Al Mahmud

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Al Mahmud
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Mahmud in 2009
Native name
আল মাহমুদ
Born
Mir Abdus Shukur Al Mahmud

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Brahmanbaria District, Bengal Presidency, British India
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Dhaka, Bangladesh
OccupationPoet, journalist
NationalityBangladeshi
GenrePoet, novelist, short-story writer
SubjectLiterature
Notable worksLok Lokantor
Kaler Kalosh
Sonali Kabin
Mayabi Porda Dule Otho
Notable awardsFull list
SpouseLate Sayeda Nadira Begum
Children8

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Mir Abdus Shukur Al Mahmud[1] (known as Al Mahmud; 11 July 1936 – 15 February 2019)[2] was a Bangladeshi poet, novelist, and short-story writer. He is considered one of the greatest Bengali poets to have emerged in the 20th century.[3] His work in Bengali poetry is dominated by his frequent use of regional dialects.[4] In the 1950s he was among those Bengali poets who were outspoken in their writing on such subjects as the events of the Bengali language movement, nationalism, political and economical repression, and the struggle against the West Pakistani government.[5]

Early life and career

Al Mahmud was born on 11 July 1936 at Morail Village of Brahmanbaria District in present-day Bangladesh into a Bengali Muslim Zamindar family that had the hereditary title of Mir. The ancestors of the family had migrated to the Indian Subcontinent to preach Islam. His father Mir Abdur Rab and mother Raushan Ara Mir were cousins. His grandfather Mir Abdul Wahhab Mullah was a Mullah and Zamindar in Brahmanbaria district. Mir Abdul Wahhab was also a teacher and cleric in his local village school.[6][7] His childhood and secondary education days were spent in this village which is located adjacent to Brahmanbaria town.[7]

Mahmud started his career as a journalist. He obtained widespread recognition after Lok Lokantor was published in 1963. In succession, he then penned Kaler Kalosh (1966), Sonali Kabin (1973),[8] and Mayabi Porda Dule Otho (1976).[9] His other notable poetic collections include Arobbo Rojonir Rajhash, Bakhtiyarer Ghora and Nodir Bhitorer Nodi.[10] In addition to writing poetry, he wrote short stories, novels and essays such as Pankourir Rakta and Upamohadesh. In 1971 he went to India and worked there to build public opinion in favour of the Liberation War of Bangladesh.[3] After the war, he joined The Daily Ganakantha as the assistant editor. He was jailed for a year during the regime of the Awami League government.[5] Later, he joined Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in 1975 and retired in 1993 as director of the academy.

Literary work

Al Mahmud's literary work Shonali Kabin[11] published in 1973, is considered as a landmark of Bengali poetry.[10] Philosopher Sibnarayan Ray commented:

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Al Mahmud has an extraordinary gift for telescopic discrete levels of experience; in his poems I find a marvelous fusion and wit which reminds me occasionally of Bishnu Dey. The complete secularism of his approach is also striking…he was born and brought up in a very conservative Muslim religious family; it is not a secularism forced by some ideology, but present naturally and ubiquitously in his metaphors, images and themes.

Selected works

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Awards

Mahmud in 2007
  • Bangla Academy Literary Award (1968)[10]
  • Joy Bangla Award (1972)
  • Humayun Kabir Memorial Award (1972)
  • Jibonananda Memorial Award (1972)
  • Kaji Motaher Hossain Literary Award (1976)
  • Kabi Jasim Uddin Award
  • Philips Literary Award (1986)
  • Ekushey Padak (1986)
  • Nasir Uddin Gold Award (1990)
  • Chattagram Sangskriti Kendro Farrukh Memorial Award (1995)[12]
  • Alakta Literary Award
  • Lalon Award (2011)
  • Independence Award (2025)[13][14]

References

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.কবি আল মাহমুদ আইসিইউতে. The Daily Star (in Bengali). 10 February 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Poet Al Mahmud passes away". Prothom Alo. 16 February 2019. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  3. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Al Mahmud turns 75". The Daily Star. 13 July 2011. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Al Mahmud". Truly Bangladesh.Retrieved: 22 January 2014
  5. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Arif, Hakim (2012). "Poetry". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Mahmud, Al - Banglapedia". en.banglapedia.org. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  7. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Muhammad Musa (1998). Brahmanbariar Itibrittyo. Shetu Prokashoni, Brahmanbaria.
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.সোনালি কাবিন. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 16 February 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."BangladeshiNovels Diyet Servisi". Archived from the original on 14 May 2006. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  10. ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Poet Al Mahmud turns 73". The Daily Star. 11 July 2008. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  11. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The Golden Kabin" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 March 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
  12. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Chattagram Sangskriti Kendro". Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  13. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."7 to get Independence Awards, Ziaur Rahman's accolade reinstated". bdnews24.com. 11 March 2025. Archived from the original on 11 March 2025. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
  14. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Independence Award 2025: 7 recipients include Azam Khan, Al Mahmud, Novera Ahmed, Fazle Hasan Abed". The Business Standard. 11 March 2025. Retrieved 11 March 2025.

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