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| name = Abu Hena Mustafa Kamal<br />
| native_name = আবু হেনা মোস্তফা কামাল<br />
| native_name_lang = bn<br />
| office = Director General of [[Bangla Academy]]<br />
| term_start = 13 March 1936<br />
| term_end = 23 September 1989<br />
| predecessor = Quazi Manjoor-E-Mawla<br />
| successor = Mahmud Shah Qureshi<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://banglaacademy.org.bd/english/?page_id=169|title=Former Director General and Directors – Banglaacademy|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-20}}</ref><br />
| office1 = Director General of [[Shilpakala Academy]]<br />
| term_start1 = 1984<br />
| term_end1 = 1986<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1936|03|11|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Sirajganj District]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|1989|09|23|1936|03|13|df=y}}<br />
| death_place = [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh<br />
| nationality = Bangladeshi<br />
| awards = [[Ekushey Padak]]<br />
| alma_mater = {{ubl|[[University of Dhaka]]|[[University of London]]}}<br />
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'''Abu Hena Mustafa Kamal''' (11 March 1936 – 23 September 1989)<ref name="palo">{{cite news |last=Rahman |first=Shamsur |url=http://archive.prothom-alo.com/detail/date/2012-09-24/news/292124 |script-title=bn:স্মৃতির পাতায় প্রিয় শিক্ষক |language=bn |trans-title=The memory of favorite teacher |work=Prothom Alo|date=2012-09-24 |accessdate=2015-01-19 }}</ref> was a Bangladeshi songwriter, poet, essayist, critic and presenter.<ref name="palo"/> In his early life, he was a singer on East Bengal radio and television. He was a professor of Bengali literature at the [[University of Rajshahi]] and worked for the government as the Director General of the [[Bangla Academy]] from 1986 until his death.<ref name="pn">{{cite news|last=Amin |first=Khairul |url=http://news.priyo.com/2012/09/25/art-60590.html |title=A Poet Extraordinaire: Abu Hena Mustafa Kamal's 23rd death anniversary |work=Priyo News |location=Dhaka |date=2012-09-25 |accessdate=2014-12-23 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141223211839/http://news.priyo.com/2012/09/25/art-60590.html |archivedate=2014-12-23 }}</ref> He was awarded [[Ekushey Padak]] by the [[Government of Bangladesh]] in 1987. He published only three collections of poetry before he died of a heart attack in 1989.<ref>{{cite Banglapedia|article=Kamal,_Abu_Hena_Mostafa}}</ref><ref>Bangladesher Kabita : Antarango Abolokon, Khondakar Ashraf Hossain, Bangla Academy, Dhaka, Bangladesh. First Edition, February, 1994. {{ISBN|984-07-2960-8}}</ref><ref>Bangladesher Kabita Sanket O Dhara, (A Collection of Essays on Appreciation of Poetry) by Shahid Iqbal, First Edition: August 2008, Chinno, 130 shahidullah Kala Bhaban, Rajshahi University, Rajshahi, Bangladesh</ref><br />
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== Early life and education ==<br />
Kamal was born in Gobinda village in [[Ullahpara Upazila]], [[Sirajganj District]]. In 1959, he passed his MA in Bengali from the [[University of Dhaka]]. He received a [[Commonwealth Scholarship]] for his PhD on the Bengali Press and Literary Writings, 1818–1831, from the [[University of London]] in 1969.<ref name="palo"/><ref name="ph">{{cite web |url=http://www.poemhunter.com/abu-hena-mostafa-kamal/biography/ |title=Biography of Abu Hena Mostafa Kamal |work=poemhunter.com |accessdate=2014-12-21 }}</ref><br />
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== Academic career ==<br />
Kamal was appointed as a reader in the Bengali Department at [[Rajshahi University]] at the age of 33.<ref name="palo"/><br />
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