Mohammad Nurul Huda (born 30 September 1949)[1] is a Bangladeshi poet, essayist, literary critic, translator and folklorist.[2][3][4] He served as the Director General ofBangla Academy during 2021–2024.[5]
Huda is dubbed asJatisattar Kobi meaning "the poet of national identity".[6] He was awarded theEkushey Padak in 2015 andBangla Academy Literary Award in 1988 by thegovernment of Bangladesh.[7][8] As of 2013, Huda has written more than fifty poetry books.[9] His notable works include Amra Tamate Jati, Jonmojati, Moinopahar, Byangkumar, Chander Buro Chander Buri, Chhotoder Begum Rokeya, Chotoder Michael Madhusudan Dutt, Chhotoder Rabindra Jiboni, Chotoder Ruposhi Banglar Kobi Jibanananda Das, Dekha Hole Eka Hoye Jai, Rajar Poshak, Rabindra Prokriti O Onanya, Sartre O Onyanya Prosongo, and Satbhai Chompa.[1]
In 2007, after 34 years of service, Huda retired as a director ofBangla Academy.[6] At the academy, he worked as the project director at Young Writers' Project.[6]
Huda held the position of executive director ofNazrul Institute.[4] He worked as member secretary of the Nazrul Birth Centenary Celebration Committee in 2021.[4] After the incumbentBangla Academy Director GeneralHabibullah Siraji died on 24 May 2021, Huda was appointed by the government of Bangladesh for the vacant position on 12 July.[4] Huda was the editor of arts.bdnews24.com in 2013.[1]
Huda has translated the poems of the Turkish poetYunus Emre's poems, in collaboration withArshaduzzaman, and also translated Nazrul's famous poems entitled 'Kemal Pasha' and 'Wardrum' into English. He was decorated with state honour as an outstanding personality contributing to the promotion of Turkish-Bangladesh relations bySüleyman Demirel, the President ofTurkey, during his Bangladesh visit marking the silver jubilee celebration of independence of Bangladesh on 25 March 1997.
Huda with Nepali poetSuman Pokhrel and Bangladeshi poet Rahima Afrooz Munni during SAARC Festival of Literature - 2015 in Agra, India
Flaming Flowers : Poets' Response to the Emergence of Bangladesh (1994) essay,
Rabinroprokriti O Onyanya Probandha (1988) Essays on literature and aesthetics,
Sartre O Onyanya Prosongo (1993) literary essays,
Praner Minar Shahid Minar (1994) prose description for juvenile,
Srishtishilota O Onnanya (1999) essays,
Nazrul's Aesthetics and Other Aspects (2001) essays,
Nandonik Nazrul (2001) essays on Nazrul,
Monpoboner Nao (2005) travelogue,
Identification, Valuation and Intellectual Property Protection of Traditional Cultural Expressions of Bangladesh ( A draft report of about 500 pages submitted toWIPO, Genva in January 2005),
Methodology : Valuation of Identified TECs of Bangladesh. Trial pint 2006, Lokbangla, Dhaka.
Huda has been working on matters relating to intellectual property since last few years. On 12 December 2007 he presented a seminal work at the Top Level Forum on Intellectual Property organised by theWorld Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO/OMPI), held in Geneva, Switzerland. The main focus of his paper wasTraditional Knowledge (TK) andTraditional Cultural Expressions (TCE). He presented an estimation of the value of yearly transaction TCE in Bangladesh.
^পুরস্কারপ্রাপ্ত লেখক তালিকা [List of award-winning authors] (in Bengali). Bangla Academy. Archived fromthe original on 27 July 2020. Retrieved29 November 2024.
