Ghulam Murshid, erudito y autor bangladesí, muere a los 84 años

El investigador, autor y lexicógrafo bangladesí Ghulam Murshid falleció el 22 de agosto de 2024, a los 84 años. Antiguo alumno de la Universidad de Dhaka, realizó contribuciones significativas a la literatura y los estudios lingüísticos bengalíes. Su muerte marca el cierre de un capítulo notable en la historia literaria de la región.

Ghulam Murshid, una figura prominente en la academia y la literatura bangladesíes, falleció hoy, 22 de agosto de 2024, a los 84 años. Como graduado de la Universidad de Dhaka, Murshid se distinguió como erudito, periodista y lexicógrafo, recibiendo amplio reconocimiento por su trabajo sobre íconos literarios bengalíes clave como Kazi Nazrul Islam y Rabindranath Tagore. Uno de sus principales logros fue la edición del Bibartonmulak Bangla Abhidhan en tres volúmenes, un diccionario bengalí exhaustivo que rastrea dos siglos de la evolución léxica del idioma. Esta obra es el primer diccionario de su tipo basado en principios históricos. La carrera de Murshid incluyó varias publicaciones emblemáticas. Debutó con Vaishnava Padavali Prabeshak en 1968, seguido por el Bengali-English-Bengali Dictionary en 1988 y Lured by Hope: A Biography of Michael Madhusudan Dutt en 2003. Sus contribuciones fueron reconocidas con múltiples honores: el Premio Literario de la Bangla Academy en 1982, el Premio al Libro Prothom Alo en 2007, el premio literario IFIC en 2018 y el Ekusey Padak por lengua y literatura en 2021. Reflexionando sobre su dedicación en un discurso por su 80 cumpleaños, Murshid declaró: «Tengo muchos más libros que escribir. Quiero trabajar hasta mi último aliento». Mientras que el fallecimiento de Murshid concluye una era influyente en la literatura bengalí, su producción académica se espera que influya en generaciones futuras de lectores e investigadores.

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