Anisuzzaman
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Abu Tayyab Muhammad Anisuzzaman (18 February 1937 – 14 May 2020) 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).
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- 2
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- Moulana Bhashani
- Poor Poverty
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Key facts
- Officeholder.name
- Anisuzzaman
- Officeholder.native_name
- আনিসুজ্জামান
- Officeholder.native_name_lang
- bn
- Officeholder.image
- Anissuzaman 1 (cropped).jpg
- Officeholder.caption
- Anisuzzaman in 2016
- Officeholder.office
- President of Bangla Academy
- Officeholder.term_start
- 13 December 2012
- Officeholder.term_end
- 14 May 2020
- Officeholder.predecessor
- Kabir Chowdhury
- Officeholder.successor
- Shamsuzzaman Khan
- Officeholder.term_start1
- 19 August 1999
- Officeholder.term_end1
- 31 January 2002
- Officeholder.predecessor1
- Shamsur Rahman
- Officeholder.successor1
- Wakil Ahmed
- Officeholder.birth_name
- Abu Tayyab Muhammad Anisuzzaman
- Officeholder.birth_place
- Basirhat, 24 Parganas, Bengal Province, British India
- Officeholder.nationality
- Bangladeshi
- Officeholder.alma_mater
- University of Dhaka
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Bangladesh
- Place of birth
- Kolkata
- Occupation
- writer
- Educated at
- University of Dhaka
- Employer
- University of Dhaka
- Languages spoken
- Bangla
- Native language
- Bangla
- Award
- Independence Award
- Image
- আনিসুজ্জামান ২০১০.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1937-02-18
- name in native language
- আনিসুজ্জামান
- Commons category
- Anisuzzaman
- writing language
- Bangla
- date of death
- 2020-05-14
- cause of death
- COVID-19
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Early life and education
- Career
- Activism
- Literary works
- Awards
- Personal life
- Death
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Abu Tayyab Muhammad Anisuzzaman (18 February 1937 – 14 May 2020) 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).
Anisuzzaman served as 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. He was appointed as the president of Bangla Academy for four terms and served until his death.
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