Dwijen Sharma

Dwijen Sharma
দ্বিজেন শর্মা
Born	(1929-05-29)29 May 1929 Barlekha, Moulvibazar, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died	15 September 2017(2017-09-15) (aged 88) Dhaka, Bangladesh
Nationality	Bangladeshi
Alma mater	City College, Kolkata University of Dhaka
Known for	Nature Conservation, science writer
Awards	Bangla Academy Literary Award Ekushey Padak
Scientific career
Fields	Nature Conservation, Botany
Institutions	Brojomohun College Barisal Notre Dame College, Dhaka

Dwijen Sharma (May 29, 1929 – September 15, 2017) was a Bangladeshi naturalist and science writer. He was awarded Bangla Academy Award in 1987 and Ekushey Padak in 2015 by the Government of Bangladesh for his work in language and literature.

In 1962 he left Barisal to join the faculty of Notre Dame College, Dhaka and worked until 1974. Then, he moved to Moscow to work for Progress Publishers as a translator.

Sharma died of kidney disease on September 15, 2017 in Dhaka, Bangladesh at the age of 88.

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Other websites

• Amitava Kar (July 19, 2013). "Sunshine on His Shoulders". The Daily Star. Archived from the original on April 18, 2015. Retrieved April 17, 2015.

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