M Harunur Rashid

For other people with similar names, see Haroon Rashid (disambiguation).

M. Harunur Rashid
মোহাম্মদ হারুন-উর-রশিদ
Director General of Bangla Academy
In office
6 February 1991 – 19 March 1995
Preceded byMahmud Shah Qureshi[1]
Succeeded byAbul Mansur Muhammad Abu Musa
Personal details
Born (1939-12-28) 28 December 1939 (age 84)
Tinsukia, Assam Province, British Raj
NationalityBangladeshi
EducationMA in English literature
OccupationTeacher, translator, essayist, critic, columnist

M Harunur Rashid (born 28 December 1939) is a professor, educational administrator, editor, and translator.[2][3] He is a noted writer of Sufism and Sufi literature[4] and a commentator of social, political, and literary texts.[5]

  1. ^ "Former Director General and Directors – Banglaacademy". 22 April 2019. Archived from the original on 22 April 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  2. ^ Mojumder, Abu Taher (2014). Bibidh Bikiron. Dhaka: Ankur Prakashani. pp. 106–109.
  3. ^ Sarker Amin (2006). Bangladesher Kobitaer Chitrokalapa. Dhaka: Bangla Academy.
  4. ^ M Harunur Rashid (1987). "The Sufi Dimension of Islam". The Jahangir Nagar Review. Vol. C (part C). Dhaka: Jahangir Nagar University.
  5. ^ Syed Mohammad Shahed, ed. (1998). Lekhok Avidhan (Dictionary of Writers). Dhaka: Bangla Academy. p. 330.