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Mohammad Moniruzzaman

Bangladeshi writer, poet, professor, freedom fighter and lyricist (1936-2008) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Mohammad Moniruzzaman (15 August 1936 – 3 September 2008) was a Bangladeshi writer, poet, professor, freedom fighter and lyricist.[1]

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Career

Moniruzzaman received his BA in 1958 and his MA in 1959 from University of Dhaka. In 1969, he got his Ph.D. on Hindu-Muslim relationship in modern Bengali poetry.[1] He joined the University's Department of Bengali as a teaching advisor in 1959 and became a lecturer in 1962. He became a professor in 1975 and chair of the department in 1978. He was also district governor of the Rotary club (1986-1987) as well as a member of the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.

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Awards

  • Certificate of Merit for Distinguished Contribution to Poetry by International Who's Who in poetry of London (1969)[1]
  • Bangla Academy Literary Award (1972)[2][3]
  • Ekushey Padak (1987)
  • Alaol Padak[3]
  • Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society of London (1969)
  • Fellow of Bangla Academy (1972)

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