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Professional Profile    

Mr. Fazle Rabbi is a freelance writer, editor and organizer of non-govt. public libraries. Mr. Rabbi has an experience of 35 years working in the field of book publication, printing and promotion in Bangladesh. He spent many years promoting reading habits and non-government libraries in the different localities of Bangladesh. Also Mr. Rabbi held a few key government positions before retiring from his active career. Currently he is actively involved with many non-government organizations working for book and library development.

 

Present Affiliation

President Bangladesh   : Friends of Library Associations

• President, Addhayan a voluntary youth NGO for promotion of reading habit among youths
•  President Nandini a new writers association
• Founder President Editing and Publishing Association of Bangladesh
• Executive director Ahmed Memorial Foundation
• Life member of Bangla Academy
• Member of P.E.N

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 Positions Held:

• From 1979 till Retirement in 1992 Director, Bangladesh National Book Centre ( National Book Development Council).
• From 1961 to 1979 Director, Publication, Sales & Press, Bangla Academy;

 Accomplishment

1.       1990 Acted as one of the Judges for Philips National Award for Literature.

2.       1985 – 1995 Acted as Judge in the National Television Debate Competition.

3.       1988 Co-Founder: Ahmed Memorial Public Library, one of the very few rural public libraries in Bangladesh. 

4.       1986   Course Designer : (a) Short Training Course for Publisher, (b) Short Training Course for Bookseller, (c) Short Training Course for Writers & Editors, (d) Short Training Course for Librarian, (e) Short Training Course for Book Illustrators.

5.       1986  Organised Workshop on  Training for Trainers for Book Production in collaboration with UNESCO expert Mr. Abul Hasan in Dhaka

6.       1984 Acted as course coordinator, Training on Book Marketing and Bookshop Management            organized by British Council.

7.       1983 Acted as course coordinator Second Mobile Children's Book Production Training Course         organized by ACCU Tokyo, Japan in Dhaka 

8.       1983  : organised a movement  to celebrate Bengali New Years as A Day of Presenting Books to     Dear Ones, which was officially accepted in 2003

9.       1982  Co-author of Bengali Text Book for Class V, Produced by School Text Book Board.

10.   1980  Acted editor and reviewer for Bangladesh School Text Book Board.

11.   1979 : Organized Book Lovers Associations among young people all over Bangladesh.

12.   1979  Organised the observence of 200 years of Bengali printing.

13.   1977.: Introduce Mobile Book Exhibition in cooperation with UNICEF, First of its kind in  Bangladesh

14.   1976 Course Coordinator : First Mobile Book Production Training Course organized by Asian Cultural Centre for UNESCO, Tokyo, Japan in Dhaka, Bangladesh in 1976.

15.   1963 Organized a Non-Govt. Public Library namely SUDIJAN PATHAGAR, in Narayanganj  and became the Founder Secretary. The Library is now 40 years old and one of the  most well established non-govt. public library in the country.

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Publications

1.         Chapakhanar Itikatha (History of Printing), Published by Bangla Academy, Dhaka. 1977. (   2^nd Edition published 2002 )

2.         Bhoy (Fear) A translated Indonesian Novel of Mokhtar Lubis, Published by University Press Ltd.,  Dhaka.    1986.

3.         Amar Katha (Moonwalk) Autobiography of Michael Jackson translated into Bengali Published by University Press Ltd., Dhaka. 1991

4.         Shawjon (The Family) A translated Japanese Classic Novel, Published by Academic           Publishers, Dhaka. 1993.

5.         Man's Knowledge of the Modern World translated into Bengali and Published by     Bangla Academy, Dhaka.

6.         Arabian Nights translated into Bengali and Published by Bangla Academy, Dhaka.

7.         Book Development in Bangladesh, a research article Published in UNESCO Journal of        information science, librarianship and archives administration. Vol. IV, No. 1, 1982.       Published from Paris.    

8.         The role of books in national development : Bangladesh as a case study, Published in         LOGOS, Vol. 3, Issue 3, Quarterly, 1992, U. K.

9.         Large number of articles published in Bengali Journals.

10.        National Correspondent of The Quarterly Newsletter of the Asian Book Development,           Published from Tokyo, Japan, since 1974 till 1991.

11.        Social History of Bengali Muslim by Dr. M. A. Rahim translated into Bengali and     Published by Bangla Academy.

12.        Makiokara Char Bone (Makioka Sisters) A translated Japanese Classic Novel,        Published by Academic Publishers, Dhaka. 1994.

13.        Jakartay Godhuly (Twilight in Djakarta) A translated Indonesian Novel by Mochtar    Lubis, Published by Ahamad Literary Society, Dhaka, 1995.

14.        Article titled "Bangla Sanskritir Shatabarsha : Granthagar"  published in the book    "Bangla Sanskritir Shatabarsha : 1301-1400", Sudijan Pathagar, Narayanganj, 1994.

15.        “Some Reflections on Publisher’s Editors” a paper presented in the second annual conference of Editing and Publication Association of Bangladesh held in 1998

16.   Editor of the most regular monthly Journal BOI from 1978 to 1991.

17.   Bangladesher Grantha o Granthagar ( Books and Libraries of Bangladesh) , Adorn Publisher, 29 Shegunbagicha, Dhaka, 2003

18.   Brikhaye Jeeban, ( adoptation of The man Who Planted Trees by  Jean Giono) Piblished by Shishu Academy (Children Academy) 2002.

19.   Kokoro by Soseki Natsume , Japanese Novel, translated into Bengali, Published by Majid Publication, 2003

Conference and International Seminars Attended

1.         International Publishers Association Conference in Paris 1962.

2.         Editorial Committee Meeting of the Asian/Pacific Co-Publication Programme in Tokyo,        Japan, 1975, 1979 and 1981.

3.         Unesco Regional Seminar on Commercial factors involved in Mass Market Publishing          in Singapore  1978.

4.         International Seminar on Publishing for Rural Areas in Developing Countries held in             1980 at New Delhi, India organised by National Book Trust of India with co-operation           from UNESCO.

5.         Collective Consultation on National Book Strategies in Asia and the Pacific held in Karachi organised by UNESCO in 1981.

6.         Seminar on Books for All at Low Cost, New Delhi, India in 1982.

7.         Regional Consultation of Book Development in Asia organised by UNESCO in co-   operation with NBT India in New Delhi, 1986.

8.         Attended many International Book Fairs in Moscow, New Delhi, Singapore

Professional Training

a)         1962 and 1963.:Study of Printing and Publication of Reading Materials under Fellowship of UNESCO in France, Germany, Switzerland, Holland, U. K.

b)         1973.Book Production Training in Tokyo, Japan, organized by Asian   Cultural Centre for   UNESCO .

c)       1987  Visited U. K. Under British Council Fellowship to study Book Development Activities,

Academic   :

            1960 B.A. (Hons) M.A. in Bengali from Karachi University

Date and Place birth : 25 April 1935, Dhaka