Mozid Mahmud

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Mozid Mahmud
Born (1966-04-16) 16 April 1966 (age 59)
Pabna
OccupationWriter
NationalityBangladeshi
GenrePoetry, journalism
SubjectLiterature
Website
mozidmahmud.com

Mozid Mahmud (Bengali : মজিদ মাহমুদ; born 16 April 1966) is a Bangladeshi poet and essayist. He is recognized as a major poet of the 1980s, with more than sixty books to his credit.

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Biography

Mozid Mahmud is the pen name of Mohammad Abdul Mojid Biswas. He was born in 1966 at Chargorgori, a village thirteen km west of Pabna Bangladesh, to the family of Mohammad Keramat Ali Biswas and Sanowara Begum. [1]

Education

He completed his early education in the local school and college. In 1986, he crossed the Jamuna and went to capital Dhaka, where he attended the University of Dhaka to receive an MA degree in Bengali literature and language in 1989 with a First Class. [2] He was awarded a research grant by the Nazrul Institute in 1996, the result of which was Nazrul: Spokesman of the Third World (Nazrul: Tritiya Bishwer Mukhopatro; 1997) published from the same institute. He also awarded a research fellow by the University Grand commission, the result of which was Travelodge of Tagore (Rabindranather Vraman Sahitya 2010).

Career

A journalist by profession, he carefully escapes the arena of popular and prosaic day-to-day information that the job deserves, and dives into the invincible deep of poetic inspiration from where he collects pebbles of pictures, aroma of feelings and intense fabric of thought, after which an automatic mental process of jeopardizing them continues in its own accord. He taught Bengali literature at some colleges and universities for almost five years.

Activism

Mozid Mahmud has been working with poor and vulnerable people in Bangladesh, especially destitute northern part of the country from two decades. He established Organization for Social Advancement & Cultural Activities (OSACA) a non-government organisation which is fighting for hunger and legal rights.

Publications

Poetry

Mahfuza Mangal

Majid Mahmud's book of poetry is a dedication to 'Mahfuza', following the trend of poetry and songs dedicated to gods and goddesses of religions and sects of the subcontinent. The poetry dedicated to gods and goddesses was for relief from the vagaries of nature. Majid Mahmud's poetry is passionate as images continue in their contortions. The space between man and gods and goddess resonates with the enormity of infinity and eternity. This collection is the edition published on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the first publication of the book in February 1989. After that there have been three more editions. [7] [8]

Novel

Poet and essayist Mozid Mahmud’s novel titled Memorial Club is scheduled to hit Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2021. It is the first novel of Mozid, who has received huge response penning the collection of poems titled Mahfujamangal. [9]

Essays, researches and narrative prose

Short stories and fiction

Edited books

Journals and magazines

Awards

References

  1. মজিদ মাহমুদ : বাংলা সাহিত্যের এক উজ্জ্বল নক্ষত্র [Majid Mahmud: one of the brightest stars of Bengali literature]. Ishwardi (in Bengali). 17 November 2013. Archived from the original on 4 December 2013.
  2. কবি মজিদ মাহমুদ [Poet Majid Mahmud]. uttarbango.com (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 18 November 2013.
  3. "Mahfuzamangol: In Praise of Mahfuza By Mozid Mahmud". The News Today.
  4. Mollah, Mostafa Kamal (30 March 2015). "Mahfuzamangal: By Mozid Mahmud -- A metaphoric expression of the self (Review)". The Daily Star.
  5. মাহফুজামঙ্গল-এর ২৫ বছর পূর্তি. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 19 April 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  6. কবি মজিদ মাহমুদ [Poet Majid Mahmud]. Banglanews24 (in Bengali). 6 December 2012. Archived from the original on 13 June 2013.
  7. Hafez Ahmed. "'Mahfuza Mangal' by Majid Mahmud". Newstoday.com.bd. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  8. পঁচিশ বছরে মজিদ মাহমুদের মাহফুজামঙ্গল. The Report 24 (in Bengali). Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  9. Mozid Mahmud’s Memorial Club to hit Amar Ekushey Book Fair Published by National English Daily Newspaper NEWAGE
  10. মজিদ মাহমুদ এর বই সমুহ. Rokomari.Com (in Bengali). Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  11. ভারতের 'জীবনানন্দ পুরস্কার' পেলেন 'বৌটুবানী' কবি মজিদ মাহমুদ. Pabna Barta 24 (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 21 April 2016.

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