Syed Abul Maksud (23 October 1946 – 23 February 2021) was a Bangladeshi journalist, columnist, research scholar, essayist, and writer. He was acclaimed for his critical and research work. He was a regular contributor to the ''Daily

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''. His essays on literature, society, culture and politics are much appreciated for his clear view, lucid language and simple style. He carried out substantive research works on "the lives of famous litterateurs such as

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, Syed Waliullah etc. His ''Journal of Germany'' is a popular travel book. In 1995, he was awarded

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 ...

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for his contributions to

Bengali Literature Bengali literature ( bn, বাংলা সাহিত্য, Bangla Sahityô) denotes the body of writings in the Bengali language and which covers Old Bengali, Middle- Bengali and Modern Bengali with the changes through the passage of time ...

Death

Maksud died at the age of 74 on the way to the hospital after falling ill on 23 February 2021.

Selected publications

*''Juddha O Manusher Murkhata'' (1988) *''Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhasanir jiban, Karmakanda, rajniti o darshan'' (1986) *''Gandhi, Nehru and Noakhali'' (2008) *''Dhakar Buddhadeb Basu'' (2011) * ''Dhaka University & Higher Education in Bangladesh'' (2016) *''Syed Waliullah'r Jibon O Sahitya'' *''Rabindranather Dharmatattwa O Darshan'' (2012)

References

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