Biography

Badruddin Umar has a MA in Philosophy from Dhaka University and an Honors degree in PPE (Philosophy, Politics and Economics) from Oxford University, He taught philosophy at Dhaka University, and Political Science at Rajshahi University where he was Chairman of the Department of Political Science.
The author became a full-time political activist and writer in 1969 and worked amongst the workers and peasants of Bangladesh. He was for many years President of the Bangladesh Lekhok Shibir (writer's association). He has also lectured at the South Asian Studies Departments at Heidlberg University, Berlin University, and Cambridge University and has presented the prestigious Raja Ram Mohan Roy Memorial Lecture at Calcutta University.

Books by Badruddin Umar

Bāṃlādeśe saṃsadīẏa rājanītira
Bāṃlādeśe saṃsadīẏa rājanītira citra
2008
Poverty trade of Dr. Yunus
Poverty trade of Dr. Yunus
2007
Bāṅalādeśe itihāsa carcā
Bāṅalādeśe itihāsa carcā
2006
Muktiyuddha o svādhīnatā yu
Muktiyuddha o svādhīnatā yuddhera jaẏa parājaẏa
2006
The Emergence of Bangladesh: Volume 2
The Emergence of Bangladesh: Volume 2
2006
Gaṇaādālata, asam̄apta mukh
Gaṇaādālata, asam̄apta mukhti saṃgrāmera jera
2005
Pyālesṭāina, Āphagānistā
Pyālesṭāina, Āphagānistāna o Irāke Mārkina sāmrājyabāda
2004
Bāṅalādeśe saṃsadīẏa ga
Bāṅalādeśe saṃsadīẏa gaṇatantra
2003
Śikshā o śikshā āndolana
Śikshā o śikshā āndolana
2001
Language movement in East Beng
Language movement in East Bengal
2000
Dvitīẏa Āoẏāmī Līga sar
Dvitīẏa Āoẏāmī Līga sarakārera āmale Bāṅalādeśa
1999
Bāṅalādeśera rājanītira
Bāṅalādeśera rājanītira dui rūpa
1995
Bāṅalādeśe durnīti, santr
Bāṅalādeśe durnīti, santrāsa, o nairājya
1994
Bāṅalādeśe gaṇatāntrika
Bāṅalādeśe gaṇatāntrika svairatantra
1994
Bāṅalādeśera ārtha-rājan
Bāṅalādeśera ārtha-rājanaitika paristhiti
1994
Gana ādalata, asamāpta mukti
Gana ādalata, asamāpta mukti saṃgrāmera jera
1992
Nabbui era nāgarika burjoẏā
Nabbui era nāgarika burjoẏā abhutthāna [sic] o anyānya prasaṅga
1992
Bāmapanthī mahale anaikya o
Bāmapanthī mahale anaikya o gaṇatāntrika biplabī aikya prasaṅge
1991
Bāṅalādeśe dharmera rājan
Bāṅalādeśe dharmera rājanaitika byabahāra
1989
Bāṅalādeśera madhyabitta o
Bāṅalādeśera madhyabitta o sāṃskr̥tika paristhiti
1989
Sāmarika śāsana o Bāṇalā
Sāmarika śāsana o Bāṇalādeśera rājanīti
1989
Bāṅalādeśe ārtha-sāmāji
Bāṅalādeśe ārtha-sāmājika paribartanera dhārā
1987
Baṅgabhaṅga o āmpradāẏika rāja
Baṅgabhaṅga o āmpradāẏika rājanīti
1987
Baṅgabhaṅga o sāmpradāẏik
Baṅgabhaṅga o sāmpradāẏika rājanīti
1987
Politics and society in Bangla
Politics and society in Bangladesh
1987
General crisis of the bourgeoi
General crisis of the bourgeoisie in Bangladesh
1986
Bāṅalādeśe gaṇatāntrika
Bāṅalādeśe gaṇatāntrika āndolanera kaẏekaṭi dika
1985
Bāṅalādeśera kr̥shaka o kr
Bāṅalādeśera kr̥shaka o kr̥shaka āndolana
1985
Mārkasīẏa darśana o anyān
Mārkasīẏa darśana o anyānya prasaṅga
1985
Bhāshā āndolana prasaṅga
Bhāshā āndolana prasaṅga
1984
Bāṅalādeśe burjoẏā rāja
Bāṅalādeśe burjoẏā rājanītira cālacitra
1982
Bāṅalādeśe Mārkasabāda
Bāṅalādeśe Mārkasabāda
1982
Bhāshā āndolana o anyānya
Bhāshā āndolana o anyānya prasaṅga
1980
Towards the emergency
Towards the emergency
1980
Imperialism and general crisis
Imperialism and general crisis of the bourgeoisie in Bangladesh
1979
Bāṃlādeśe Mārkasabāda o
Bāṃlādeśe Mārkasabāda o Śramika āndolanera samasyā
1978
Yuddhapūrba Bāṅalādeśa
Yuddhapūrba Bāṅalādeśa
1976
Īśvaracandra Bidyāsāgara o
Īśvaracandra Bidyāsāgara o ūniśa śatakera Bāṅālī samāja
1974
Politics and society in East P
Politics and society in East Pakistan and Bangladesh
1974
Cirasthāẏībandobaste Bāṅa
Cirasthāẏībandobaste Bāṅalā Deśera kr̥shakā
1972
Pūrba Bāṃlāra bhāshā ān
Pūrba Bāṃlāra bhāshā āndolana o tat̲kālīna rājanīti
1971
Pūrbabāṅalāra bhāshā ān
Pūrbabāṅalāra bhāshā āndolana o tat̲kālīna rājanīti
1970
Sāṃskr̥tika sāmpradāẏikat
Sāṃskr̥tika sāmpradāẏikatā
1969
Saṃskr̥tira saṃkaṭa
Saṃskr̥tira saṃkaṭa
1967
Āmāra jībana
Āmāra jībana
1962