Abu Hena Mustafa Kamal

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Abu Hena Mustafa Kamal
আবু হেনা মোস্তফা কামাল
Director General of Bangla Academy
In office 13 March 1936 – 23 September 1989
Preceded by	Quazi Manjoor-E-Mawla
Succeeded by	Mahmud Shah Qureshi
Director General of Shilpakala Academy
In office 1984–1986
Personal details
Born	(1936-03-11)11 March 1936 Sirajganj District, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died	23 September 1989(1989-09-23) (aged 53) Dhaka, Bangladesh
Nationality	Bangladeshi
Alma mater	University of Dhaka University of London
Awards	Ekushey Padak

Abu Hena Mustafa Kamal (11 March 1936 – 23 September 1989) was a Bangladeshi songwriter, poet, essayist, critic and presenter. In his early life, he was a singer on East Bengal radio and television. He was a professor of Bengali literature at the University of Rajshahi and worked for the government as the Director General of the Bangla Academy from 1986 until his death. He was awarded Ekushey Padak by the Government of Bangladesh in 1987. He published only three collections of poetry before he died of a heart attack in 1989.

Early life and education

Kamal was born in Gobinda village in Ullahpara Upazila, Sirajganj District. In 1959, he passed his MA in Bengali from the University of Dhaka. He received a Commonwealth Scholarship for his PhD on the Bengali Press and Literary Writings, 1818–1831, from the University of London in 1969.

Academic career

Kamal was appointed as a reader in the Bengali Department at Rajshahi University at the age of 33.