Abu Hena Mustafa Kamal Explained

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]

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 53.In 1973 he joined Chittagong University.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Former Director General and Directors – Banglaacademy. en-US. 2020-03-20.
  2. News: Rahman . Shamsur . http://archive.prothom-alo.com/detail/date/2012-09-24/news/292124 . bn:স্মৃতির পাতায় প্রিয় শিক্ষক . bn . The memory of favorite teacher . Prothom Alo . 2012-09-24 . 2015-01-19 . 2014-06-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140622141255/http://archive.prothom-alo.com/detail/date/2012-09-24/news/292124 . dead .
  3. News: Amin . Khairul . A Poet Extraordinaire: Abu Hena Mustafa Kamal's 23rd death anniversary . Priyo News . Dhaka . 2012-09-25 . 2014-12-23 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141223211839/http://news.priyo.com/2012/09/25/art-60590.html . 2014-12-23 .
  4. Kamal,_Abu_Hena_Mostafa.
  5. Bangladesher Kabita : Antarango Abolokon, Khondakar Ashraf Hossain, Bangla Academy, Dhaka, Bangladesh. First Edition, February, 1994.
  6. 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
  7. Web site: Biography of Abu Hena Mostafa Kamal . poemhunter.com . 2014-12-21 .