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{{Short description|Bangladeshi academic (1937–2020)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Anisuzzaman
| image = Anissuzaman 1 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Anisuzzaman in 2016
| birth_name = AM Anisuzzaman
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1937|02|18|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Calcutta]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2020|5|14|1937|02|18}}
| death_place = [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh
| occupation = {{hlist|Activist|author|administrator}}
| nationality = Bangladeshi
| alma_mater = [[University of Dhaka]]
| awards = [[#Awards|full list]]
| relations = [[Sheikh Abdur Rahim]] (grandfather)
}}

'''Anisuzzaman''' (18 February 1937 – 14 May 2020)<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/city/prof-anisuzzaman-lighthouse-1363072|title=Prof Anisuzzaman a lighthouse|date=2017-02-18|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2017-12-04|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.priyo.com/music/2012/02/19/dr-anisuzzaman-honoured-his-75-46906.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140204024109/http://news.priyo.com/music/2012/02/19/dr-anisuzzaman-honoured-his-75-46906.html|archive-date=2014-02-04|date=2012-02-19|publisher=Priyo|title=Dr Anisuzzaman honoured on his 75th birth anniversary}}</ref> was a Bangladeshi academic of [[Bengali literature]].

He was an [[activist]] who took part in the Language Movement (1952), participated in Mass Uprising (1969), and took part in the [[Bangladesh Liberation War]] (1971).

He was a member of the Planning Commission to the Government of Bangladesh during the Bangladesh liberation war and a member of the National Education Commission set up by the government after liberation. He was inducted as a [[National Professor]] by the [[Government of Bangladesh]] in 2018.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/backpage/3-educationists-become-national-professors-1592581|title=3 educationists become national professors|date=2018-06-20|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2018-06-20|language=en}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Anisuzzaman was born in [[Calcutta]] in 1937. Along with his family, he moved to [[Khulna]] after the [[Partition of India|1947 partition]]. After about a year they moved to Dhaka.<ref name=pundit>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/the-pundits-tale-11029|title=The Pundit's Tale|date=2014-02-14|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2017-12-04|language=en}}</ref> His father ATM Moazzem was a homeopathy practitioner and his grandfather, [[Sheikh Abdur Rahim]], was a journalist and writer.<ref name=man>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/in-focus/professor-anisuzzaman-the-man-and-the-academic-1490467|title=Professor Anisuzzaman: The man and the academic|date=2017-11-13|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2017-12-04|language=en}}</ref> His first piece of writing, a story, was published in ''Nowbahar'', a literary magazine, in 1950. He completed his HSC from [[Jagannath College]].<ref name=star/> He obtained his bachelor's in 1956 and master's in 1957 in Bengali from the [[University of Dhaka]]. At the university, he worked with [[Muhammad Shahidullah]], Muhammad Abdul Hye and [[Munier Chowdhury]].<ref name=pundit/> He completed his Ph.D. in 1962 at the age of 25 from the same university.<ref name=star/> He was a post-doctoral fellow at the [[University of Chicago]] during 1964–65 and a Commonwealth Academic Staff fellow at the [[University of London]] (1974–75).

==Career==
[[File:Anis Hasina 2.jpg|thumb|with the Prime Minister of [[Bangladesh|BGD]], [[Sheikh Hasina]]]]
Anisuzzaman served as a faculty member at the [[University of Dhaka]] during 1959–69, 1985–2003 and 2005–08. He taught Bengali at the [[University of Chittagong]] during 1969–85.<ref name=man/> From 1978 to 1983, he was associated with research projects of the [[United Nations University]]. He was a visiting fellow at the [[University of Paris]] (1994), [[North Carolina State University]] (1995) and [[University of Calcutta]] (2010), and a visiting professor at the [[Visva-Bharati]] (2008–09, 2011).<ref name=star/>

Anisuzzaman was a member of the Planning Commission to the Government of Bangladesh during the [[Bangladesh liberation war]] and a member of the National Education Commission set up by the government after liberation. He was responsible for the Bengali language part of the [[Constitution of Bangladesh]] adopted in November 1972.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/law-our-rights/professor-anisuzzaman-language-and-bangladesh-constitution-1364716|title=Professor Anisuzzaman, language and Bangladesh Constitution|date=2017-02-21|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2017-12-04|language=en}}</ref> He served as Chairman of the Trustee Board of the [[Nazrul Institute]] and has been the president of the [[Bangla Academy]] since 2011.<ref name=star/>

==Activism==
Anisuzzaman took part in the Language Movement (1952), participated in Mass Uprising (1969), took part in the War of Liberation (1971) and was the secretary of the Bangladesh Teachers' Association in 1971. He was involved in the anti-autocracy movement (1990).

