Jatin Sarker

Jatin Sarker (born 25 August 1935) is a Bengali intellectual, researcher and biographer of Bangladesh. He was awarded the Bangla Academy Literary Award in 2008 for research and essays and Independence Day Award in 2010 for education. As of September 2021, he has published 35 books. Sarker was born on 25 August 1935 in Chandapara village, Kendua Upazila of Netrokona of the-then Mymensingh district in British India. He was the eldest of three children, two brothers and a sister. He married in 1965 and with his wife Kanon Sarker has one son, namely, Suman Sarker (he lives in Slovakia) and a daughter, namely, Sudipta Sarkar (she lives in Bangladesh). He is a member of Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB)'s Committees of Concerned Citizens of Bangladesh.