorate at the Institute of State Language at the University of Tokyo. In 1989,Bhattacharja joined Dhaka University,where he is,at present,the director of the Institute of Modern Languages.[ citation needed ] Accused of making hateful remarks against Islam and Muslims,as well as derogatory comments about victims of so called anti-discrimination movements,a group of Dhaka University students protested in front of the vice-chancellor's residence on December 12,demanding his dismissal. [7] [8]