Anisuzzaman

Anisuzzaman
Anisuzzaman in 2016
Born(1937-02-18)18 February 1937
Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died14 May 2020(2020-05-14) (aged 83)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
NationalityBangladeshi
Alma materUniversity of Dhaka
Occupations
  • Activist
  • author
  • administrator
RelativesSheikh Abdur Rahim (grandfather)
Awardsfull list

Anisuzzaman (Bengali: আনিসুজ্জামান; 18 February 1937 – 14 May 2020)[1][2] was a Bangladeshi academic of Bengali literature.

He was an activist who took part in the Language Movement (1952), participated in the Mass Uprising (1969), and took part in the Bangladesh Liberation War (1971).

He was a member of the Planning Commission to the Government of Bangladesh during the Bangladesh liberation war and a member of the National Education Commission set up by the government after liberation. He was inducted as a National Professor by the Government of Bangladesh in 2018.[3]

  1. ^ "Prof Anisuzzaman a lighthouse". The Daily Star. 18 February 2017. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Dr Anisuzzaman honoured on his 75th birth anniversary". Priyo. 19 February 2012. Archived from the original on 4 February 2014.
  3. ^ "3 educationists become national professors". The Daily Star. 20 June 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2018.