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Khan Mohammad Moinuddin
Ekushey Padak recipient

Khan Mohammad Moinuddin

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Ekushey Padak recipient
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Place of death
Dhaka, Dhaka Division, Bangladesh
Age
50 years
Awards
Ekushey Padak
 
Bangla Academy Literary Award
 
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Biography

Khan Mohammad Moinuddin (30 October 1930 – 16 February 1981) was a Bangladeshi litterateur. He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 1978 by the Government of Bangladesh. He is most remembered for being a children's poet in the 1950s and '60s.

Career

At an early age, Moinuddin moved to Calcutta and worked at a Kolkata Binding House as a bookbinder. After completing his primary education, he attended the Calcutta Corporation Teachers' Training College. He later worked in Calcutta Corporation Free Primary School for 20 years.

In 1923, Moinuddin was the editor of the magazine Muslim Jagat. He was sentenced to 6 months in Hooghly Jail for publishing an editorial entitled Bidroha. While incarcerated, he met the poet Kazi Nazrul Islam. In 1947 he moved to Dhaka and established a publishing house Alhamra Library.

Books

  • Muslim Birabgana (1936)
  • Amader Nabi (1941)
  • Dr Shafiker Motor Boat (1949)
  • Khulafa-e-Rashedin (1951)
  • Arabya Rajani (1957)
  • Baba Adam (1958)
  • Swapna Dekhi (1959)
  • Lal Morag (1961)
  • Shapla Phul (1962)
  • Paler Nao (1956)
  • He Manus (1958)
  • Artanad (1958)
  • Anathini (1926)
  • Naya Sadak (1967)
  • Jhumkolata (1956)
  • Yugasrasta Nazrul (1957)

Awards

  • Bangla Academy Literary Award (1960)
  • UNESCO prize (1960)
  • Ekushey Padak (1978)
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