Anisuzzaman

Anisuzzaman
Anisuzzaman
আবু তৈয়ব মুহম্মদ আনিসুজ্জামান
	Anisuzzaman in 2016
President of Bangla Academy
	In office; 13 December 2012 – 14 May 2020
Preceded by	Kabir Chowdhury
Succeeded by	Shamsuzzaman Khan
	In office; 19 August 1999 – 31 January 2002
Preceded by	Shamsur Rahman
Succeeded by	Wakil Ahmed
Personal details
Born	Abu Tayyab Muhammad Anisuzzaman; 18 February 1937; Basirhat, 24 Parganas, Bengal Province, British India
Died	14 May 2020 (aged 83); Dhaka, Bangladesh
Nationality	Bangladeshi
Relations	Sheikh Abdur Rahim (grandfather)
Alma mater	University of Dhaka
Occupation	Activist; author; administrator;
Awards	Full list

Abu Tayyab Muhammad Anisuzzaman (18 February 1937 – 14 May 2020)^[1]^[2] was a Bangladeshi academic of Bengali literature. He was an activist who took part in the Language Movement (1952), participated in the Mass Uprising (1969), and took part in the Bangladesh Liberation War (1971).

Anisuzzaman served as a member of the Planning Commission to the Government of Bangladesh during the Bangladesh liberation war and a member of the National Education Commission set up by the government after liberation. He was inducted as a National Professor by the Government of Bangladesh in 2018.^[3] He was appointed as the president of Bangla Academy for four terms and served until his death.^[4]^[5]^[6]

^ "Prof Anisuzzaman a lighthouse". The Daily Star. 18 February 2017. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
^ "Dr Anisuzzaman honoured on his 75th birth anniversary". Priyo. 19 February 2012. Archived from the original on 4 February 2014.
^ "3 educationists become national professors". The Daily Star. 20 June 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
^ "Anisuzzaman made Bangla Academy president for 4th time". Prothomalo. 28 January 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
^ "Shamsuzzaman Khan becomes Bangla Academy president". New Age. 29 June 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
^ বাংলা একাডেমি. banglaacademy.gov.bd (in Bengali). Retrieved 29 January 2025.