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

Career

Moniruzzaman received his BA in 1958 and his MA in 1959 from University of Dhaka.^{[citation needed]} In 1969, he got his PhD from 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.^{[citation needed]}

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)

filmography

• Deep Nebhe Nai (1970)
• Nijere Haraye Khuji (1972)
• Tejjo Putro (1998)

References