Moniruddin Yusuf ( bn, মনিরউদ্দীন ইউসুফ; 13 February 1919 – 11 February 1987) was a Bangladeshi writer, journalist and translator.

Background and education

Yusuf was born in a wealthy Bengali Muslim zamindar family of Boulai in

Kishoreganj Kishoreganj is a city and the headquarters of Kishoreganj District Kishoreganj ( bn, কিশোরগঞ্জ) is a district in Dhaka Division, Bangladesh. Earlier it was a Mohkuma (মহকুমা) under the Mymensingh district. It ...

. His family spoke Urdu at home. His father was Maulvi Misbah, and the family were of Mughal descent. Initially educated by an Urdu-speaking tutor, he later studied at the local Middle English school, Ramananda High School at Kishoreganj before moving on to studying at the

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. He passed the intermediate examination from Dhaka Intermediate College in 1940. He then attended University of Dhaka.

Career

Yusuf moved to Dhaka and joined the

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and later

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as a journalist. He later worked at the Public Relations Department of the Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation until 1979.

Works

Awards

* Governor's Gold Medal * Habib Bank Literary Award *

Bangla Academy Literary Award The Bangla Academy Literary Award ( bn, বাংলা একাডেমি সাহিত্য পুরস্কার; ''Bangla Academy Shahitya Puroshkar''), is given by the Bangla Academy of Bangladesh in recognition of creative genius i ...

(1978) * Abul Mansur Ahmed Literary Award * Ekushey Padak (1993)

References

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