| Abu Hena Mustafa Kamal | |
| Native Name: | আবু হেনা মোস্তফা কামাল |
| Native Name Lang: | bn |
| Office: | Director General of Bangla Academy |
| Term Start: | 13 March 1986 |
| Term End: | 23 September 1989 |
| Predecessor: | Quazi Manjoor-E-Mawla |
| Successor: | Mahmud Shah Qureshi[1] |
| Office1: | Director General of Shilpakala Academy |
| Term Start1: | 1984 |
| Term End1: | 1986 |
| Birth Date: | 11 March 1936 |
| Birth Place: | Sirajganj District, Bengal Presidency, British India |
| Death Place: | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Nationality: | Bangladeshi |
| Awards: | Ekushey Padak |
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 Rajshahiin 1966 and became professor at University of Chittagong in 1973,also 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]
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]
Kamal was appointed as a reader in the Bengali Department at Rajshahi University at the age of 53.In 1973 he joined Chittagong University.[2]