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Also known as Abu Tayyab Muhammad Anisuzzaman

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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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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date of birth
1937-02-18
name in native language
আনিসুজ্জামান
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Anisuzzaman
date of death
2020-05-14
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  • 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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