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DEATH-ANNIVERSARY-ABU-HENA
Abu Hena Mustafa Kamal’s 29th death anniversary tomorrow
DHAKA, Sept 22, 2018 (BSS) – The 29th death anniversary of Abu Hena Mustafa Kamal, a poet, educationist, singer and composer, will be observed tomorrow.
He died on September 23, 1989 at the age of 53. Abu Hena was born in Gobinda village of Pabna district on March 13, 1936.
After passing M.A. in Bangla in 1959 from Dhaka University, Abu Hena taught at different local colleges before joining the Department of Bangla, Dhaka University, as a lecturer in 1963. He joined Rajshahi University as a senior lecturer of Bangla in 1965.
In 1966, he went to London University on a Commonwealth Scholarship and obtained Ph.D. degree for his dissertation on Bengali Press and Literary Writings.
Abu Hena joined Chittagong University in 1973. In 1978, he rejoined the Bangla Department of Dhaka University as a professor. He became director general of the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in 1984 and of the Bangla Academy in 1986.
He wrote three books of poems — “Apan Jouban Boiri” (1974), “Jehetu Janmandha” (1984) and “Akranta Ghazal” (1988) and a collection of songs “Ami Sagarer Neel”. The number of published books of Abu Hena is five.
Abu Hena won Ekushey Padak in 1987. He also won a number of awards including Alaul Literary Award for his outstanding contribution in literature and other disciplines of knowledge.
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