Khan Mohammad Moinuddin Explained

Khan Mohammad Moinuddin
Birth Date:30 October 1930
Birth Place:Charigram village, Singair Upazila, Manikganj District, Bengal Presidency, British India
Death Place:Dhaka, Bangladesh

Khan Mohammad Moinuddin (30 October 193016 February 1981) was a Bangladeshi writer.[1] He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 1978 by the Government of Bangladesh. He is most remembered for being a children's poet in the 1950s and '60s.[1]

Career

At an early age, Moinuddin moved to Calcutta and worked at a Kolkata Binding House as a bookbinder. After completing his primary education, he attended the Calcutta Corporation Teachers' Training College. He later worked in Calcutta Corporation Free Primary School for twenty years.[1]

In 1923, Moinuddin was the editor of the magazine Muslim Jagat. He was sentenced to 6 months in Hooghly Jail for publishing an editorial entitled Bidroha. While incarcerated, he met the poet Kazi Nazrul Islam. In 1947 he moved to Dhaka and established a publishing house Alhamra Library.[1]

Awards

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Moinuddin, Khan Mohammad. Banglapedia. Sambaru Chandra Mohanta. June 1, 2015.