What is Dwijen Sharma?
{{Infobox scientist | name = Dwijen Sharma | image = Dwijen Sharma (cropped).jpg | caption = | native_name= দ্বিজেন শর্মা | native_name_lang = bn | birth_date = {{birth date|1929|5|29|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Barlekha Upazila|Barlekha]], [[Moulvibazar District|Moulvibazar]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2017|09|15|1929|5|29|df=y}} | death_place = [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh | nationality = Bangladeshi | field = Nature Conservation, Botany | work_institution = {{unbulleted list|Brojomohun College Barisal | [[Notre Dame College, Dhaka]] }} | alma_mater = {{unbulleted list|[[City College, Kolkata]]|[[University of Dhaka]]}} | known_for = Nature Conservation, science writer | prizes = {{unbulleted list|[[Bangla Academy Literary Award]]| [[Ekushey Padak]]}} }} '''Dwijen Sharma''' (May 29, 1929 – September 15, 2017) was a [[Bangladesh]]i naturalist and science writer.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://gunijan.org.bd/GjProfDetails_action.php?GjProfId=8 |script-title=bn:দ্বিজেন শর্মা |trans-title=Dwijen Sharma |website=[[Gunijan|Gunijan Trust]] |language=bn |access-date=April 17, 2015 |archive-date=April 18, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150418050654/http://gunijan.org.bd/GjProfDetails_action.php?GjProfId=8 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 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.<ref name=ekushey>{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/14-honoured-with-ekushey-padak-2015-63901|title=14 honoured with Ekushey Padak 2015|publisher=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|The Daily Star]]|date=February 9, 2015}}</ref> 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.<