The university has invited the Bengali-Swedish poet Anisur Rahman, along with his translator, and Swedish poet Kristian Carlsson to take part in the event. The speakers at the event will present Anisur's book “Jag är Sheikh Mujib (I am Sheikh Mujib),” said the release adding, “Bengali-Swedish author Anisur's epic monologue ‘I Am Sheikh Mujib’ depicts the twentieth-century freedom struggle on the Indian subcontinent through the voice of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman - from British colonial times to the first tentative years of independent Bangladesh under his leadership. Educated at the Dhaka University and Stockholm University, Anisur works for Swedish Centre for Literature in Uppsala and leads creative writing programs. Swedish poet Kristian Carlsson together with Anisur have translated the epic monologue titled ‘I Am Sheikh Mujib’ into the Swedish language. He has translated a section of Rabindranath Tagore’s literary works into Swedish.

Source: Dhaka Tribune October 08, 2020 14:03 UTC