Anisuzzaman, the national professor of Bangladesh, passed away

Anisuzzaman, the national professor of Bangladesh, passed away. He was hospitalized for some time due to heart and kidney complications. He was 83 years old at the time of his death. President of Bangladesh Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has expressed their condolences over the death of the professor.

The professor passed away at the Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka on Thursday. He had been in the hospital for some time due to heart and kidney complications. Professor Anisuzzaman took up teaching as a profession but his role was also very important for literary-research writing and organizational activities.

Anisuzzaman was born on 18 February 1937 in Basirhat in North 24 Parganas district. His father ATM Moazzem. He was a famous homeopath. Although mother Syeda Khatun was a housewife, she had a habit of writing. Grandfather Sheikh Abdur Rahim was a writer and journalist. They were five brothers and sisters. Anisuzzaman, the youngest of three sisters. The elder sister also used to write poems regularly.

Anisuzzaman started his education at Park Circus High School in Kolkata. After completing study from class III to class VII at PCHS, he moved to Bangladesh and got admission in class VIII in Khulna district school. A year later he moved to Dhaka with his family and was admitted to Priyanath High School (now Nawabpur Government High School). After completing his secondary education from this school in 1951 and his higher secondary education from Jagannath College in 1953, he was admitted to the Bangla Department of Dhaka University. He graduated from Dhaka University in 1956 and obtained his master's degree in the same subject in 1957. At the age of 22, he joined Dhaka University as a teacher in the Bangla department. He has been awarded numerous awards including Bangla Academy Sahitya Puraskar-Ekushey Padak for his outstanding contribution in the field of education, art, and literature. He has been the chairman of the editorial board of the art magazine 'Jamini' and 'Kali O Kalam'.

Anisuzzaman was a Bangladeshi writer and national professor. He is an Emeritus Professor of Bengali Language and Literature at Dhaka University. He took part in the Language movement and the mass uprising of the seventies (1969) and the liberation war of Bangladesh in 1971. He was also a member of the National Education Commission headed by Dr. Kudrat-e-Khuda in 1972 after the independence of Bangladesh. His research on the history of Bengali literature is particularly noteworthy.

Anisuzzaman has won multiple awards for his contributions to education and literature. He received the Bangla Academy Literary Award from the Bangla Academy in 1970 for his contribution to essay research. For his contribution to education, he was awarded the second-highest civilian honor 'Ekushey Padak' by the Government of Bangladesh in 1985. He was awarded the third-highest civilian honor, the Padma Bhushan, by the Government of India for his contribution to education and literature. In 2015, he was awarded the highest civilian honor, the Swadhinata Puraskar, by the Government of Bangladesh for his contribution to literature.