In 2015, Anisuzzaman received [[Attacks by Islamic extremists in Bangladesh|death threats from Islamic extremists]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/anisuzzaman-threatened-death-170494|title=Anisuzzaman threatened with death|date=2015-11-11|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2017-12-04|language=en}}</ref>

==Literary works==
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
* Muslim Manos O Bangla Sahitya (1964)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://banglaacademy.org.bd/english/?page_id=268|title=President – Banglaacademy|website=banglaacademy.org.bd|language=en-US|access-date=2017-12-04}}</ref>
* Munir Chowdhury (1975)
* Swaruper Sandhane (1976)<ref name=man/>
* Adharo Sotoker Bangla Cithi (1983)
* Purono Bangla Gadya (1984)
* Aamar Ekattor (1997)<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/anisuzzamans-autobiography-kaal-nirobodhi-and-amar-ekattor-55386|title=Anisuzzaman's Autobiography: Kaal Nirobodhi and Amar Ekattor|date=2014-12-15|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2017-12-04|language=en}}</ref>
* Muktijudho Ebong Tarpor (1998)
* Aamar Chokh (1999)
* Bangali Nari : Sahittye o Somaje (2000)
* Kaal Nirobodhi (2003)
* Factory correspondence and other Bengali Documents in the India office Library and Records (1981)
* Creativity, Identity and Reality (1991)
* Cultural Pluralism (1993)
* Identity, Religion and Recent history (1995)
}}

==Awards==
[[File:Anisuzzaman PadmaBhushan.jpg|thumb|Anisuzzaman receiving the Padma Bhusan award from the Indian President [[Pranab Mukherjee]]]]
* [[Bangla Academy Literary Award]] for research (1970)
* [[Ekushey Padak]], an award given by the State, for his contribution to education (1985)
* [[Ananda Puraskar]] for publishing a series of 14 cassettes titled ''Oitijjher Ongikar'' (1994)<ref>{{Citation | last = Majumdar | first = Pinaki | title = Tie-up Boost to Bangla Literature | work = The Telegraph | location = Kolkata | publisher = ABP Limited | date = 28 December 2004 | url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1041228/asp/ranchi/story_4182065.asp | access-date =10 June 2022}}</ref>
* Honorary D.Lit, Rabindra Bharati University, Calcutta (2005)
* Sarojini Basu Award, University of Calcutta (2008)<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-56295|title=Sarojini Basu Award for Prof Anisuzzaman|date=2008-09-24|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2017-12-04|language=en}}</ref>
* Pandit Iswarchandra Vidyasagar Gold Plaque, Asiatic Society of Kolkata (2011)<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-184137|title=Dr Anisuzzaman honoured|date=2011-05-04|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2017-12-04|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Padma Bhushan]], on contribution of literature and education (2014)<ref>{{cite news|title=Full List of Padma Awards|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Full-list-of-Padma-awardees/photo/29366683.cms|access-date=25 January 2022}}</ref>
* [[Independence Day Award]] for literature in 2015 by the [[Government of Bangladesh]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/country/7-get-independence-award-2015-73703|title=7 get Independence Award 2015|date=2015-03-25|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2017-12-04|language=en}}</ref>
* Nilkanta Sarkar Gold Medal, University of Dhaka
* Dawood Prize for literature, Pakistan Writers' Guild
* Star Lifetime Award (2016)<ref name=star>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/supplements/star-lifetime-awardees-2016/prof-anisuzzaman-212803|title=Prof. Anisuzzaman|date=2016-02-05|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2017-12-04|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Ananda Puraskar]] for his autobiography ''Bipula Prithibi'' (The Vast World) (2017)<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/city/literature-can-lead-the-way-1398658|title=Literature can lead the way|date=2017-04-30|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2017-12-04|language=en}}</ref>
* Jagattarini Medal, The University of Calcutta<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/backpage/prof-anisuzzaman-bestowed-jagattarini-medal-1518805|title=Prof Anisuzzaman bestowed with Jagattarini Medal|date=2018-01-12|work=The Daily Star|language=en|access-date=2019-05-09}}</ref>
* Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah Gold Medal 2018<ref>{{cite news |title=Prof Anisuzzaman awarded Ahsanullah Gold Medal |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/city/news/prof-anisuzzaman-awarded-ahsanullah-gold-medal-1834210 |work=The Daily Star |date=1 December 2022}}</ref>
*[[SAARC Literary Award|SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) Literature Award 2019]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Prof Anisuzzaman gets SAARC Literature Award 2019 |url=https://www.newagebd.net/article/71546/prof-anisuzzaman-gets-saarc-literature-award-2019 |work=New Age |agency=BSS |date=6 May 2022}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Anisuzzaman was married to Siddiqua Zaman. He was an secular humanist, having lost faith in organised religion during his youth.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Anisuzzaman |title=Kal Nirobodhi |date=2003 |publisher=Sahitya Prakash |location=Dhaka |isbn=984-465-324-X |page=167 |edition=1st}}</ref>

===Death===
Anisuzzaman died from multi organ failure at Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka on 14 May 2020. He was admitted to Universal Medical College Hospital after falling sick about three weeks prior to his death. Later he was shifted to CMH as his condition was not improving.<ref>{{Cite news |title=National Professor Anisuzzaman no more; test result shows he was Covid-19 positive |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/country/news/national-professor-anisuzzaman-no-more-1902586 |work=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|The Daily Star]] |date=2020-05-14 | access-date=2020-05-19}}</ref> Sample was collected for [[COVID-19]] test after his death and it came positive.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Prof Anisuzzaman had COVID-19, son says as test result comes after death|url=https://bdnews24.com/people/2020/05/14/prof-anisuzzaman-had-covid-19-son-says-as-test-result-comes-after-death|work=bdnews24.com|access-date=2020-05-15}}</ref> He is buried at Azimpur Graveyard in Dhaka in line with the guidelines for the burial of COVID-19 patients during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=National Professor Anisuzzaman buried at Azimpur graveyard |url=https://bdnews24.com/people/2020/05/15/national-professor-anisuzzaman-buried-at-azimpur-graveyard |work=bdnews24.com |date=2020-05-15 |access-date=2020-05-19}}</ref>

==References==
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