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| Office | Director General of Bangla Academy |
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| Office | Director General of Shilpakala Academy
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| Term start | 13 March 1936 |
| Term end | 23 September 1989 |
| Predecessor | Quazi Manjoor-E-Mawla |
| Successor | Mahmud Shah Qureshi[1]
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| Born | 1936-03-11 |
| Born | Sirajganj District, Bengal Presidency, British India |
| Died | Template:Death date and age |
| Place of death | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi
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| Alma mater | Template:Ubl
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Abu Hena Mustafa Kamal (11 March 1936 – 23 September 1989)[2] was a Bangladeshi songwriter, poet, essayist, critic and presenter.[2] 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.[3] 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.[4][5][6]
Early life and education
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.[2][7]
Academic career
Kamal was appointed as a reader in the Bengali Department at Rajshahi University at the age of 33.[2]
References
- ↑ Former Director General and Directors – Banglaacademy. Retrieved 2020-03-20.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 {{{title}}}. Prothom Alo(2012-09-24).
- ↑ A Poet Extraordinaire: Abu Hena Mustafa Kamal's 23rd death anniversary. Priyo News(2012-09-25).
- ↑ Template:Cite Banglapedia
- ↑ Bangladesher Kabita : Antarango Abolokon, Khondakar Ashraf Hossain, Bangla Academy, Dhaka, Bangladesh. First Edition, February, 1994. Template:ISBN
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Biography of Abu Hena Mostafa Kamal.