Mohammad Moniruzzaman


Mohammad Moniruzzaman was a Bangladeshi writer, poet, professor, freedom fighter and lyricist.

Career

Moniruzzaman received his BA in 1958 and his MA in 1959 from University of Dhaka. In 1969, he got his PhD from on Hindu-Muslim relationship in modern Bengali poetry. He joined the University's Department of Bengali as a teaching advisor in 1959 and became a lecturer in 1962. He became a professor in 1975 and chair of the department in 1978. He was also district governor of the Rotary club as well as a member of the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.

Awards

Moniruzzaman's brother Mohammad Rafiquzzaman is also a lyricist who won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Lyrics in 1984 and 1986.