Abu Hena Mustafa Kamal
Abu Hena Mustafa Kamal was a Bangladeshi songwriter, poet, essayist, critic and presenter. 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. 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.Early life and education
Kamal was born in Gobinda village in Ullahpara Upazila, Pabna 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.Kamal was appointed as a reader in the Bengali Department at Rajshahi University at the age of 33.
